"This morning, a meeting of the supervisory board of the KBB GmbH [the Berlinale management organization] took place in the Chancellery. Discussions between the festival director, Tricia Tuttle, and the board over the Berlinale's future direction will continue in the coming days."
"Prior to the meeting, the German tabloid Bild had reported that Weimer intended to dismiss Tuttle as festival director. It reported that Weimer and Tuttle had agreed she would need to go in light of the political backlash generated by speeches at the award ceremony on February 22."
"In the photo, the festival director poses with the crew of the film 'Chronicles From the Siege,' directed by Palestinian-Syrian filmmaker Abdallah Alkhatib. While different members of the film team are wearing a keffiyeh and one person is holding a Palestinian flag, the festival director herself is not wearing any symbols."
An emergency meeting of the Berlin International Film Festival's management organization was called by State Minister for Culture Wolfram Weimer to address controversy stemming from recent festival incidents. Artists expressed solidarity with Gaza and criticized festival leadership's approach to the conflict. Reports suggested Weimer intended to dismiss director Tricia Tuttle due to political backlash from speeches at the February 22 award ceremony and a photograph showing Tuttle with the crew of a Palestinian filmmaker's film. However, significant support for Tuttle emerged, with over 500 Berlinale employees and 700 German and international filmmakers expressing opposition to her dismissal. The supervisory board meeting concluded without resolution, with discussions continuing regarding the festival's future direction.
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