""I'm not the spokesman. However, yes, I was concerned. I also have a distribution agreement with Mubi for certain territories, which I also had entered into before my knowledge of this," he said. "But having said that, on a personal level, I have to say I'm an independent filmmaker, and I have taken money from various sources to to be able to realize my films. And I consider pretty much all corporate money dirty money."
""Since the genocide of Palestinians began, there has been an incredible amount of creative warfare and resource warfare behind the scenes," she said. "What people are trying to figure out is how do we work in a capacity that is ethical and is not enabling a systemic pipeline that funds these kinds of things to happen to people."
Jim Jarmusch criticized Mubi for accepting a $100 million investment from Sequoia Capital, which is reportedly a key investor in Kela, an Israeli startup developing military AI after October 7. Jarmusch expressed disappointment and concern while noting prior positive relations with Mubi staff and an existing distribution agreement that predated his awareness of the investment. Jarmusch described much corporate film funding as "dirty money" and acknowledged that independent filmmakers often rely on problematic financing to make films. Indya Moore called for continued efforts to divest art from the military-industrial complex and emphasized developing due diligence to avoid enabling harmful funding pipelines.
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