"Dozens of actors and directors, including Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton, have condemned the Berlin International Film Festival for its anti-Palestinian racism and urged organisers to clearly state their opposition to Israel's genocide in Gaza. In an open letter published in Variety on Tuesday, the 81 film workers also denounced comments by this year's president of the awards jury, Wim Winders who when asked about Gaza said, We should stay out of politics."
"Last year, filmmakers who spoke out for Palestinian life and liberty from the Berlinale stage reported being aggressively reprimanded by senior festival programmers. One filmmaker was reported to have been investigated by police, and Berlinale leadership falsely implied that the filmmaker's moving speech rooted in international law and solidarity was discriminatory',' they wrote. We stand with our colleagues in rejecting this institutional repression and anti-Palestinian racism, they added."
Dozens of actors and directors, including Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton, condemned the Berlin International Film Festival for anti-Palestinian racism and urged organisers to state opposition to Israel's genocide in Gaza. The 81 film workers denounced jury president Wim Wenders's remark, "We should stay out of politics." They said the festival's stance contrasts with its policies on Russia's war on Ukraine and Iran. Signatories, many Berlinale alumni, alleged the festival policed and censored filmmakers who spoke for Palestinian life, citing aggressive reprimands, a police investigation, and false implications that solidarity-based speeches were discriminatory. They rejected institutional repression and affirmed that filmmaking cannot be separated from politics.
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