Tricia Tuttle: Berlinale director rejects allegations of censorship by filmmakers | EUROtoday

Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle has rejected allegations that the competition is censoring filmmakers who communicate out about Israeli actions Gaza specific. “It is not true that we have silenced or intimidated filmmakers,” Tuttle informed the dpa information company. She was stunned by the letter and it was “incredibly hard” to learn it.

The set off is an open letter revealed within the US trade journal Variety was revealed and signed by greater than 80 filmmakers, together with Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Mike Leigh and Fernando Meirelles. You throw the Berlinale “institutional silence” and taking part within the censorship of filmmakers who spoke out in opposition to “Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.”

The signatories discuss with particular occasions surrounding final yr’s Berlinale. At the time, director Jun Li accused Germany of supporting a genocide in opposition to the Palestinians from the stage and shouted the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” The Berlin State Criminal Police Office then started state safety investigations. Tuttle publicly regretted the incident.

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