DUBAI: More than 80 current and former participants of the Berlin International Film Festival, including Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton and Adam McKay, have signed an open letter condemning the festival’s “silence” on the Gaza “genocide.”
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The controversy began during the opening day press conference when jury president Wim Wenders was asked about the conflict in Gaza and the German government’s support for Israel.
He responded: “We have to stay out of politics because if we make movies that are dedicatedly political, we enter the field of politics.”
On Tuesday, major figures in the film industry accused the Berlinale of “censoring” artists who have spoken out.
