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The award was presented at the Cinema for Peace festival, which is not affiliated with the Berlinale. 'I refuse to let their deaths become a backdrop for a polite speech about peace,' Kaouther Ben Hania said. Meanwhile, over 80 Berlinale artists signed an open letter urging organizers to take a clear stance on Israel's war in Gaza
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Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania refused to accept an award for the film "The Voice of Hind Rajab" at a film festival in Berlin, where she said that festival organizers "gave political cover" to genocide by "denigrating those who protest."
