Berlinale head says artists should not be pushed into soundbites after author quit over president’s remarks that film-makers should ‘stay out of politics’

Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical

La scrittrice rinuncia alla rassegna in polemica con la scelta di non parlare temi politici fatta da Wenders e dagli altri membri della giuria

From ‘honour’ killings to nuclear war, some screen works have led directly legislative action – despite what jury head Wenders suggested at the Berlin film festival

BERLIN: Award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy said Friday she was withdrawing from the Berlin Film Festival over jury president Wim Wenders’s comments that cinema should “stay…

Jury chair Wim Wenders said filmmakers 'have to stay out of politics' when asked about German support for Israel's war.

Müssen Filmschaffende bei Festivals politisch Stellung beziehen? Nach Debatten bei der Berlinale veröffentlicht die Festivalchefin nachts einen Appell – und nimmt die Jury in…

La organización y la directora del festival, Tricia Tuttle, publican sendos textos que responden a las críticas a actores y cineastas que rehúsan hablar de la situación actual…

Müssen Filmschaffende bei Festivals politisch Stellung beziehen? Nach Debatten bei der Berlinale veröffentlicht die Festivalchefin nachts einen Appell – und nimmt die Jury in…

Berlinale head says artists should not be pushed into soundbites after author quit over president’s remarks that film-makers should ‘stay out of politics’

The Berlin International Film Festival has issued a statement after what organisers described as a growing “media storm” linked to comments about the war in Gaza and the broader…

The statement came after the Berlinale's jury president, German director Wim Wenders, answered a question on Gaza last week by saying: 'We cannot really enter the field of…