2024-02-25 20:41:00
The Berlinale has distanced itself from an anti-Israel Instagram post regarding the Middle East conflict that was previously published on a Berlinale series account. “These posts do not come from the festival and do not represent the attitude of the Berlinale,” said the Berlinale on Sunday evening in its Instagram story. “We immediately deleted it and launched an investigation into how this incident might have happened.”
The film festival announced that it would file a criminal complaint once morest unknown persons. Screenshots from the account of the Berlinale’s Panorama section were circulating on X on Sunday. One photo featured the slogan “Free Palestine – From the River to the Sea.” The sentence means that there should be a free Palestine in an area from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean – where Israel is now located.
During the Berlinale awards ceremony on Saturday evening, several filmmakers commented on the Gaza war in a way that caused criticism. According to critics, what was particularly striking was that those involved made one-sided accusations once morest Israel without mentioning the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023.
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