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New #Berlinale chief Tricia Tuttle says Germany’s #Israel-#Gaza stance poses threat to #festival

Is Germany’s stance on Gaza leading artists to avoid one of Europe’s top film festivals?

According to the Berlin Film Festival’s new director, that may be the case.

Tricia Tuttle, who previously ran the BFI London Film Festival and succeeds Carlo Chatrian and Mariëtte Rissenbeek after having been appointed by Germany’s Culture Minister Claudia Roth, is about to helm her first edition this coming February. She has said that the impression #Germany is giving with regards to controlling free speech on the #MiddleEast conflict is directly affecting her first edition in charge, and that there are fears that criticism of Israel would be condemned as antisemitism in Germany.

Last month, the German parliament passed a resolution on the protection of Jewish life, a controversial move that has led opponents to say that it equates criticism of Israel with #antisemitism.

“People are really uncertain about it. And I’ve talked to artists who are questioning whether they want to come,” she added.
#BDS #voicerepression #germancomplicity #genocide #IsraelTerroristState #repression #art
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/12/16/new-berlinale-chief-tricia-tuttle-says-germanys-israel-gaza-stance-poses-threat-to-festiva