Venice Film Festival: Filmmakers Demand Gaza Stand
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International filmmakers, artists, and cultural figures are calling on the Venice Film Festival to take a strong stance against what they describe as genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
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Venice4Palestine (V4P) organized the open letter, sent to the Biennale di Venezia, Venice Days, and International Critics’ Week.
The letter urges the festival to be a platform for dialogue, participation, and resistance, rather than remaining neutral.
Notable signatories include Ken loach, Toni Servillo, Alba and Alice Rohrwacher, Céline Sciamma, Audrey Diwan, Charles Dance, and Arab & Tarzan Nasser.
The group highlights the deaths of nearly 250 Palestinian media workers and emphasizes the responsibility of artistic institutions to raise awareness and foster resistance.
* They are concerned the festival will be “indifferent” to the situation in Gaza.