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Berlin Film Festival Says It “Stands Against Right-Wing Extremism” As Industry Petition Decries Opening Ceremony Invitation To Far-Right Politicians
EXCLUSIVE: A growing list of 200+ film professionals, largely from within the German film industry, have signed an open letter protesting the Berlin Film Festival’s decision to invite members of th…
The letter adds: “We don’t believe the opening ceremony can be considered a safe place for Jews, women, members of the BIPOC, LGBTI+, disabled, Roma and Sinti, or Jehovah’s Witness communities, who, among others, faced persecution and genocide at the hands of another far-right, national-conservative movement in Germany.” “Both the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Berlin Senate receive invitation quotas for the Berlinale, which are allocated to the democratically elected members of all parties in the Bundestag and House of Representatives. Both the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Berlin Senate receive invitation quotas for the Berlinale, which are allocated to the democratically elected members of all parties in the Bundestag and House of Representatives.
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