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Berlin Film Festival Withdraws Far-Right Opening Ceremony Invitations Following Outcry
The decision was finalized today by Berlinale co-heads Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek.
The Wave and Das Boot series director Dennis Gansel became the most prominent voice in the German industry to call out the festival’s invitation. We revealed that protests were due to take place at the opening ceremony, while one Berlinale Talent member cancelled his presence at the festival and multiple German celebrities took to social media to express anger at the invitations. Gläser, one of the AfD politicians invited to the Berlinale opening, previously compared Winston Churchill to Adolf Hitler, describing the former as a “warlord” and a “war-criminal”.
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