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Berlinale Workers Demand ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ in Gaza and Call on Festival Leadership to Do the Same: ‘We Need Stronger Institutional Stances’
A group of Berlinale workers have published an open letter to festival leadership, calling for an 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza.
A group of Berlinale workers have published an open letter to the festival, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and asking that leadership takes a “stronger institutional stance” on what the statement calls “the current assault on Palestinian life.” The letter begins, “We are painfully aware of the unbearable dynamics of institutional inertia in the cultural sector in Germany, and we recognize the current limits imposed on speech. “As the world bears witness to an inconceivable loss of civilian life in Gaza – including those of journalists, artists, and film workers – as well as the destruction of unique cultural heritage, we need stronger institutional stances,” the letter says.
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