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Melbourne cinema says threats caused it to cancel fundraising screening of Oscar-winning Palestinian displacement film

Exclusive: Jewish Council of Australia’s Sophia Kagan says she was told there were protests planned against the screening of No Other Land in Elsternwick

JCA had arranged with Classic Cinema in Elsternwick to host the screening of the Palestinian-Israeli Academy Award-winning film on 1 May, which was to be followed by a discussion between a Palestinian and an Israeli speaker, with one of the film-makers recording a dedicated message for the event. The event had not been widely publicised prior to its cancellation, but a Humanitix page selling tickets to the screening went live earlier this week. The screening date coincides with the release of the next Marvel film, and Kagan said the cinema was concerned about the safety of staff and patrons.

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