Get the latest gossip
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Interrupt TIFF Opening Night Screening as Audience Boos and Chants ‘Go Home!’
An opening night screening at the Toronto Film Festival was interrupted by pro-Palestine protesters rallying against the sponsor RBC.
The four protesters entered the Princess of Wales Theatre ahead of the 6 p.m. showing of “Nutcrackers,” a dramedy starring Ben Stiller and directed by David Gordon Green, while chanting, “RBC funds genocide,” in an apparent reference to the bank’s ties to Israel, as the country’s war with Gaza enters its 11th month. As TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey plodded through his opening remarks, ignoring the interruption, the audience seated for “Nutcrackers” booed the protesters and shouted back, “Go home!” and “Go away!” TIFF will officially kick off its 49th edition at 8 p.m. with the official world premiere of “Nutcrackers.” Over the next 10 days, films like Ron Howard’s survival thriller “Eden,” Marielle Heller’s horror comedy “Nightbitch” with Amy Adams, the animated “The Wild Robot” and John Crowley’s “We Live in Time,” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will screen for Canadian audiences.
Or read this on Variety