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The Blogs: Berlinale Faces Backlash Over Speech | Michael Kuenne | The Times of Israel (2025-02-18) (hcommons.social)
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The Blogs: Berlinale Faces Backlash Over Speech | Michael Kuenne | The Times of Israel (2025-02-18)

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/berlinale-faces-backlash-over-speech/
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#Berlinale2025
“… during the screening of the movie Queerpanorama. Hong Kong film director and screenwriter [Jun Li] read a statement on behalf of Iranian actor Erfan Shekarriz.”

[excerpts from the statement]

“Whilst you watch this movie, millions of Palestinian people are suffocating under the cruel settler-colonial regime of Israel supported by the West. The German government and its cultural organizations like the Berlinale are contributing in some way or other to the apartheid genocide and ruthless killing and annihilation of the Palestinian people.”

“while you are sitting here watching this movie, I would ask you to show respect for the Palestinian women, children, men, and brothers and sisters who have died and lost all their belongings under the hands of the occupation funded by Germany since 1948...”

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[–] adachika192@hcommons.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Video of the scene with reactions from the audience (sorry it’s X, the best I could find so far)

https://x.com/sully/_011/status/1891258595443921157
#JunLi #Queerpanorama #ErfanShekarriz #Berlinale2025

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[–] adachika192@hcommons.social 2 points 1 month ago

According to German mediae, the Berlin State Police investigates the “incident” for a politically motivated crime.

e.g. (in German)
https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/berlinale/beitraege/2025/staatsschutz-ermittelt-voelkermord-vorwurf-berlinale-regisseur-jun-li.html

Am I supposed to laugh, or cry?

#JunLi #Berlinale2025
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