WE have long been aware that the Berlin Festival tends to avoid explicitly addressing the genocide in Gaza. In 2024, the documentary No Other Land, made by an Israeli-Palestinian collective, received the Documentary Award, igniting controversy when the film-makers fervently criticised foreign policy regarding the Gaza war during their acceptance speech.

RITA DI SANTO points out that political films at Cannes, and overtly pro-Palestinian statements by film-makers, contradict the apolitical stance of the jury

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