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Report: Jane Fonda joins boycott of Toronto film festival over homage to Israel
Jane Fonda, Danny Glover and Eve Ensler have joined the growing list of artists who are boycotting the Toronto film festival over a program honoring Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary, gossip blogger Perez Hilton reported on Friday. The three have added their names to a letter aimed at festival officials claiming that Tel Aviv was built […]
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APPEAL TO CATALONIAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND INSTITUTIONS: Do not invite Israeli cultural ambassadors to the Catalonian Diada!
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) [1] salutes Catalonian citizens, Government and Parliament on the eve of Diada, the September 11th Catalonian National day. While you remember the bravery of the citizens of Catalonia and Aragon in resisting the absolutist Bourbon monarchy and commemorate the 1714 siege of Barcelona, […]
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Toronto film festival hit by cultural boycott over Tel Aviv strand
Ken Loach, David Byrne and Jane Fonda among those condemning festival directors’ choice of Tel Aviv for inaugural City-to-City Spotlight event * Ben Walters * guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 September 2009 15.40 BST The Toronto international film festival (TIFF) is under fire for selecting Tel Aviv as the subject of its inaugural City-to-City Spotlight strand. Ken […]
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Toronto film festival protested for Tel Aviv spotlight
Press Release, PACBI, 31 August 2009 The following press release was issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel on 27 August 2009: The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is gravely concerned that the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2009 has decided to spotlight […]
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TIFF focus on Tel Aviv draws Protest
International group of artists decries festival’s complicity with ‘Israeli propaganda machine’ Michael Posner Last updated on Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009 02:07PM EDT An international group of more than 50 prominent filmmakers, writers, artists and academics – including Ken Loach, David Byrne, Naomi Klein, Alice Walker, Jane Fonda, Wallace Shawn and Danny Glover – has signed […]
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The Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 An Open Letter to the Toronto International Film Festival: September 2, 2009 As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival”s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or […]
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Boycotts don’t equal censorship
Film-makers should support the growing international movement to boycott Israel – it’s wrong to cast our actions as censorship * Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien and Paul Laverty * guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 1 September 2009 09.10 BST When we decided to pull our film Looking for Eric from the Melbourne International Film festival following our discovery that […]
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Curators pull out of Tel Aviv art biennial over Gaza war protest
By Liora Kaplan Two international curators who were to participate in the planning of ArtTLV, an art biennial taking place in Israel in September, have pulled out of the project after their Israeli counterparts refused to publish articles condemning Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza and to arrange a symposium on art and war. The […]
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Are Prominent Israeli Cultural Figures the New Diplomatic Cadets of Avigdor Lieberman?
An Appeal to Israeli Filmmakers By UDI ALONI To Gal Uchovsky and Eitan Fuchs, In two weeks time, your film “The Bubble” will be screened as part of the Homage to Tel Aviv week, at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival (Congratulations!). There is concern among left wing circles in Toronto and elsewhere that this event […]
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John Greyson withdraws his film “Greyzone” from Toronto Film Festival following the BDS Call
Filmaker John Greyson has written this principled letter explaining the reasons to withdraw his film “Greyzone” from the Toronto International Film Festival. Piers Handling, Cameron Bailey, Noah Cowan Toronto International Film Festival 2 Carlton St., 13th floor Toronto Canada M5B 1J3 Dear Piers, Cameron, Noah: I’ve come to a very difficult decision — I’m withdrawing […]
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