Cinema, but not just Cinema!
“We watch, incredulous and powerless, the torment of a genocide carried out live by the State of Israel in Palestine.
Yet, as the spotlight turns to the Venice Film Festival, we risk witnessing yet another major event impermeable to this human, civil, and political tragedy.
The show must go on, we are told, urging us to look away—as if the ‘world of cinema’ had nothing to do with the ‘real world.’”
So reads the letter addressed to the Venice Biennale and the Film Festival (set to begin on Wednesday, August 27) and signed by around a thousand directors, filmmakers, actors, actresses, journalists, and audiovisual professionals.
Among the best-known signatories, some of the key figures of Italian cinema, are Marco Bellocchio (who will present his series Portobello at the festival), Mario Martone, Valeria Golino, Pietro Marcello (his Duse in competition), Matteo Garrone, Alice and Alba Rohrwacher, Toni Servillo, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, the D’Innocenzo brothers.
There are also some international names such as Margarethe von Trotta, Céline Sciamma, Abel Ferrara, Eyal Sivan.
THE LETTER originates from a platform called Venice4Palestine, which is calling for a stronger stance from the institutions regarding the responsibilities for the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
So far, the Biennale’s response has been brief: neither the artistic director of the festival, Alberto Barbera, nor the president, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, have spoken publicly.
Only a statement from the press office in which the Biennale describes itself as “open to dialogue”:
far too little, according to the promoters of the initiative, who wrote in their open letter:
“We urge all sectors of culture and information to use their image and their means, on the occasion of the Festival, to create a constant background of words and initiatives: so that the voice of truth never falters regarding ethnic cleansing, apartheid, the illegal occupation of Palestinian territories, colonialism, and all the crimes against humanity committed by Israel for decades and not just since October 7.
We invite those working in cinema to imagine, coordinate, and carry out together, during the Festival, actions that give resonance to dissent against pro-Zionist government policies: a dissent expressed through creativity.”
Lettera alla Mostra del Cinema: «Prenda posizione sul genocidio». Firmano più di mille | il manifesto Biennale: scritto: iniziative: filosioniste:
“We watch, incredulous and powerless, the torment of a genocide carried out live by the State of Israel in Palestine.
Yet, as the spotlight turns to the Venice Film Festival, we risk witnessing yet another major event impermeable to this human, civil, and political tragedy.
The show must go on, we are told, urging us to look away—as if the ‘world of cinema’ had nothing to do with the ‘real world.’”
So reads the letter addressed to the Venice Biennale and the Film Festival (set to begin on Wednesday, August 27) and signed by around a thousand directors, filmmakers, actors, actresses, journalists, and audiovisual professionals.
Among the best-known signatories, some of the key figures of Italian cinema, are Marco Bellocchio (who will present his series Portobello at the festival), Mario Martone, Valeria Golino, Pietro Marcello (his Duse in competition), Matteo Garrone, Alice and Alba Rohrwacher, Toni Servillo, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, the D’Innocenzo brothers.
There are also some international names such as Margarethe von Trotta, Céline Sciamma, Abel Ferrara, Eyal Sivan.
THE LETTER originates from a platform called Venice4Palestine, which is calling for a stronger stance from the institutions regarding the responsibilities for the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
So far, the Biennale’s response has been brief: neither the artistic director of the festival, Alberto Barbera, nor the president, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, have spoken publicly.
Only a statement from the press office in which the Biennale describes itself as “open to dialogue”:
far too little, according to the promoters of the initiative, who wrote in their open letter:
“We urge all sectors of culture and information to use their image and their means, on the occasion of the Festival, to create a constant background of words and initiatives: so that the voice of truth never falters regarding ethnic cleansing, apartheid, the illegal occupation of Palestinian territories, colonialism, and all the crimes against humanity committed by Israel for decades and not just since October 7.
We invite those working in cinema to imagine, coordinate, and carry out together, during the Festival, actions that give resonance to dissent against pro-Zionist government policies: a dissent expressed through creativity.”
Lettera alla Mostra del Cinema: «Prenda posizione sul genocidio». Firmano più di mille | il manifesto Biennale: scritto: iniziative: filosioniste:
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