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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Deborah Cole

Hundreds of film-makers back Berlinale director in row over winners’ Gaza comments

Tricia Tuttle onstage during the closing ceremony of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival
There has been an outpouring of solidarity with Tuttle, who previously helmed the BFI London film festival. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA

Prominent directors and actors have rallied in support of the American head of the Berlin film festival in response to reports she could be sacked over comments by award-winners criticising the war in Gaza and the German government’s support for Israel.

Germany’s federal government commissioner for culture and media, Wolfram Weimer, convened a crisis meeting on Thursday on the “future direction of the Berlinale”, which is among Europe’s top three cinema showcases with Cannes and Venice.

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