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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Ken Loach and Mike Leigh resign as patrons of London cinema over Israeli film festival screening

The Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, London.
The Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, London. Photograph: David Angel/Alamy

Ken Loach and Mike Leigh have resigned as patrons of the Phoenix cinema in London in protest over the venue hosting an Israeli state-sponsored film festival.

The cinema – one of the UK’s oldest – is holding a private screening of Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre, as part of the international Seret film festival on Thursday night.

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