It is true that celebrities should not be expected to speak up on every political happening. Not everybody is educated, nor does everybody follow what is going on with politics. There was a time when it would make sense for politics to be left out of film festivals. That time, however, is not now.
Recently, several actors have come under fire for declining to answer political questions at the Berlin Film Festival. This stems from the opening day press conference, where, faced with questions about the conflict in Gaza, jury head Wim Wenders said, “We have to stay out of politics because if we make movies that are dedicatedly political, we enter the field of politics.” This statement prompted immediate backlash on social media.
