Berlinale Workers Call For “Immediate Ceasefire” In Gaza & Round On Leadership: “We Want To Hold The Festival To A Higher Standard”
'Berlinale Workers Letter:
"As Berlinale contractors, who admire the festival’s vocal, principled track record defending humanitarian values, we feel the need to offer a position that builds on the festival’s statement concerning the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza (19 January 2024).
We are painfully aware of the unbearable dynamics of institutional inertia in the cultural sector in Germany, and we recognise the current limits imposed on speech. We want to hold the festival and ourselves to a higher standard. An international platform such as the Berlinale and we, in our roles as programmers, consultants, moderators, facilitators, and space holders, alongside further Berlinale workers, can and should voice dissent at the current assault on Palestinian life.
We join a global solidarity movement to demand an immediate ceasefire and call for the release of all hostages.
Against an ongoing crisis that “appears to be capable of falling within the provisions of the [Genocide] Convention” (quote from the International Court of Justice’s judges), some of us – the undersigned – continue to contribute with our labour at this year’s festival due to our belief in its primary role and significance as an international cultural space, one that has a responsibility to not only raise awareness and foster debate but also amplify the global and pluralistic demands to end oppression, occupation, forced displacement and violence. In short, call for peace and liberation. This responsibility is aligned with the festival’s past commitments and principles, stances which have earned the Berlinale a uniquely respected position within the cultural landscape.
While we acknowledge isolated and minor attempts to create space for exchange, we would expect the programme of this year’s festival to engage more actively and discursively with the urgency and reality of the moment by holding dialogue spaces of its own initiative and design in the big houses we call cinemas. Instead, we witness no initiatives that invite professionals and/or audiences into a dedicated space of discussion structured in a way that allows for a lengthy encounter between everyone.
As the world bears witness to an inconceivable loss of civilian life in Gaza – including those of journalists, artists, and film workers – as well as the destruction of unique cultural heritage, we need stronger institutional stances. We expect the festival to take a stance that is consistent with those taken in response to other events that have struck the international community in recent years.
Many members of the German and the international film community who have continuously believed in and contributed to the Berlinale’s profile of excellence expect it to both firmly support and actively contribute to a more just world. Of course, the Berlinale is not an exception and these expectations extend to the broader worlds of film and culture internationally, whose responses to the ongoing war of aggression have been largely defined by silence and neutrality."
https://deadline.com/2024/02/berlinale-workers-gaza-ceasefire-criticise-leaders-carlo-chatrian-mariette-rissenbeek-1235823930/
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'Berlinale Workers Letter:
"As Berlinale contractors, who admire the festival’s vocal, principled track record defending humanitarian values, we feel the need to offer a position that builds on the festival’s statement concerning the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza (19 January 2024).
We are painfully aware of the unbearable dynamics of institutional inertia in the cultural sector in Germany, and we recognise the current limits imposed on speech. We want to hold the festival and ourselves to a higher standard. An international platform such as the Berlinale and we, in our roles as programmers, consultants, moderators, facilitators, and space holders, alongside further Berlinale workers, can and should voice dissent at the current assault on Palestinian life.
We join a global solidarity movement to demand an immediate ceasefire and call for the release of all hostages.
Against an ongoing crisis that “appears to be capable of falling within the provisions of the [Genocide] Convention” (quote from the International Court of Justice’s judges), some of us – the undersigned – continue to contribute with our labour at this year’s festival due to our belief in its primary role and significance as an international cultural space, one that has a responsibility to not only raise awareness and foster debate but also amplify the global and pluralistic demands to end oppression, occupation, forced displacement and violence. In short, call for peace and liberation. This responsibility is aligned with the festival’s past commitments and principles, stances which have earned the Berlinale a uniquely respected position within the cultural landscape.
While we acknowledge isolated and minor attempts to create space for exchange, we would expect the programme of this year’s festival to engage more actively and discursively with the urgency and reality of the moment by holding dialogue spaces of its own initiative and design in the big houses we call cinemas. Instead, we witness no initiatives that invite professionals and/or audiences into a dedicated space of discussion structured in a way that allows for a lengthy encounter between everyone.
As the world bears witness to an inconceivable loss of civilian life in Gaza – including those of journalists, artists, and film workers – as well as the destruction of unique cultural heritage, we need stronger institutional stances. We expect the festival to take a stance that is consistent with those taken in response to other events that have struck the international community in recent years.
Many members of the German and the international film community who have continuously believed in and contributed to the Berlinale’s profile of excellence expect it to both firmly support and actively contribute to a more just world. Of course, the Berlinale is not an exception and these expectations extend to the broader worlds of film and culture internationally, whose responses to the ongoing war of aggression have been largely defined by silence and neutrality."
https://deadline.com/2024/02/berlinale-workers-gaza-ceasefire-criticise-leaders-carlo-chatrian-mariette-rissenbeek-1235823930/
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Berlinale Workers Call For “Immediate Ceasefire” In Gaza & Round On Leadership: “We Want To Hold The Festival To A Higher Standard”
Berlin Film Festival workers have called for "stronger institutional leadership", including from the Berlinale.
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Asked by Tucker Carlson why he invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Putin went on a 25-minute rant going back to the 8th century.
In a follow-up interview with a Russian journalist, he gave a three-paragraph answer.
[Via Aaron Maté]
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In a follow-up interview with a Russian journalist, he gave a three-paragraph answer.
[Via Aaron Maté]
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ISRAEL'S NARRATIVE IS A BIG LIE
If the pro Israeli narrative was the truth, Israel would have "liberated" towns in Gaza from Hamas & provided humanitarian relief to them, and then allowed in civilians from other areas there.
(Sam Husseini)
Israel is NOT doing that: IT'S LYING
https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1759474878221107690
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If the pro Israeli narrative was the truth, Israel would have "liberated" towns in Gaza from Hamas & provided humanitarian relief to them, and then allowed in civilians from other areas there.
(Sam Husseini)
Israel is NOT doing that: IT'S LYING
https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1759474878221107690
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📉 BANKING CRISIS/ FINANCIAL CRASH TIMED AROUND THE 11th MARCH 2024
"The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) will cease making new loans as scheduled on March 11. The program will continue to make loans until that time and is available as an additional source of liquidity for eligible institutions."
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20240124a.htm
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"The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) will cease making new loans as scheduled on March 11. The program will continue to make loans until that time and is available as an additional source of liquidity for eligible institutions."
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20240124a.htm
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THE BICYCLE THIEVES - Vittorio de Sica
https://x.com/robinmonotti/status/1759545797618598242
"De Sica's Oscar-winning work - widely viewed as the pinnacle of Italian postwar neo-realism - figures on most lists of the all-time greatest movies. It was placed sixth in the ranking produced by Sight and Sound's latest poll of directors in 2002. Yet the film, which follows an unemployed man and his son as they search for the father's stolen bike, was almost not made.
"My father made strenuous efforts to raise the money, but couldn't convince anyone," says his son, Manuel, a distinguished composer. In the end, half the money was put up by an aristocrat De Sica met by chance in the lobby of a Milan hotel. The rest came from a friend of the director, a Rome lawyer, Ercole Graziadei [my grandfather -
@RobinMG].
Franco Terilli, who supervised the restoration, says cash was so tight during the making of Bicycle Thieves that the stock was bought in stages from a Rome street market that features in the movie. "The result is that we found ourselves working with three sorts of stock - Eastman Kodak, Ferrania and Gevaert." That was one of several factors complicating the project.
The negative of Bicycle Thieves had been "almost destroyed" by time and poor conservation, says Terilli. Apart from the usual spots and scratches, entire sequences had been fogged by the effects of "vinegar syndrome" - a form of decay to which acetate film is susceptible, particularly when not stored at the correct temperature. The most seriously damaged passage of the film, he says, was a famous scene on and around a bridge over the Tiber. The father, played by Lamberto Maggiorani, who has earlier slapped his son, turns back from his search in panic because he thinks the boy is drowning in the river." John Hooper
THE REAL STORY
When Bicycle Thieves was released in Italy in November 1948 it was received with hostility and had a very short run in a central cinema. De Sica and my grandfather [@RobinMG] who had part financed the film decided to screen it in Paris to an invited audience of French cultural figures. There was no time for permits for the reels, so my grandfather had them sewed within his overcoat, with which he flew on the plane. That is how the reels of Bicycle Thieves reached their first screening outside Italy. The screening was a great success: the Parisians got the film, and its history was beginning to be written in a positive light.
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https://x.com/robinmonotti/status/1759545797618598242
"De Sica's Oscar-winning work - widely viewed as the pinnacle of Italian postwar neo-realism - figures on most lists of the all-time greatest movies. It was placed sixth in the ranking produced by Sight and Sound's latest poll of directors in 2002. Yet the film, which follows an unemployed man and his son as they search for the father's stolen bike, was almost not made.
"My father made strenuous efforts to raise the money, but couldn't convince anyone," says his son, Manuel, a distinguished composer. In the end, half the money was put up by an aristocrat De Sica met by chance in the lobby of a Milan hotel. The rest came from a friend of the director, a Rome lawyer, Ercole Graziadei [my grandfather -
@RobinMG].
Franco Terilli, who supervised the restoration, says cash was so tight during the making of Bicycle Thieves that the stock was bought in stages from a Rome street market that features in the movie. "The result is that we found ourselves working with three sorts of stock - Eastman Kodak, Ferrania and Gevaert." That was one of several factors complicating the project.
The negative of Bicycle Thieves had been "almost destroyed" by time and poor conservation, says Terilli. Apart from the usual spots and scratches, entire sequences had been fogged by the effects of "vinegar syndrome" - a form of decay to which acetate film is susceptible, particularly when not stored at the correct temperature. The most seriously damaged passage of the film, he says, was a famous scene on and around a bridge over the Tiber. The father, played by Lamberto Maggiorani, who has earlier slapped his son, turns back from his search in panic because he thinks the boy is drowning in the river." John Hooper
THE REAL STORY
When Bicycle Thieves was released in Italy in November 1948 it was received with hostility and had a very short run in a central cinema. De Sica and my grandfather [@RobinMG] who had part financed the film decided to screen it in Paris to an invited audience of French cultural figures. There was no time for permits for the reels, so my grandfather had them sewed within his overcoat, with which he flew on the plane. That is how the reels of Bicycle Thieves reached their first screening outside Italy. The screening was a great success: the Parisians got the film, and its history was beginning to be written in a positive light.
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THE BICYCLE THIEVES - Vittorio de Sica
"De Sica's Oscar-winning work - widely viewed as the pinnacle of Italian postwar neo-realism - figures on most lists of the all-time greatest movies. It was placed sixth in the ranking produced by Sight and Sound's latest…
"De Sica's Oscar-winning work - widely viewed as the pinnacle of Italian postwar neo-realism - figures on most lists of the all-time greatest movies. It was placed sixth in the ranking produced by Sight and Sound's latest…
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Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls | OHCHR
"Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received. “We are shocked by reports of the deliberate targeting and extrajudicial killing of Palestinian women and children in places where they sought refuge, or while fleeing. Some of them were reportedly holding white pieces of cloth when they were killed by the Israeli army or affiliated forces,” the experts said.
The experts expressed serious concern about the arbitrary detention of hundreds of Palestinian women and girls, including human rights defenders, journalists and humanitarian workers, in Gaza and the West Bank since 7 October. Many have reportedly been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, denied menstruation pads, food and medicine, and severely beaten. On at least one occasion, Palestinian women detained in Gaza were allegedly kept in a cage in the rain and cold, without food.
“We are particularly distressed by reports that Palestinian women and girls in detention have also been subjected to multiple forms of sexual assault, such as being stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers. At least two female Palestinian detainees were reportedly raped while others were reportedly threatened with rape and sexual violence,” the experts said. They also noted that photos of female detainees in degrading circumstances were also reportedly taken by the Israeli army and uploaded online."
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/israelopt-un-experts-appalled-reported-human-rights-violations-against
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"Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received. “We are shocked by reports of the deliberate targeting and extrajudicial killing of Palestinian women and children in places where they sought refuge, or while fleeing. Some of them were reportedly holding white pieces of cloth when they were killed by the Israeli army or affiliated forces,” the experts said.
The experts expressed serious concern about the arbitrary detention of hundreds of Palestinian women and girls, including human rights defenders, journalists and humanitarian workers, in Gaza and the West Bank since 7 October. Many have reportedly been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, denied menstruation pads, food and medicine, and severely beaten. On at least one occasion, Palestinian women detained in Gaza were allegedly kept in a cage in the rain and cold, without food.
“We are particularly distressed by reports that Palestinian women and girls in detention have also been subjected to multiple forms of sexual assault, such as being stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers. At least two female Palestinian detainees were reportedly raped while others were reportedly threatened with rape and sexual violence,” the experts said. They also noted that photos of female detainees in degrading circumstances were also reportedly taken by the Israeli army and uploaded online."
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/israelopt-un-experts-appalled-reported-human-rights-violations-against
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OHCHR
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls
GENEVA (19 February 2024) – UN experts* today expressed alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations to which Palestinian women and girls continue to be subjected in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
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Roger Waters calls U2's Bono "disgusting" and "a shit"
"Roger Waters has lashed out at U2 frontman Bono, describing him as “disgusting” and “a shit”.
The comments against the Irish rock singer arose in a new interview with Waters, and saw the Pink Floyd musician criticise the former for his previous comments on the Israel-Hamas war.
Speaking during one of their Sphere residency shows in Las Vegas, Bono used the performance to pay his respects to those killed during the October 7 attack at the Israeli music festival Supernova.
“In the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable, but our prayers have always been for peace and for non-violence,” he told the crowd before launching into a performance of ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’. “But our hearts and our anger, you know where that’s pointed. So sing with us… and those beautiful kids at that music festival.”
He then played the song with altered lyrics, singing “Early morning, Oct. 7, the sun is rising in the desert sky… Stars of David, they took your life but they could not take your pride,” in place of the original lines."
https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-calls-u2s-bono-disgusting-and-a-shit-3589507
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"Roger Waters has lashed out at U2 frontman Bono, describing him as “disgusting” and “a shit”.
The comments against the Irish rock singer arose in a new interview with Waters, and saw the Pink Floyd musician criticise the former for his previous comments on the Israel-Hamas war.
Speaking during one of their Sphere residency shows in Las Vegas, Bono used the performance to pay his respects to those killed during the October 7 attack at the Israeli music festival Supernova.
“In the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable, but our prayers have always been for peace and for non-violence,” he told the crowd before launching into a performance of ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’. “But our hearts and our anger, you know where that’s pointed. So sing with us… and those beautiful kids at that music festival.”
He then played the song with altered lyrics, singing “Early morning, Oct. 7, the sun is rising in the desert sky… Stars of David, they took your life but they could not take your pride,” in place of the original lines."
https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-calls-u2s-bono-disgusting-and-a-shit-3589507
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Roger Waters calls U2’s Bono “disgusting” and “a shit”
Roger Waters has lashed out at U2 frontman Bono over his comments about Israel, describing him as “disgusting” and “a shit”.
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