Exiled in France, Israeli Filmmaker Nadav Lapid Denounces a Call for...
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Natalie Portman and 350 leading filmmakers sign letter against cultural boycott of Na
Israeli director was forced to withdraw from a prestigious French film festival over pressure from pro-Palestinian activists; Letter says Lapid 'works tirelessly against his government’s fascist and colonialist tendencies and against its moral failures'
After Lapid resigned from the jury at the Marseille Film Festival due to a boycott by pro-Palestinian filmmakers, hundreds of leading filmmakers, including Justine Treille ("Anatomy of a Fall") and Jacques Audiard ("Emilia Perez"), published a letter condemning the boycott: "His resignation is worrying, no matter what crimes their country commits."
Paris, France A collective of artists, including the overt French director Michel Hazanavicius and the American actress Natalie Portman, called Tuesday the call for a boycott that forced the Israeli director exiled in France Nadav Lapid to cancel south presence at a festival in Marseilles.
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