In Cannes, the horror of Gaza must not be slender

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After the death of Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassouna on April 16, a collective of personalities from the world of cinema intends not to minimize anything and not to remain deaf in the face of oppression suffered by their confreres and confreres.

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By Ali Akika – “Such passivity shames us. Why does cinema, a breeding ground for socially engaged works (1), seem to be uninterested in the horror of reality, in the oppression suffered by our fellow artists?” This excerpt from the petition-platform signed by 380 artists at the Cannes Film Festival sums up the two political and philosophical visions that clash to demarcate the boundaries between the world that digs its own grave and the one that…