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\n The Berlinale’s international jury at a press conference on the festival’s opening day on Feb. 12. The jury fielded questions about Gaza and, more broadly, about politics and film.
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The biggest talk at the Berlin International Film Festival in recent days wasn’t about which film would take home the prestigious Golden Bear award, but a remark made on opening day by the festival’s jury president, German filmmaker Wim Wenders. When a journalist asked the jury about human rights and Gaza, Wenders replied, “We have to stay out of politics.” <\/p>\n

He called filmmakers “the counterweight to politics.” Over the course of the festival, multiple films pulled out of the program<\/a>, citing solidarity with Palestine; author Arundhati Roy dropped out due to what she called “unconscionable statements” made by members of the jury; Kaouther Ben Hania, director of the Oscar-nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab,<\/em> refused to accept an award at a gala hosted by the Cinema for Peace Foundation.<\/p>\n