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Cultural Figures Urge Venice Film Festival to Support Palestinian Artists

Notable artists and intellectuals, including Roger Waters and Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux, have signed an open letter demanding that the Venice Film Festival implement concrete measures to support Palestinian creators. The appeal highlights growing pressure on international cultural institutions to address the ongoing conflict.

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varietyMostly Factual5h ago

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux and More Sign Open Letter Calling for Venice Film Festival to Take ‘Concrete Action’ in Support of Palestine

Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and directors Isabel Coixet and Matteo Garrone are among signatories of an open letter issued on Friday calling for the Venice Film Festival “to take concrete action in support of Palestine.” The open letter comes from the Venice4Palestine collective that took a similar initiative last […]

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hollywood-reporterMostly Factual1h ago

Roger Waters, Guy Pearce, Annie Ernaux Urge Venice Fest to Take “Concrete Action” for Palestine in Open Letter

For the second year running, Italian and international artists under the Venice4Palestine banner have called for the Venice film festival to help stop what they describe as a genocide of the Palestinian people.

By Etan Vlessing

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Venice: Palestine-Israel Conflict Set To Be Hot Button Topic As Open Letter Calls For Festival To Take Concrete Action In Support Of Palestine

Pink Floyd cofounder Roger Waters, Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux and directors Matteo Garrone and Isabel Coixet have lent their support to an open letter calling on the Venice Film Festival, its parent body the Venice Biennale and the audiovisual world in general to take concrete action in support of Palestine. The letter, published just […]

By Melanie Goodfellow

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