IDFA, which is under the new leadership of Isabel Arrate Fernandez, has endorsed the Israeli film industry boycott, which was prompted last month by the organization Film Workers for Palestine and signed by nearly 4,000 entertainment industry names. This included Hollywood stars like Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix, who pledged that they would refuse to work with Israeli film institutions “complicit in war crimes” in Gaza.
As such, IDFA declined to deliver an accreditation to the representatives of DocAviv, as well as CoPro and Kan, because they receive some funding from the Israeli state budget.
Speaking to Variety, Michal Weits, a critically acclaimed documentary director and producer who took the helm of DocAviv last year,…
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