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Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch has spoken out against indie film distributor Mubi after learning the company received investment from Sequoia Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital film with ties to the Israeli military.<\/p>\n
Mubi co-produced the director\u2019s latest effort, Father Mother Sister Brother<\/em>, which premiered yesterday at the Venice International Film Festival. During the film\u2019s official press conference, Jarmusch responded to a question about Sequoia Capital\u2019s parallel investment in Kela, a defense-tech startup founded by Israeli intelligence units in response to the Oct. 7 terror attack.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMy relationship with Mubi started much before that, and they were fantastic to work with on the film,\u201d Jarmusch told reporters (via Variety<\/em><\/a>). \u201cI was disappointed and disconcerted by this relationship. If you want to discuss it, you have to address Mubi. I\u2019m not the spokesman. However, yes, I was concerned. I also have a distribution agreement with Mubi for certain territories, which I had entered into before my knowledge of this.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cHaving said that, on a personal level, I have to say I\u2019m an independent filmmaker, and I have taken money from various sources to be able to realize my films and I consider pretty much all corporate money is dirty money. If you start analyzing each of these film companies and their financing structures, you\u2019re going to find a lot of dirt. You can avoid it and not make films at all. But films are how I carry what I like to say. I\u2019m concerned, but one thing I don\u2019t like is putting the onus of the explanation of us, the artists. It\u2019s not us. It\u2019s Mubi. You must address concerning this, and not just Mubi, but other companies as well.\u201d<\/p>\n In July, multiple filmmakers signed an open letter to Mubi urging the outfit not just to reconsider its relationship with Sequoia Capital, but also to publicly condemn the company over what the letter-writers characterized as \u201cgenocide profiteering.\u201d It was revealed that Mubi received the investment in May, leading to immediate criticism about the source of the money.<\/p>\n Mubi CEO Efe Cakarel responded to the outcry in August, writing in a statement, \u201cThe profits Mubi generates do not fund any other companies in Sequoia\u2019s portfolio. Our returns go to Sequoia\u2019s limited partners \u2014 institutions such as universities, foundations, and pension funds \u2014 not to other Sequoia-backed businesses such as Kela. Any suggestion that our work is connected to funding the war is simply untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n Father Mother Sister Brother<\/em> was written and directed by Jarmusch, and stars Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Indya Moore, and Luka Sabbat.<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch has spoken out against indie film distributor Mubi after learning the company received investment from Sequoia Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital film with ties to the Israeli military. 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