What actually happened? At the opening press conference of the Berlinale, veteran filmmaker Wim Wenders was asked by journalist Tilo Jung about Gaza genocide and Germany’s selective solidarities when it comes to Palestine. The answers were predictable, but also astonishing. Wenders insisted: “We have to stay out of politics.” Cinema might change the world; just not in a political way. Film, he suggested, is “the opposite of politics.” The rest of the jury agreed or said nothing.
The consequences became visible fairly quickly.
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