BERLIN – Kaouther Ben Hania, director of the acclaimed film The Voice of Hind Rajab, declined to accept the Most Valuable Film award at the Cinema for Peace gala on Monday, held alongside the Berlin International Film Festival. Read More: Dozens of film figures condemn Berlin Film Festival’s ‘silence’ on Gaza In a powerful speech, Ben […]
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Arundhati Roy withdraws from Berlinale over jury’s Gaza remarks
BERLIN: Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy has announced her withdrawal from the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), citing “unconscionable statements” by jury members regarding Israel’s war in Gaza. Read More: Gaza under fire: 22 killed, many trapped Roy, writing in India’s The Wire, expressed shock over remarks by the festival jury, including its chair, acclaimed […]
Arundhati Roy: the literary canary in India’s coalmine
NEW DELHI: She may have returned to publishing fiction after a two-decade hiatus, but Indian writer Arundhati Roy says she has no plans to sheath her polemical sword anytime soon in a world where the vulnerable are still being “smashed”. Sitting in a cafe in the bowels of Old Delhi´s labyrinthine streets on a chilly […]