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>> Actor Ethan Hawke declined to comment today on an open letter signed by 80+ famous artists criticizing the #Berlinale for "silence" on #Gaza: "I feel like there's a slight agenda to your question that is different to my agenda. But I respect you and I respect the question." <<

https://x.com/TiloJung/status/2023849135582204348

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@Sui@troet.cafe · 2 weeks ago

>> My question to the #Berlinale jury just got censored by the festival on their livestream. The so-called „technical difficulties“ suddenly ended after the answers to my question about selective human rights and solidarity with #Palestine. <<

https://x.com/TiloJung/status/2021888400903606495

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Screenshot of a posting from the journalist Tilo Jung on Twitter. You see also a screenshot of the live chat of the Berlinale. The chatters ask if the the live stream is down.

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@Sui@troet.cafe · 2 weeks ago

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Posting from Drop Site News on Twitter:

The live feed for the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, which is primarily financed by the German federal government, was cut when journalist Tilo Jung asked about the festival’s “selective solidarity” with Iran and Ukraine, and lack of solidarity with Palestinians. Jury president and Oscar-nominated director Wim Wenders replied: “We have to stay out of politics.”

That contrasts with what Wenders said last year. In 2024, he praised the festival’s political identity: “The Berlinale has traditionally always been the most political of the major festivals, it doesn’t stay out of things now, and it won’t in the future either… I like the Berlinale because it always speaks up and says something.” — Posting from Drop Site News on Twitter: The live feed for the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, which is primarily financed by the German federal government, was cut when journalist Tilo Jung asked about the festival’s “selective solidarity” with Iran and Ukraine, and lack of solidarity with Palestinians. Jury president and Oscar-nominated director Wim Wenders replied: “We have to stay out of politics.” That contrasts with what Wenders said last year. In 2024, he praised the festival’s political identity: “The Berlinale has traditionally always been the most political of the major festivals, it doesn’t stay out of things now, and it won’t in the future either… I like the Berlinale because it always speaks up and says something.”

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@Sui@troet.cafe · 2 weeks ago

Streisand effect is working. Well done, Tilo Jung!

I assume the German media will be again silent about this censorship.

https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/wim-wenders-berlinale-stay-out-of-politics-1236659726/

https://deadline.com/2026/02/berlinale-press-conference-live-feed-cut-palestine-1236717005/#comment-list-wrapper

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/berlinale-2026-gets-heated-wim-wenders-jury-politics-1236503389/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/12/berlinale-jury-president-wim-wenders-opening-press-conference

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the Guardian

‘Movies can change the world but not in a political way’ says Wim Wenders

At a press conference to open the 76th edition of the Berlin film festival, the jury president said ‘cinema has an incredible power’ but little influence on political decision-makers

The Hollywood Reporter

Berlinale Immediately Gets Heated at Jury Presser as President Wim Wenders Asserts “We Have to Stay Out of Politics”

"We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people — not the work of politicians," said the legendary filmmaker at the first Berlin Film Fest press conference.

Deadline

Berlinale Press Conference Live Feed Cuts As Journalist Asks Palestine-Related Question; Festival Denies Censorship

Berlinale Press Conference Live Feed Cuts As Journalist Asks Palestine-Related Question

Variety

Wim Wenders Says ‘We Have to Stay Out of Politics’ as Berlinale Jury Fields Questions About Israel and Palestine: Filmmakers ‘Have to Do the Work of People, Not the Work of Politicians’

The Berlin Film Festival got off to a political start on Thursday as the competition jury, led by Wim Wenders, fielded several questions about Gaza.

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@Sui@troet.cafe · 2 weeks ago

>> Don't ask about Palestine at the Berlinale!

Here's my question to the jury about selective solidarity of the film festival with the people of Iran and Ukraine vs. Palestinians. Wim Wenders (jury president) actually said: "We have to stay out of politics" #Berlinale2026 <<

https://x.com/TiloJung/status/2021926105645551625

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@Sui@troet.cafe · last week

>> I asked actor Neil Patrick Harris about political art at #Berlinale today. He didn't want to engage and said: "I'm always interested in doing things that are apolitical". <<

https://x.com/TiloJung/status/2022305186358890941

Liberals will be liberals. Privileged loudmouths who signal left but then prefer to cooperate with the fascists, because fascism doesn't threaten their wealth. Cowardly hypocrites.

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