As the 82nd Venice International Film Festival kicks off, pro-Palestinian activists are using the high-profile event to draw attention to the war in Gaza. Demonstrators from the group Venice4Palestine are demanding the festival sever ties with organizations backing Israel and disinvite actors Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler, both linked to support for the Israeli military.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry sharply condemned American filmmaker Woody Allen on Monday for participating virtually in the Moscow International Film Week, a film festival held in Russia. Allen’s video appearance drew strong rebuke from Kyiv, which labeled it “a disgrace and an insult” to Ukrainians suffering under Russia’s ongoing invasion.
