Thread by @TaliShapiro

1| In solidarity with #Palestinian #queers and the #indigenous Palestinian people as a whole, 7 #Brazilian #filmmakers, over half the Brazilian shorts in the #Israel government-partnered #LGBT #filmfestival, TLVFest, have pulled out of the festival.
bdsmovement.net/news/mass-with…

2| The Brazilian filmmakers join Shin Seung Eun (Mother-in-Law, South Korea), Artemis Anastasiadou (I am Mackenzie, Greece) John Eames (March for Dignity, UK), Maggie Bailey (Sweet Sweet Kink, US), Andrew Blackman (Inferno, New Zealand) in pulling their films from the festival.

3| Camila Kater, director of the award-winning animated short Carne, including a Goya Award nomination for 2021, also withdrew from the festival. Carne producer, Chelo Loureiro, stated:

4| "We filmmakers cannot remain unaware of the causes that require the commitment of all. The #Palestinian cause is one of them..

5| ..the CARNE team, including director Camila Kater, as well as the producers Lívia Perez and myself, decided to withdraw the short of a festival in Tel Aviv in solidarity with the Palestinian filmmakers. Even more so because it is an #LGBTQI+ festival."

6| Celebrities, #artists, filmmakers, #musicians, #athletes, will you remain unaware of the causes that require the commitment of all, or will you join your colleagues and #boycottIsrael?

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