Berlinale accused of spreading anti-Semitism. “Anti-Semitism has no place in Berlin, and this also applies to artists,” denounced the mayor of the German capital, Kai Wegner, on his X account (ex-Twitter) The controversy was fueled in particular by positions taken by filmmakers on Saturday evening, during the festival's awards ceremony.
They accused Israel of genocide due to the bombings which left nearly 30,000 dead in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.