Berlinale: NRW sticks to guest list with AfD. NRW reception has had a negative impact in recent years.
The importance of the country's film foundation always attracted a lot of celebrities and provided the Prime Minister with welcome photo opportunities with stars. The Berlin AfD state and parliamentary group leader Kristin Brinker complained about exclusion and stigmatization. “Hendrik Wüst called the AfD in the state parliament a very dangerous Nazi party – and he was right,” said SPD state parliament member Serdar Yüksel.