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Actors and directors demonstrate on the red carpet.
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Around 50 filmmakers took a stand for democracy on the red carpet before the opening of the Berlinale.
Actresses like Jella Haase and Katja Riemann shouted “Defend Democracy” in Berlin on Thursday evening.
They did this by holding cell phone lights in the air.
The event was organized by the film festival itself.
Berlin - “By rejecting the AfD, the Berlinale has clearly positioned itself against right-wing extremism in Germany.
On the opening evening, the Berlinale invites a group of filmmakers to the red carpet to set an example for democracy, diversity and peaceful coexistence,” said a statement.
The background to the action was a debate about the invitation and disinvitation of several AfD politicians to the opening gala.
dpa