Overview

• The Venice Film Festival host kept her pledge not to address Gaza during the Aug. 27 opening ceremony.
• Journalist Veronica Gentili argued that this is not the time for distinctions about where to speak on Gaza.
• Columnist Selvaggia Lucarelli called the choice cowardly and suggested career concerns were the real motive.
• Fanelli replied by quoting Massimo Troisi, saying she is responsible for what she says, not what others understand.
• She plans to join the Venice4Palestine demonstration at the Lido on Aug. 30, which the Biennale has allocated space for.