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Nadav Lapid Withdraws From Marseille Festival Jury After Filmmakers Threaten Pullouts

Coordinated withdrawal threats pushed a major festival to remove a juror, sharpening debate over whether accepting public Israeli film funding amounts to complicity.

Rent’s 30th-Anniversary Broadway Concert Sells Out and Will Be Streamed to Benefit Broadway Cares

Goliath’s ‘Elegy’ Goes Off-Site in Venice as South Africa’s Pavilion Stays Empty

Springsteen’s ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ Debuts at No. 1 in U.S. Downloads After Two Days

‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Uses Awards Spotlight to Press Lawmakers as UK Release Begins

Federal Judge Strikes Down NEA ‘Gender Ideology’ Grant Screen as Unconstitutional

Juliette Binoche Debuts as Director With 'In‑I In Motion' at San Sebastian

Filmmakers Press Venice to Condemn Gaza as Biennale Stresses Dialogue

Mubi Proposes Ethical Funding Framework Instead of Severing Sequoia Ties

Filmmakers and Institutions Escalate Pressure on Mubi Over Sequoia Investment