Berlin Film Festival Boss to Accept New Advisory Board and “Antisemitism Code of Conduct” (Report)

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Beleaguered Berlinale boss Tricia Tuttle is staying on as head of the Berlin Film Festival but will be required to submit to new conditions, including a “code of conduct” with an “antisemitism taboo,” according to reports in the German media. Conservative German tabloid Bild , which has led the charge to get Tuttle fired, is reporting that the German Culture Ministry could not agree on terms for a separation deal with Tuttle, who has three years left on her five-year contract with the festival. Instead, writes Bild , citing unnamed government sources, Tuttle will remain Berlinale director but has agreed to accept a new advisory board and a code of conduct that all festival participants will be required to sign off on. The code, according to Bild , will include “a taboo against antisemitism that applies to all participants.” Related Stories Movies Venice Festival Boss Alberto Barbera Re-Upped for Another Two Years TV 'A Knight of Seven Kingdoms' Actress Responds to Racial Backlash About Her Role Tuttle has been under fire since the Berlinale awards ceremony on Feb.21, when a number of filmmakers made pro-Palestinian statements from the stage. Syrian-Palestinian director Abdallah Al-Khatib, winner of the top prize in the Perspectives section for Chronicles From the Siege , used his speech to take aim at the German government, accusing them of “being partners in the genocide in Gaza by Israel.” In response, German Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider walked out of the ceremony. Tuttle has also been criticized in the German right-wing media for a premiere photo taken with the Chronicles From the Siege crew on Feb. 15, which shows her standing next to film-makers wearing keffiyehs and holding Palestinian flags. None of this — Al-Khatib...