[white trash redneck]

This is depressing, but instructive, on a couple of levels. The first is the obvious double standard to which these Israeli artists are being subjected, and which they clearly recognize.

The second is captured by Mr. Honig's comment "My film speaks about co-existence and shows the difficulty (of Arabs and Jews) living together in Neveh Shalom." What is sad is that he thinks that if he just makes nice with the poor palesimians and their antisemitic supporters, they will make nice with him. It's sad that he's been disillusioned, but he should understand that he might as well make films showing the true barbarity of the arabs, since the antisemites will NEVER accept him, even if he does make films about "co-existence."

[white trash redneck]

fyi

[nuconvert]

Bump

[DB]

What the French are racists?

No kidding...

[wideawake]

Looks like the boycott Goebbels was calling for is finally being implemented 75 years later.

I hope the French are really proud of themselves.

[mkjessup]

Israeli filmmakers dropped from French film festival

If I were among the Israeli film makers, I would be sending a thank you note to the French.

Who wants to sit through an endless stream of Jerry Lewis-inspired movies anyway?

[Mamzelle]

bumpmark. Interesting. Wonder what US Hollywood will say, and whether indie groups in the US will follow suit? I suspect Soros has something to do with this--he has his fingers deep into independent filmmaking all over the US, in the film schools of universities--I'd think it'd be the same in Europe.

[Bahbah]

"My film speaks about co-existence and shows the difficulty (of Arabs and Jews) living together in Neveh Shalom."

Without knowing something more specific about the film, it's hard to say it suggests that the answer is for Israelis to "play nice." It is equally possible to surmise that the film illustrates the difficulty of coexistence with lunatics wallowing in a state of victimhood who are taught from the cradle that it is the fault of the Jews. I just can't really tell from his description.

Generally speaking, just when I think the French can't find a way to be more offensive, they do.

[laotzu]

because of their "opposition to the occupation."

I've heard this phrase often. "Occupation" really seems to incite, and outrage a great many people around the world......unless, of course, its hezbollah occupying Lebanon.

[Sam Cree]

To hell with France.

[goldstategop]

I get a kick out of seeing the Israeli extreme Left's cultural works of anti-Zionism and Jewish self-loathing boycotted by the French. Far from being upset, I see this as cause for celebration! As a philo-semite, I feel proud to be turned down by France!

( No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)

[sticker]

Filmmakers for the most part are left-wing anti-American anti-Western civilization. I used to do some tech work with a film festival and had so many "discussions" with the idiots it wasn't funny. I really loved the fact they thought the government should give them money to make "films"(remember, they always make films not movies) but should not have any input it what the "film" was about.

[hummingbird]

If the Israelis started their own film festivals, I guarantee they would bury France's film festivals, including Cannes, within 3 -5 years.

[rogator]

Do they plan on opening the festival with the Horst Wessel Song, or perhaps Sieg Heil?
Some of the French were better Nazis than the Germans.
I have utter disdain for these kind of folks.

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[mcar]

I’ve been boycotting anything French since Chirac was Hussein's main protectorate.

[Nachum]

France = Jew haters

[monkeyshine]

These people are truly sick.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

How utterly stupid the so-called artistic crowd are.

[happygrl]

Europe is soooooo Over.