Controversial right-wing politician Miri Regev calls for state funding to be axed over its programming choices.
Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev is calling for state funding of the Haifa International Film Festival (Haiff) to be re-appraised, raising objections about films in its upcoming 34th edition that she considers could “harm Israel”.
According to a letter obtained by Israeli media, Regev wrote to Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, demanding his ministry re-examine state funding for Haifa, saying it had broken the law by programming films that undermined “Israeli values and symbols”.
The festival, which opens on September 22 with Avi Nesher’s...
Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev is calling for state funding of the Haifa International Film Festival (Haiff) to be re-appraised, raising objections about films in its upcoming 34th edition that she considers could “harm Israel”.
According to a letter obtained by Israeli media, Regev wrote to Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, demanding his ministry re-examine state funding for Haifa, saying it had broken the law by programming films that undermined “Israeli values and symbols”.
The festival, which opens on September 22 with Avi Nesher’s...
- 9/19/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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