TIFF withdraws the documentary on the October 7 attack from the squad due to security and rights concerns

The Toronto International Film Festival withdrew from the team’s formation documentary that explains in detailing the experiences of one family in the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas due to the rights of the footage and security issues, according to a multiple news article.

In an e -mail statement, the film industry team is behind the documentary The road between us: the final Save, He admitted cancellation and told CBC News that they were “shocked and saddened” in the festival’s decision.

The statement said: “In the end, the film is an artistic form that stimulates the discussion from every perspective that can enjoy us and make us uncomfortable. It puts a festival of the feast and the audience decides what they will or not.”

“We are not political cinematographers, nor are we active; we are the narrators of stories. We are still enthusiastic, and we will release the film, and we invite the fans, broadcasters and plates to compensate for their minds, as soon as it is seen.”

The film, by Canadian director Barry Africh, tells the story of Nam Thibbon, a retired general of the Israeli Defense Army, who is searching for his son and family during the attack that sparked a long war for nearly two years between Israel and Hamas.

The story of Tebon was previously told in the media, including CBS 60 minutes. His son, Amir Tibon, a journalist, also narrated the events from his perspective in a book.

according to Delivery dateWhich was first to report the news, TIFF withdrew her invitation to the film to partially participate in the festival because some of the inclusion requirements were not fulfilled, including the “legal statement of all shots”.

“The purpose of the required conditions is to protect TIFF from legal effects and allow TIFF to manage and reduce the expected risks known about showing a movie on a very sensitive topic, including the potential threat to the great disorder,” the festival said in a statement to Associated Press and the deadline.

According to the deadline, the final statement of the legal declaration and the determination of clips of the attack that was filmed by Hamas.

CBC News submitted multiple requests to TIFF to comment on Wednesday, but the festival did not respond.

Groups condemning the decision

This step has attracted a condemnation from a number of organizations and officials.

The creative community for peace, the Entertainment Industry Organization, which learns about anti -Semitism, called for the decision to withdraw the movie “very annoying”.

“They choose to monitor a Jewish story to survive and try to erase the experiences of survivors from the worst attack on the Jews since the Holocaust,” statement Read partially. “This decision is part of the increasing direction to silence Jewish and Israeli voices under the excuse of” security concerns. “

The center of Israel and the CEO of Jewish Affairs, Noah Shak, also criticized the decision, which he saw as the festival bend to the possibility of protests.

“This shameful decision sends an unambiguous message: the Jewish community in Toronto, who played a basic role in TIFF, no longer or welcome,” he said. statement.

The Israeli Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, called on a “evil and illness” decision in A. After x. Stan Chu, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Games at Ontario, said in a statement It was published on social media He believes that freedom of expression is “an integral part of the arts.”

Tif withdrew another documentary last year

The festival also sparked controversy last year about its decision to run – then withdraw – a documentary film followed by Russian soldiers fighting in the war against Ukraine.

The film, is called Russians in war By the Canadian Russian director Anastasia Trovimova, it attracted the demonstrators who called the Russian propaganda movie. After the festival stopped temporary performances due to “major threats”, the film was shown quietly at the end of the festival.

Russians in war Soldiers and doctor follow the front lines of the war, something The director says I did without the government’s permission, which exposes it to the risk of criminal prosecution.

Sean Farnell, a producer of the documentary that managed the distribution of the film in festivals, said CBC News. The road between us Poetry like “Total Deja Vu”, given what his team went through last year.

He says that these decisions have become a “settler” in the world of art, and that it is increasingly difficult for documentary filmmakers to secure funding for difficult or provocative stories.

“I think we all have to meet and discover a way to present such a work constructed, safely, because this is what the festivals do, and this is what directors do,” said Verseel.

He recently made his team Russians in war Directly available to the fans through the website it says it gives the context of the movie. He says he feels lucky that at least the film makers have the option to circumvent the usual distribution channels in this way to give people an opportunity to watch their work in the event that he is unwilling in festivals or unable to present them.

Varnell says that before the formation of an opinion, people should see movies “subject to control or control over themselves” like Russians in war or The road between us.

“Watch the movie, you have an open mind, challenge your special biases and perceptions, and communicate with each other.”