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Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's exclusion from FID Marseille highlights the ongoing controversy surrounding cultural boycotts of Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Freedom Of ExpressionPolitical ActivismFilm FestivalIsraeli DirectorCultural BoycottArtwashingNadav LapidMovie CriticismFid Marseille

Places mentioned

Beverly Hills, California, United States
"Israeli director Nadav Lapid in Beverly Hills, California on March 30."
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France
"He was asked to serve on the jury of the international film festival FID Marseille."
Berlin, Germany
"The most recent editions of the Berlin Film Festival illustrate that risk."
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"In Munich, he said the film is vulgar, noisy and brutal because the collective soul it depicts is vulgar, noisy and brutal."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"In Synonyms (2019), an existential tragicomedy that is Lapids most incisive investigation into Israeli and Jewish identity, a young man moves to Paris after completing his military service."
Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France
"When I interviewed Lapid about Aheds Knee in Cannes, where the film won the jury prize, the director told me that making the film had allowed him to think through a number of tough yet vital questions."

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