Israeli Director Nadav Lapid on Cultural Boycott Backlash, Support From Natalie Portman and the Future of Political Cinema: ‘I’ll Keep Trying to Touch the Fire’
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Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid says he was “astonished” by the wave of support he received from Natalie Portman, Justine Triet, Jacques Audiard and hundreds of other film figures after the boycott campaign that led him to withdraw from Marseille’s FID Festival, where he had been invited as a juror. He was even more surprised to […]
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