Girona Cinemas cancel the Seret Israeli Film Festival
At the close of this Hineni we received news of the cancellation of this festival that we had been waiting for so much.
Despite having appeared in a couple of media outlets, none of them explain what Elad Simchayoff, one of the organizers, published in X.
The director of Cines Girona received strong threats and clarifies: “I did not want to cancel the festival, so for us the defense of cultural diversity is very important. But the price we are going to pay is too high. And most importantly... I don't see a future. Next year will be the same and the next too. It makes no sense that we are at war with a large part of our community because trying to explain my arguments is very difficult and no one wants to listen to me or understand me." https://twitter.com/Elad_Si/status/1757757535325442251?s=20
The festival organization is looking for an alternative location. We don't have any more details.
How different media covered it:
Vilaweb
AraCat
Open Metropolis
El Nacional