{"id":87692,"date":"2021-07-13T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=87692"},"modified":"2021-07-13T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:55:48","slug":"23-05-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=87692","title":{"rendered":"Israel entry at Cannes confronts \u2018censorship of the soul\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Israel entry at Cannes confronts \u2018censorship of the soul\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

AFP <\/strong>and TOI STAFF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nadav Lapid, director of \u2018Ahed\u2019s Knee,\u2019 launches blistering attack on what he claims are Israeli government attempts to silence filmmakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

(From L) Israeli actress Nur Fibak, Israeli director Nadav Lapid and Israeli actor Avshalom Pollak pose as they arrive for the screening of the film ‘Ha’Berech’ (Ahed’s Knee) at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on July 7, 2021. (John MACDOUGALL \/ AFP)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Rising Israeli cinema star Nadav Lapid launched a blistering attack on alleged censorship in his country with Cannes entry \u201cAhed\u2019s Knee\u201d on Wednesday, telling AFP that his countrymen remain \u201cdiseased and blinded\u201d by politics.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 46-year-old director won the top prize at the Berlin film festival in 2019 for \u201cSynonyms,\u201d a loosely autobiographical story about a young man trying to shed his Israeli identity when he moves to Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

His latest, in competition for the Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes, is also based on a real-life event: a call Lapid received from an Israeli official, inviting him to present a film in a remote desert village, but also asking him to sign a form promising to stick to certain approved subjects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking at Cannes, Lapid told AFP his biggest concern was how such moves forced artists to censor themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sad thing in Israel is you don\u2019t have to put tanks in front of the Israeli Film Fund, you don\u2019t have to arrest a director and throw him in jail like in Russia. It\u2019s effective just to say, \u2018Enough politics, guys, let\u2019s talk about family.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat bothers me is not the censorship of the state, but when censorship becomes part of your soul, your mind. Censorship from within. It accompanies you like a shadow,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lapid said he actually welcomed what he claimed was the worsening censorship under recent right-wing governments \u2014 over issues such as the treatment of Palestinians \u2014 since it meant artists were finally tasting the same repression as other parts of society.<\/span><\/p>\n

(From L) Israeli actor Yehonatan Vilozny, Israeli actress Naama Preis, Israeli actor Yonatan Kugler, producer Judith Lou Levy, Israeli actress Nur Fibak, Israeli director Nadav Lapid, Israeli actor Avshalom Pollak and Israeli producer Yoram Honig pose as they arrive for the screening of the film \u201cHa\u2019Berech\u201d (Ahed\u2019s Knee) at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on July 7, 2021. (John MACDOUGALL \/ AFP)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a country that was so oppressive to a part of its population but at the same time, filmmakers had total liberty,\u201d he said. \u201cIt became a kind of joke.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, he said, the authorities had shown their true colors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey say: \u2018We dominate the country, why don\u2019t we also dominate the cinema?\u2019 Maybe it\u2019s a good thing. I don\u2019t think filmmakers should be protected\u2026 As a filmmaker there\u2019s a limit to how long you can stand on a hill and see the valleys burning. Now, the fire also gets to us\u2026 Let\u2019s burn!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He was dismissive of the idea that anything might change with the end of Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s 12-year stint as prime minister last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any reason to think that the issues that really matter in Israeli society will change because of this new political constellation,\u201d Lapid told AFP. \u201cThis disease is still there\u2026 people are still totally blind. The Israeli soul is still living this endless state of victimization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But \u201cAhed\u2019s Knee\u201d is also a warning that constantly fighting the system can also backfire.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m making right or left-wing films. They\u2019re full of contradictions,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the end of the film, you see how opposing the state is the only possible choice, but on the other hand, in the end, you have exactly the same diseases that you are fighting against.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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