Un film israélien sélectionné ne sera pas présenté à Dubaï au festival de la FIAT (Fédération Internationale des archives de télévision)

Elder of Ziyon rapporte l'information parue dans Haaretz (International film competition disinvites Israeli doc due to Dubai ceremony) selon laquelle la Fédération internationale des archives de télévision aurait déprogrammé le documentaire israélien "Israel: Home Movie" d'Eliav Lilti du festival qui aura lieu à Dubaï du 25 au 28 octobre.  Les organisateurs auraient subi des pressions des autorités de l'émirat qui financent le festival prétextant l'absence de relations diplomatiques avec Israël.  Le film figure toujours sur le site du festival.  Le Conseil exécutif de la FIAT est composé de douze membres pour la plupart des Européens, Jan Müller, président (Pays-Bas), Herbert Hayduck, vice-président et ancien président (Autriche), Dominique Saintville, vice-présidente (France), Tobias Golodnoff, secrétaire général (Danemark). Si l'information se confirme, on verra quelles vont être les réactions en Europe.

Israeli film disqualified from award - because ceremony is in Dubai 

This is outrageous: The creators of the Israeli documentary "Israel: A Home Movie" were recently informed that their film has been dropped from an international competition for films based on archival footage, because the awards ceremony is to be held in the Arab emirate of Dubai.

The competition is being sponsored by the International Federation of Television Archives. According to the film's producer, Arik Bernstein, the organization's chairman informed him that because the ceremony is taking place in Dubai (which has no diplomatic relations with Israel) and the film deals with the history of Israel, it will not be shown at the event. In addition, the film’s creators cannot be hosted there and the film will be disqualified from winning a prize in the competition and not mentioned at the awards ceremony.


...Two months ago Bernstein was officially informed that the film, which is known as "Kach Ra'inu" in Hebrew and directed by Eliav Lilti, had made it to the finals. A jury chose it as one of the nine best movies and the film was in the running in the “Preservation and special use of archival material” category, against two competing movies. The notice invited the filmmakers to attend or send a representative to the October 26 award ceremony. The ceremony is held in a different country every year, and Dubai was chosen as this year’s location.  However, two weeks ago Bernstein was informed that the invitation had been withdrawn and his film had been removed from the competition. "This is an international organization of which Israel [through the state broadcaster Channel 1] is a member," Bernstein said Thursday. "The total disqualification of the film followed pressure from the authorities in Dubai, which are hosting and funding this year's conference," he said. 

The film is still listed as a nominee on the IFTA webpage: