Canadian filmmaker boycotts Tel Aviv’s queer film fest

Greyson protests Israel's actions in Palestine

Canadian filmmaker John Greyson is pulling his documentary Fig Trees from the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival to protest Israel’s actions in Palestine. Yair Hochner, the artistic director of the festival, is surprised by the move and thinks that this boycotts hurts both Arab and Jewish queers.

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