Impact of Israeli-Palestinian conflict plays out on screen in Berlin

Gaza has been a point of heated debate since the first day of the festival, when jury president Wim Wenders answered a question about the German government's support for Israel by saying: "We cannot really enter the field of politics." That sparked a backlash from figures including Arundhati Roy, Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton. Festival director Tricia Tuttle has defended Wenders and denied accusations that the festival has engaged in censorship. On screen, one of the films dealing with the global...