Berlinale meet called over film director's anti-Israel speech

Bild daily reported that Tricia Tuttle, the US director of the Berlinale, is expected to be sacked at the meeting, citing sources close to the KBB, the state-owned company that runs the festival. The KBB dismissed the report, telling AFP in a short statement: "We believe this is fake news." The Gaza war loomed large over the February 12-22 festival, and Syrian-Palestinian filmmaker Abdallah Al-Khatib in Saturday's closing ceremony accused Germany of being complicit in "genocide" in Gaza through its support for Israel.