Berlin film festival chief to remain in job after Gaza row

Tricia Tuttle had been under fire from some politicians after the comments by Syrian-Palestinian filmmaker Abdallah Al-Khatib, with some media reporting that culture minister Wolfram Weimer had sought to oust her from the job. But after a meeting of the board of the state-owned KBB -- the company that runs the Berlinale -- on Wednesday, Weimer's office said in a statement that it welcomed Tuttle's willingness to "continue her work". Angry rows over the Israel-Palestinian conflict have repeatedly rocked the Berlinale...