Arundhati Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over jury’s ‘unconscionable’ remarks on Gaza: ‘Jaw-dropping’
Indian writer Arundhati Roy said Friday she was canceling her planned participation in the Berlin Film Festival over comments from jury president Wim Wenders that the festival had to “stay out of politics”. In a statement sent to AFP the Booker Prize-winning author said that she was “shocked and disgusted” by the celebrated German director’s…