Jewish festival in Sweden postponed after cinemas refuse to screen films
The organisers of the Jewish International Film Festival say they have been forced to postpone the event because cinemas in Malmo would not show the participating films, citing safety and security concerns.
The festival was supposed to celebrate 250 years of Jewish life in Sweden and was scheduled to run from November 29 through December 2, according to its website.
The organisers, in a statement posted on Thursday to the festival’s website, said they were “stonewalled by all commercial and art-house cinemas in the city.”
Ola Tedin, one of the organisers, told Swedish broadcaster SVT that some of the cinemas cited safety and security concerns for their refusal because they were worried something might happen to endanger their staff or audiences.
In a statement on Saturday, cinema chain Filmstaden said its decision against screening the films was made in the first half of the year. “In this particular case, after thorough assessment, we concluded that we could not host the festival due to safety concerns,” the statement said.
“Our priority is always to ensure a safe and positive experience for both our guests and employees.”
This sucks, although understandable. However this has nothing to do with Israel. Thanks to US/Israel always conflating Zionism and Israel with Judaism now anything Jewish is at risk as well.
https://www.jiff.com.au/
Looks like it's still on in Australia
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