Edinburgh film festival refuses Israeli donation
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 22, 2009 under Film Festival, Foreign Film, Politics | 
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The Edinburgh International Film Festival reportedly returned £300 to the Israeli embassy after the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), bombarded the organizers with threats to picket the festival when it takes place next month.
The money was to have been used to help bring Israeli director Tali Shalom-Ezer, whose film “Surrogate” is currently in Israeli cinemas, to the festival. Instead, the organizers will now fund her expenses out of the festival’s budget.
The festival was also reportedly targeted by film director and pro-Palestinian activist Ken Loach, who called for a boycott of the festival, urging people to “stay away.”
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