You should be ashamed: Israeli envoy to IFFI jury head
November 29, 2022 09:18
Israeli envoy Naor Gilon with I&B minister Anurag Thakur
Israel ambassador to India Naor Gilon on Tuesday slammed his fellow countryman and filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling 'The Kashmir Files' "propaganda" and "vulgar" at the 53rd International Film Festival of India.
Gilon said that Lapid, who was the jury head at the IFFI 2022, should be ashamed of his remark on Kashmir Files as it is "insensitive and presumptuous to speak about historic events before deeply studying them and which are an open wound in India."
In a series of tweets, the Israeli envoy said he was "extremely hurt to see reactions in India to you that are doubting Schindler's List, the Holocaust and worse."
"I unequivocally condemn such statements. There is no justification. It does show the sensitivity of the Kashmir issue here," he said.
"In Indian culture they say that a guest is like God. You have abused in the worst way the Indian invitation to chair the panel of judges at @IFFIGoa as well as the trust, respect and warm hospitality they have bestowed on you." he added.
The Kashmir Files, which was released in theatres on March 11, was part of the Indian Panorama Section at IFFI and was screened on November 22.
Lapid criticised the entry saying the jury was "disturbed and shocked" by the film and deemed it "inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such a prestigious film festival."
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