Correspondents Grapple With Covering The Carnage & Brutality Of The Hamas Terror Attack On Israel

Marta Balaga Visions du Réel winner Tomasz Wolski will focus on “A Year in the Life of the Country” next, Variety can reveal exclusively. The Polish helmer – whose latest film “In Ukraine,” co-directed with Piotr Pawlus, premiered in Berlin – is set to explore the turbulent period of martial law, imposed on Dec. 13, 1981 by General Wojciech Jaruzelski in Communist Poland after a wave of strikes.

Marta Balaga Sergei Loznitsa met with “immediate confrontation” following the premiere of “Babi Yar. Context,” he revealed at Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival. The film focused on the massacre of nearly 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1941.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Bhutan’s official Oscar entry “The Monk And The Gun,” Pawo Choyning Dorji‘s follow-up to “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom,” has been bought by a raft of well-established international theatrical distributors. Following its festival premieres at Telluride, Toronto, Rome and Busan, “The Monk and the Gun” has been sold by Films Boutique to Pyramide Distribution (France), September Films (Benelux), Rialto Distribution (Australia), Future Films (Scandinavia), A Contracorriente (Spain), Lev Films (Israel), Aurora Films (Poland), Trigon (Switzerland), Alambique Films (Portugal) and Impact Films (India and Indian Subcontinent). Earlier this week, the crowdpleaser was also acquired by Roadside Attraction for the U.S.

K.J. Yossman The partners of transatlantic production company Fulwell 73 have released a statement condemning the “devastating terrorist attack against Israel” two weeks ago and expressing concern over how the conflict is being reported by the media.

Longtime Writers Guild member Dan Gordon is resigning over the union’s lack of public support for Israel.

After weeks of outrage from members about its silence over the terror attack against Israel, the Writers Guild is finally speaking out.

BBC chief Tim Davie will make another visit to Parliament this week, where he will discuss the corporation’s coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley has sparked backlash after asking a British-Palestinian MP if she was aware of Hamas' plans to conduct their terror attack in Israel before it happened. MP Layla Moran - the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs - appeared as a guest on the early-morning news programme today to discuss the war in the Middle East. It wasn't long into the conversation with lead host Susanna Reid that Layla - whose family are currently trapped in Gaza as Israel prepare a full invasion of the disputed land - was left taken aback by a remark made by Richard.

fight with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against Hamas, The Post has learned that he’s not the only celeb bodyguard to do so.Oded Krashinsky, who has protected celebrities like Nicole Kidman, flew from Los Angeles to Israel to help train IDF soldiers and kibbutz members in Northern Israel.“I came here to help my unit. The morale is tense.

Updated with White House statement – Just over a week and a half after Hamas terrorists brutally attacked Israel, Joe Biden is heading to the Jewish state.

It sounds like Taylor Swift has an opening on her security team.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Mipcom Cannes, the international TV conference, opened on a solemn note with market director Lucy Smith paying tribute to the “innocent victims in Israel and Gaza.” Smith addressed the reverberations of the Israel-Hamas conflict at the market and within the industry. Out of the 70 Israeli industry executives who had registered for Mipcom, only a few were able to attend due to the devastation brought by Hamas’ attack on Oct.

A man armed with a knife killed a schoolteacher and seriously injured two other people in an attack in the grounds of a high school in the northeastern French town of Arras on Friday.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ star-studded annual fundraiser this weekend has been halted for the time being due to the terrorist attacks on Israel this week.

“In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks targeting Jews in Israel this past weekend, we must all do what we can to support the innocent people experiencing so much pain, violence, and uncertainty – particularly children,” declared Bob Iger tonight as the Walt Disney Company announced it is donating $2 million for humanitarian relief in Israel.

William Earl Paramount Global is the first major Hollywood studio to release a statement regarding the Israel-Hamas War, as the company posted to Instagram Thursday: “Paramount Global condemns the terrorist attacks by Hamas. We stand with the people of Israel and the global Jewish community.” Paramount’s statement continues, “We stand with all the innocent lives impacted. We stand with the children who deserve to be children.

As more details of Hamas' unspeakable horrors against Israeli civilians continue to be revealed, some celebrities have used their social media platforms to express support for Palestinians, leaving many of their fans stunned. After days of notable silence surrounding the harrowing terror attacks against Israel that shook the global community this past weekend, supermodel Gigi Hadid took to Instagram on Tuesday to reaffirm her "deep empathy for the Palestinian struggle." Hadid, whose father is Palestinian and has previously spoken out in support of Palestinian fighters, failed to mention Hamas by name but condemned the "terrorizing of innocent people" under the guise of the "Free Palestine movement." "My thoughts are with all those affected by this unjustifiable tragedy and every day that innocent lives are taken by this conflict - too many of which are children.

Justin Bieber is facing backlash after he shared a post showing his support for Israel, featuring a photo of the destruction of Gaza.The Canadian singer shared the update yesterday (October 11) on his Instagram Story, posting an image of the ruined buildings in the Gaza Strip with the caption “Praying for Israel” laid over the top.As highlighted by The Independent, the musician had taken down the original post within an hour of posting it and later replaced it with a new Story, which re-stated the same caption, but this time had no image attached.Earlier to the incident, he also shared another update, writing: “To vilianize [sic] all Palestinians or all Israeli people to me seems wrong. I’m not interested in choosing sides, but I am interested in standing with the families who have been brutally taken from us.”Justin Bieber deletes and reposts ‘Praying For Israel’ story after the original post he shared had the words over a photo of destruction in Gaza.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel opened Bloomberg Media’s Screentime conference Wednesday evening with a strong condemnation of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that he left the country vulnerable to the heinous terrorist attacks that began Oct. 7. “A morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel to rape and beheadings of babies, children,” Emanuel said in measured tones after moderator Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg’s managing editor of media and entertainment, asked him for his thoughts on the devastation in Israel.