{"id":4748,"date":"2009-07-19T21:14:50","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T11:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=4748"},"modified":"2009-07-19T21:14:50","modified_gmt":"2009-07-19T11:14:50","slug":"still-looking-for-eric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=4748","title":{"rendered":"Still Looking for Eric"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Krazy’ Ken Loach<\/a> has an Israeli problem, and so does the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).<\/p>\n

Israeli funding angers filmmaker<\/a>
\nPhilippa Hawker
\nThe Age<\/em>
\nJuly 18, 2009<\/p>\n

ENGLISH filmmaker Ken Loach has withdrawn his film Looking for Eric<\/em> from the Melbourne International Film Festival because the festival receives funding from the Israeli Government.<\/p>\n

Loach told the festival if it did not reconsider the sponsorship, he would not allow the festival to screen his film…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The MIFF has published a statement on its site responding to Krazy Ken here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Mr Loach’s decision is part of an orchestrated campaign to target events that are in receipt of financial support from the State of Israel. Loach requested that we join the boycott and as an independent arts organisation MIFF has refused. MIFF is extremely disappointed that Mr Loach has taken this stance. MIFF has played every one of his movies at the festival over the years including It’s A Free World<\/em> (sic) in 2008…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More infos on the cultural boycott of Israel is not available here<\/a> (a site established by Mooselems in 2002 but seemingly killed off some time in late 2007) but the electronic intifada can haz heaps more infos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another VIP, Krazy (Naomi) Klein, declared that the time for a boycott is now (in January, 2009<\/a>) — and still:<\/p>\n