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Venice Film Festival

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September 14, 2026View edition →

NAZA documentaryFestival that awarded the documentary

Israeli culture minister says he will seek to revoke NAZA directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's citizenship

On September 13, Culture Minister Miki Zohar publicly said he would act to revoke Abraham and Szor's Israeli citizenship after NAZA's Venice award. TheWrap and Cadena SER reproduced the statement, but neither source establishes that a legal proceeding has opened, that Zohar can order revocation on his own or that citizenship has changed.

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September 7, 2026View edition →

Susan Sarandon hiring allegationPress-conference host

Susan Sarandon says agencies still warn studios not to hire her after her support for Palestine

At The Echo Chamber’s Venice press conference on September 6, Sarandon said films had recently been taken away from her and that agencies continued telling people not to hire her. She linked the lost work and her inability to work for a major studio to her public support for Palestine, and thanked Pallaoro for disregarding warnings. She did not identify any project, agency or studio, and EFE did not independently establish a blacklist or the motives of unnamed employers.

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Israeli culture minister says he will seek to revoke NAZA directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's citizenship

Susan Sarandon says agencies still warn studios not to hire her after her support for Palestine

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