John Greyson, Toronto filmmaker who in protest pulled his film from the Toronto Film Festival because of its decision to focus its City-to-City programming on Tel Aviv, reads an open letter to Robert Lantos, a Canadian producer who aggressively attacked Greyson for his action.
John Greyson's action inspired 'The Toronto Declaration', a letter signed by thousands of prominent filmmakers, actors and activists in solidarity with the protest against TIFF's spotlight on Tel Aviv.
John Greyson is a video artist and filmmaker who has had 7 films presented at TIFF since 1989, including 'Urinal, Zero Patience, Lilies and Proteus.' He won TIFF's Best Short Film Award in 1991 for 'The Making of Monsters.' 'Lilies' won the Genie for Best Motion Picture in 1996, as well as the Best Young Director prize at Locarno, and the prize for Best Canadian Film at the Montreal World Film Festival. His most recent feature film, 'Fig Trees,' won the Teddy award for best documentary feature film at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.
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[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np_XvUOgAD8
[2] http://rabble.ca/user
[3] http://rabble.ca/user/register