{"id":34513,"date":"2026-03-06T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/34513\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:08:10","slug":"berlin-head-tricia-tuttle-posts-gratitude-for-film-industry-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/34513\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Head Tricia Tuttle Posts \u201cGratitude\u201d For Film Industry Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBerlinale Director Tricia Tuttle<\/a> has expressed her gratitude for the support of the film and festival communities, which rallied behind her in recent days following rumors she was on the verge of being axed, and also reaffirmed the festival\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDuring a uniquely challenging period, the outpouring of support from German cultural organisations, and from the international cinema and film festival communities has been deeply moving,\u201d Tuttle wrote in a note posted on the festival\u2019s site on Friday, referring to a raft of open letters<\/a> and statements issued on her behalf over the past 10 days.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am so grateful to everyone who reached out and also feel the responsibility it confers on me and on the Berlinale to lead the way in navigating fraught waters,\u201d she continued. \u201cI want to reassure each of you that I would not have continued as director without a firm belief in the clear and unequivocal reaffirmation of the independence of the Berlinale.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe note was published just two days after German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer and the festival\u2019s supervisory body, the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in\u00a0Berlin<\/a>\u00a0GmbH (KBB), confirmed Tuttle would remain in her role<\/a> after a chaotic 10 days during which her position was in question.<\/p>\n

\n\tRumors Tuttle was on verge of being sacked first surfaced on February 26 after Conservative tabloid newspaper Bild reported Weimer <\/a>had called an extraordinary meeting to discuss her future as festival director.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe move followed in the wake of a political backlash against a<\/a> series of pro-Palestinian speeches by prize winners, including Palestinian Chronicles From The Siege\u00a0 director Abdallah Al-Khatib who accused the German government of \u201cbeing partners in the genocide in Gaza by Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a coda to Friday\u2019s note, Tuttle said she was also writing to address questions around the circumstances behind her staying on in the role of festival director.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement on Wednesday, Germany\u2019s Minister of Culture said the decision to keep Tuttle on had been accompanied by her willingness to consider certain recommendations, which include the creation of an advisory council and a code of conduct, but there has been confusion around what this means. <\/p>\n

\u201cLet me clarify that the recommendations from the KBB Supervisory Board are in fact recommendations and not conditions of my employment. The Board\u2019s renewed expression of faith in my leadership signals their trust in us to consider each proposal seriously and open-mindedly,\u201d wrote Tuttle.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe will do this in acknowledgement that they share our commitment to the democratic, pluralist principle of free expression. The acceptance of these recommendations, and the manner of their implementation, will be for us to decide. On any points related to wider KBB policies I will be one of four directors of the KBB involved in those discussions. Together, we represent many people working in culture across the Berlinale, Berliner Festspiele with the Gropius Bau, and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

\n\tTuttle gave no further details on if, when and how an advisory council and code of conduct would be created. <\/p>\n

\n\tSome local industry professionals have suggested to Deadline that the issue of the recommendations could still prove thorny down the line, even if Tuttle\u2019s uptake of them would be voluntary. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn the meantime, Tuttle, who is two years into a five-year contract, reiterated her desire to carry on leading the festival.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am proud that we have emerged from this difficult moment with a stronger Berlinale, more visibly committed than ever to promoting the vitality of cinema. Where filmmakers from Germany and around the world present their work freely to our endlessly adventurous audiences. Where diverse voices are amplified. And where artistic expression is protected,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is the actual work of a film festival, and my team and I can\u2019t wait to get started on that work for the Berlinale\u2019s 77th edition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle has expressed her gratitude for the support of the film and festival communities, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,190,4653],"class_list":["post-34513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-germany","tag-tricia-tuttle"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116183807189122373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}