The Berlin Film Festival is waiting to consult BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions filmmaker Kahlil Joseph and the project’s financier, Participant, before deciding whether a planned screening of the pic can take place during this year’s Berlinale.
The festival launch of BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, the first feature from video artist Joseph, was complicated this morning after it was announced that Participant had pulled the project from a debut slot at Sundance.
Reports state that Participant pulled the pic after learning Joseph made a second cut of the film, which was submitted to film festivals, including Berlin.
We understand the festival is waiting to speak with Joseph and Participant before making a final decision. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions had been set to screen in Berlin’s Perspectives sidebar for fiction feature debuts.
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