The opening night of the Berlin Film Festival is only just getting underway and political and humanitarian sentiment is already to the fore with multiple demonstrations on the red carpet and nearby.
Multiple German actors were accompanied on the red carpet by festival head Tricia Tuttle in holding up a photo of Israeli actor David Cunio, who is among hostages being held by Hamas.
Among the actors holding the photo were Christian Berkel, Andrea Sawatzki, and Ulrich Matthes. Cunio is the subject of Tom Shoval’s Berlin Film festival feature A Letter To David.
There was a separate rally earlier in the day in festival venue Potsdamer Platz in support of Cunio and his brother Ariel, who is also being held captive.
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