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The AfD Invitation, Staff Disquiet & Uncomfortable Meetings: The Inside Story Of The Berlin Film Festival’s Tumultuous Build-Up

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EXCLUSIVE: The Berlin Film Festival gets underway tomorrow but organizers and staff will be doing so bruised after an uncomfortable build-up to the event.

The festival sparked controversy ten days ago after we revealed it had invited members of the far-right AfD (Alternative For Germany) party to the opening ceremony.

The AfD, which is polling second in the country, is the source of much soul-searching in Germany due to its hardline agenda, which has been characterised as anti-Islam, anti-immigration, German nationalist, and Eurosceptic.

By the end of the week, organizers had rowed back on the lightning-rod decision, but not before inflicting some hefty PR self-harm and opening up internal divisions among staff.

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