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Berlinale Tried to Avoid Politics. Its Winners Made That Impossible.

February 21, 2026 at 07:48 PM
By Dana Harris
Acceptance speeches condemning Israel and supporting Palestine dominated the ceremony, forcing the festival to confront the controversy it spent days trying to contain.

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