CPH:DOX Artistic Director Niklas Engstrøm On Keeping Danish Government Oversight “At Arm’s Length”

The German government has leverage over the Berlin Film Festival. It largely funds the international event and oversees its supervisory board. Therefore, when something happens at the festival that it doesn’t like – prize winners criticizing Israel, for instance – the government can and does use its influence to pressure the Berlinale leadership. Contrast that […]