The Venice Biennale joins the messages despatched out by celebrities and organizations world wide, particularly for the reason that loss of life of Mahsa Amini, in condemning the present scenario in Iran, the place probably the most fundamental human and civil rights usually are not revered, and the place Iranian individuals are taking to the streets in respectable protest towards a brutal police state.
The violent response to the spontaneous and rising protests on the streets of Iran, and the simultaneous shutdown of the Internet and social networks, have disadvantaged the artists and folks of this nice nation, to whom we provide our utmost solidarity, of all potentialities of communication and expression.
“The Venice Biennale and the Venice Film Festival, along with different movie festivals and cultural establishments, should be the voice of those that are violently and brutally oppressed, even to the purpose of homicide. The dedication made with the flash mob organized on the crimson carpet of the newest Biennale Cinema in assist of the imprisoned filmmakers is bolstered by our full assist for the men and women who’re right this moment protesting bravely, risking their lives, to acquire recognition of their proper to freedom and their civil rights which might be denied by the powers that be.”