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This is the first time Tricycle have placed a condition on an event or film that they must jettison a funder in return for being permitted to use the venue (notwithstanding the offer to match the funding).ġ0. This is the first time Tricycle have refused to host a film or event due to that film or event being funded in part by a government.ĩ. I am going to add some assumptions which are not clear but I think are fair on the basis of the current information – if they are wrong then I will stand corrected:Ĩ. As a compromise, Tricycle offered to make up the lost funding (around £1,400).Tricycle therefore told UKJFF that unless it jettisoned the Israeli money, it would not be able to use its premises.This year, as a result of the war in Gaza, Tricycle decided that to host a festival which was part-funded by the Israeli state, it would be – or be seen to be – taking sides in the conflict.Tricycle has not until now raised an objection to that funding.During those eight years UKJFF has always received funding from the Israeli embassy.Tricycle have hosted UKJFF for eight years.The Tricycle serves many communities and celebrates different cultures and through difficult, emotional times must aim for a place of political neutrality. We also offered to replace that funding with money from our own resources.
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For that reason, we asked the UK Jewish Film Festival to reconsider its sponsorship by the Israeli Embassy. However, given the situation in Israel and Gaza, we do not believe that the festival should accept funding from any party to the current conflict. We have proudly hosted the UK Jewish Film Festival for many years. The Tricycle has always welcomed the Festival and wants it to go ahead. Given the present situation in Israel/Palestine, and the unforeseen and unhappy escalation that has occurred over the past three weeks, including a terrible loss of life, The Tricycle cannot be associated with any activity directly funded or supported by any party to the conflict…the Tricycle will be pleased to host the UKJFF provided that it occurs without the support or other endorsement from the Israeli Government.
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This year, following “ a series of conversations“, UKJF say that they received the following letter from the theatre: The Tricycle has hosted the UKJFF for eight years. It says it “ views the world through a variety of lenses, bringing unheard voices into the mainstream”.
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The Tricycle is a theatre and cinema which is also politically diverse in terms of its content. The festival obtains its funding from a number of sources, including the Israeli Embassy, which apparently gives £1,400 annually. I have attended many times and in the 2012 I chaired a discussion at the Tricycle after the screening of a documentary called The Law in These Parts, a documentary which is highly critical of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. I think it is probably uncontroversial to say that the festival shows a very broad selection of films which offer a very wide range of viewpoints into Jewish, Israeli and Middle Eastern culture and politics. The UKJFF is a charity which amongst other things runs an annual 3-week festival.
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I thought it would be interesting, however, to investigate whether the Tricycle may have broken any laws. I’m not going to go there, although as I have been saying on Twitter, in my view this is a bad move by the Tricycle. There has already been some excellent writing: see Nick Cohen, Archie Bland and Dorian Lynskey. Cohen makes a powerful case for the decision being anti-Semitic. UKJFF refused and the relationship ended. The theatre told UKJFF that they must reject longstanding funding from the Israeli Embassy if they wanted to use the venue. Updated | It emerged on Tuesday the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn has refused to host the UK Jewish Film Festival (UKJFF) for the first time in eight years. Have the Tricycle Theatre broken the law by refusing to host the Jewish Film Festival?