According to Variety, Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid withdrew from the Marseille FID Festival after facing boycott pressure for his role as a juror. The decision brought surprising support from Natalie Portman, Justine Triet, and other film figures. Lapid remains committed to making politically urgent cinema, viewing controversy as inseparable from his artistic mission.

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