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Support for the ‘Toronto Declaration – No Celebration of Occupation’ has been tremendous. We sincerely thank every individual and organization that has joined in our efforts. We also wanted to share some important updates with you regarding the Toronto Declaration:
Although TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey vehemently denied any links between the spotlight and Brand Israel, the Canadian Jewish News reported today (Sept 16/09) that the Mayor of Tel Aviv confirmed the involvement of the Israeli government in TIFF’s City-to-City Spotlight. According to the report, Mayor Ron Huldai “said that while the City to City program was initiated by the festival, the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs was involved as part of its Brand Israel media and advertising campaign, which was launched last year.” We are glad to see that the connections between the Spotlight and the Brand Israel campaign have been clarified; we had hoped these answers would come from TIFF directly.
A reminder: we are protesting because we could not stand idly by as Tel Aviv, the heart of Israel’s economic and military power, was being celebrated as if this was an apolitical decision. Palestinians in Gaza continue to live under a brutal Israeli siege that has turned Gaza into what countless observers have described as an open-air prison, with access even to food and medicine greatly restricted. We protested the spotlight to call attention to a humanitarian emergency and an ongoing crime. The UN fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict led by the renowned South African constitutional court judge Richard Goldstone has just concluded that Israel indeed committed war crimes in Gaza earlier this year, and further that there is evidence that Israel may have committed crimes against humanity. This was why we said "no celebration of Occupation," facts deliberately ignored in most press reports.
As you have no doubt heard, our petition is being falsely accused of "blacklisting" Israeli filmmakers. Anyone who had read the letter knows this is untrue. The irony is that we couldn't find a single newspaper to publish our letter, despite the fact that it is now an international phenomenon. And unlike our critics, we don't have the resources to buy advertisements that reiterate the editorial line that the newspaper has already taken. And yet, despite the bullying we are all facing, we have to remember that this is only a sideshow. Many Palestinian artists and filmmakers, denied freedom of movement by Israel's Occupation and pass system, are de facto boycotted, unable to communicate with their communities or travel freely. The double standard is mind-boggling and, slowly, these are the issues we are helping to put under a spotlight.
The stated goal of the Brand Israel campaign is to change the subject from these kinds of human rights abuses to more pleasant topics like art and medicine. Thanks to your work and support, in the case of the Toronto International Film Festival, the strategy has failed miserably. The JTA, the leading Jewish news agency, just reported that, "rather than talking about Israel's rich cinematic culture, the buzz this week in Toronto has centered on the one thing Israeli officials had sought to avoid: the conflict with the Palestinians." We firmly believe that is exactly where it belongs.
Because of your courage in speaking out early, you are now inspiring others to raise their voices as well. Yesterday, the respected U.S.-based non-profit Jewish Voices for Peace launched a petition in support of the signatories of the Toronto Declaration. The petition states: "I stand with you against the bullying attacks which are attempting to silence discussion and dissent regarding Israel. Thank you for your courageous stand. You speak for me." In less than 24 hours, roughly 7,000 people have added their names. Check out the petition here and encourage your friends to sign. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/t/9047/p/dia/action/public/?action_key=1433 We’re sure you will join us in thanking those signers as well.
So this is just an update to let you know that, despite all the overheated language and misinformation, our message is getting out and we are opening up the debate that should have happened at TIFF. We have managed to turn the Spotlight on the festival and asked it to take responsibility for the political choice it made to celebrate Tel Aviv and make TIFF this year, the year of the Gaza assault, a showpiece for the Brand Israel propaganda campaign.
Defamation, intimidation, and diversion won't stop us from protesting crimes that no amount of rebranding can erase. Please take the time to fight back agaist the misinformation: write letters, post comments, write op-ed and link to the original letter as much as you can, so people can judge for themselves.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation
An Open Letter to the Toronto International Film Festival:
September 2, 2009
As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine.
In 2008, the Israeli government and Canadian partners Sidney Greenberg of Astral Media, David Asper of Canwest Global Communications and Joel Reitman of MIJO Corporation launched “Brand Israel,” a million dollar media and advertising campaign aimed at changing Canadian perceptions of Israel. Brand Israel would take the focus off Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and its aggressive wars, and refocus it on achievements in medicine, science and culture. An article in Canadian Jewish News quotes Israeli consul general Amir Gissin as saying that Toronto would be the test city for a promotion that could then be deployed around the world. According to Gissin, the culmination of the campaign would be a major Israeli presence at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. (Andy Levy-Alzenkopf, “Brand Israel set to launch in GTA,” Canadian Jewish News, August 28, 2008.)
In 2009, TIFF announced that it would inaugurate its new City to City program with a focus on Tel Aviv. According to program notes by Festival co-director and City to City programmer Cameron Bailey, “The ten films in this year’s City to City programme will showcase the complex currents running through today’s Tel Aviv. Celebrating its 100th birthday in 2009, Tel Aviv is a young, dynamic city that, like Toronto, celebrates its diversity.”
The emphasis on 'diversity' in City to City is empty given the absence of Palestinian filmmakers in the program. Furthermore, what this description does not say is that Tel Aviv is built on destroyed Palestinian villages, and that the city of Jaffa, Palestine’s main cultural hub until 1948, was annexed to Tel Aviv after the mass exiling of the Palestinian population. This program ignores the suffering of thousands of former residents and descendants of the Tel Aviv/Jaffa area who currently live in refugee camps in the Occupied Territories or who have been dispersed to other countries, including Canada. Looking at modern, sophisticated Tel Aviv without also considering the city’s past and the realities of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza strip, would be like rhapsodizing about the beauty and elegant lifestyles in white-only Cape Town or Johannesburg during apartheid without acknowledging the corresponding black townships of Khayelitsha and Soweto.
We do not protest the individual Israeli filmmakers included in City to City, nor do we in any way suggest that Israeli films should be unwelcome at TIFF. However, especially in the wake of this year’s brutal assault on Gaza, we object to the use of such an important international festival in staging a propaganda campaign on behalf of what South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and UN General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann have all characterized as an apartheid regime.
This letter was drafted by the following ad hoc committee:
Udi Aloni, filmmaker, Israel; Elle Flanders, filmmaker, Canada; Richard Fung, video artist, Canada; John Greyson, filmmaker, Canada; Naomi Klein, writer and filmmaker, Canada; Kathy Wazana, filmmaker, Canada; Cynthia Wright, writer and academic, Canada; b h Yael, film and video artist, Canada
Endorsed By:
Ahmad Abdalla, Filmmaker, Egypt
Hany Abu-Assad, Filmmaker, Palestine
Mark Achbar, Filmmaker, Canada
Zackie Achmat, AIDS activist, South Africa
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, Filmmaker, Jerusalem
Anthony Arnove, Publisher and Producer, USA
Ruba Atiyeh, Documentary Director, Lebanon
Joslyn Barnes, Writer and Producer, USA
Harry Belafonte, Musician/Actor, USA
John Berger, Author, France
Walter Bernstein, Screenwriter/Film Producer, USA
Dionne Brand, Poet/Writer, Canada
Daniel Boyarin, Professor, USA
Judith Butler, Professor, USA
David Byrne, Musician, USA
Noam Chomsky, Professor, USA
Julie Christie, Actor, USA
Nandita Das, Actor/Filmmaker, India
Guy Davidi Director, Israel
Na-iem Dollie, Journalist/Writer, South Africa
Igor Drljaca, Filmmaker, Canada
Eve Ensler, Playwright, Author, USA
Eyal Eithcowich, Director, Israel
Lynne Fernie, Filmmaker and Programmer, Canada
Sophie Fiennes, Filmmaker, UK
Peter Fitting, Professor, Canada
Jane Fonda, Actor and Author, USA
Danny Glover, Filmmaker and Actor, USA
Noam Gonick, Director, Canada
Malcolm Guy, Filmmaker, Canada
Rawi Hage, Writer, Canada
Anne Henderson, Filmmaker, Canada
Mike Hoolboom, Filmmaker, Canada
Annemarie Jacir, Filmmaker, Palestine
Gordon Jackson, Jazz Musician, South Africa
Fredric Jameson, Literary Critic, USA
Nadia Kamel, Filmmaker, Egypt
Juliano Mer Khamis, Filmmaker, Jenin/Haifa
Bonnie Sherr Klein Filmmaker, Canada
Joy Kogawa, Writer, Canada
Paul Laverty, Producer, UK
Min Sook Lee, Filmmaker, Canada
Paul Lee, Filmmaker, Canada
Yael Lerer, publisher, Tel Aviv
Mark Levine, Professor, USA
Jack Lewis, Filmmaker, South Africa
Ken Loach, Filmmaker, UK
Arab Lotfi, Filmmaker, Egypt/Lebanon
Kyo Maclear, Author, Toronto
Guy Maddin, Screenwriter/Director, Canada
Mahmood Mamdani, Professor, USA
Fatima Mawas, Filmmaker, Australia
Anne McClintock, Professor, USA
Tessa McWatt, Author, Canada and UK
Viggo Mortensen, Actor, USA
Cornelius Moore, Film Distributor, USA
Yousry Nasrallah, Director, Egypt
Joan Nestle, Writer, USA
Rebecca O'Brien, Producer, UK
Pratibha Parmar, Producer/Director, UK
Anand Patwardhan, Documentary Film Maker, India
Jeremy Pikser, Screenwriter, USA
John Pilger, Filmmaker, UK
Shai Carmeli Pollak, Filmmaker, Israel
Ian Iqbal Rashid, Filmmaker, Canada
Judy Rebick, Professor, Canada
David Reeb, Artist, Tel Aviv
B. Ruby Rich, Critic and Professor, USA
Wallace Shawn, Playwright, Actor, USA
Eyal Sivan, Filmmaker and Scholar, Paris/London/Sderot
Elia Suleiman, Fimmlaker, Nazareth/Paris/New York
Eran Torbiner, Filmmaker, Israel
Alice Walker, Writer, USA
Thomas Waugh, Professor, Canada
Christian Wiener Freso, President – Union of Peruvian Filmmakers, Peru
Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director Women Make Movies, USA
Howard Zinn, Writer, USA
Slavoj Zizek, Professor, Slovenia
Signatories A-E
| Peter | A. Schnapp | Management | USA |
| Nuzhat | Abbas | Writer | Canada |
| Lamia | Abbas | Jordan | |
| Fadia | Abboud | Film Festival Director | Australia |
| Fuad | Abboud | Lawyer (Rd)/ Playwright | Canada |
| Muhaned | Abd | Elhamid | Palestine |
| Reem | Abd Elhamid | Palestine | |
| Qais | Abd Elkarim | Palestine | |
| Ahmad | Abdalla | Filmmaker | Egypt |
| Majd | Abdel Hamid | Artist | Palestine |
| Arab | Abdel-Hadi | Palestine/Egypt | |
| Malak | Abdel-Hadi | Palestine/Jordan | |
| Monica | Abdelkader | Canada | |
| Fadi | Abdelnour | Graphic Artist | Palestine/Berlin |
| Ashraf | Abdel-Qader | Student | |
| Gamal | Abdel-Shehid | Professor | Canada |
| Nahla | Abdo | Professor | Canada |
| Hoda | Abdul Fattah | Australia | |
| Reem | Abdul Qadir | Social Worker | Canada |
| Ghassan | Abdulla | Palestine | |
| Wasim | Abdullah | Palestine | |
| Mohammed | Abed | Professor | USA |
| Noa | Abend | Teacher | Israel |
| Walid | Abid Elsalam | Musician | Palestine |
| Mohsin | Aboobaker | UK | |
| Bassel | Abou Jamra | Germany | |
| Paula | Abrams-Hourani | Austria | |
| Amani | Abu Al Sameed | Jordan | |
| Adnan | Abu Alash | Palestine | |
| Miasar | Abu Ali | Palestine | |
| Rasmi | Abu Ali | Palestine | |
| Usama | Abu Ali | Palestine | |
| Darwish | Abu El Rish | Filmmaker | Palestine |
| Mahmoud | Abu Elhiaa | Poet | Palestine |
| Mousa | Abu Gharbieh | Palestine | |
| Ala' | Abu Ghoush | Filmmaker | Palestine |
| Hisham | Abu Ghoush | Palestine | |
| Hakeem | Abu Jaleela | Filmmaker | Italy |
| Fadi | Abu Sada | Palestine | |
| Bashar | Abu Saifan | Producer | Lebanon |
| Suhail | Abualsameed | Canada/Jordan | |
| Hany | Abu-Assad | Filmmaker | Palestine |
| Rashid | Abu-Ghazalah | Research Fellow | Canada |
| Amany | Abu-Hammad | Project Manager | Canada |
| Mahmoud | AbuHashahs | Palestine | |
| Mark | Achbar | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Zackie | Achmat | AIDS activist | South Africa |
| Serge | Adam | Professeur (Rt) | Canada |
| Mary-Louise | Adams | Professor | Canada |
| Francisco | Adrianzen | Filmmaker/Professor | Peru |
| Inés Maria | Agresott Gonzalez | Director – Cuzco International Short Film Festival | Peru |
| Muhammad Idress | Ahmad | Writer/Journalist | Scotland |
| Mara | Ahmed | Filmmaker/Artist | USA |
| Sameeta | Ahmed | Architect/Assistant Professor | Pakistan |
| Amany | Ahmed Hosney | Egypt | |
| Nora | Akawi | Palestine | |
| Darina | Al Joundi | Writer/Actress | France |
| Nehal | al Tarhuni | Dentist | Canada |
| Issam | Al yamani | Writer | Palestine/Canada |
| Hala | Alabdalla | Réalisatrice | Syria |
| Tamam | Al-Akhal | Artist | Palestine |
| Mohamed | AlAsmar | Palestine | |
| Fathi | Albis | Palestine | |
| Greg | Albo | Professor | Canada |
| Ammiel | Alcalay | Writer | USA |
| Harold | Alden | Canada | |
| Dawud | Al-Eisawi | Professor | Jordan |
| Conrad | Alexandrowicz | Director/Writer | Canada |
| Ra'anan | Alexandrowicz | Filmmaker | Jerusalem |
| Muhammad Ali | Al-Hashimi | Student Phd | UK/USA |
| Saiqa | Ali | Charity Worker | UK |
| Noaman | Ali | Canada | |
| Radfan | Ali Hindad | Artist/Filmmaker | USA |
| Seyyed | Ali Mirzadeh | Clinical Psychologist | USA |
| Yazan | AlKhalili | Palestine | |
| Jocelyne | Allen | Translator | Canada |
| Zain | Almasri | Student | Jordan |
| Hugo | Almeida | Portugal | |
| Manal | Al-Qasem | Professor | USA |
| Osama | Al-Qasem | USA | |
| Basma | Alsharif | Artist | Palestine |
| Galit | Altshuler | Germany | |
| Gloria | Alvernaz Mulcahy | Filmmaker/Professor | Canada |
| Azmat | Alvi | Canada | |
| D. | Alwan | Palestine/USA | |
| Basil | Alzeri | Artist | Palestine |
| Mo'min | Alzyoud | Palestine | |
| Zainab | Amadahy | Community Worker | Canada |
| Ahmed | Ameer | Filmmaker | Egypt |
| Merav | Amir | Academic and Activist | Israel |
| Hana | Amoury | Israel | |
| Ziad | Amra | USA | |
| Reem | Anani | USA | |
| Andreas | Andersson | Sweden | |
| Saed | Andoni | Producer | Palestine |
| Raed | Andoni | Filmmaker | Ramallah/Paris |
| Francesca | Antinucci | Designer | Italy |
| Rachad | Antonius | Professor | Canada |
| enzo | apicella | designer | UK |
| Laura | Arau | Cinematographer | Spain |
| Alberto | Arce Suarez | Filmmaker | Spain |
| David | Archibald | Film Academic | UK |
| Anthony | Arnove | Publisher and Producer | USA |
| Shahrzad | Arshadi | Photographer/Filmmaker | Canada |
Shahrzad | Arshadi | Canada | |
| Shrouk | Asaad | journalist | Palestine |
| Christopher | Assad | CAPCA | Canada |
| Najla | Atamnah | Music Therapist | Palestine |
| Maha | Atiani | Palestine | |
| Ruba | Atiyeh | Documentary Director | Lebanon |
| Mamoun | Attili | Human Rights and Good Governance Outreach Specialist | Palestine |
| Suha | Audi | Small Business Owner | USA |
| Mimi | Avishai | Israel | |
| Nitzan | Aviv | Israel | |
| Shaza | Awada | Lebanon | |
| Nahed | Awwad | ||
| Neddal | Ayad | Writer | Canada |
| Wally | Ayad | Australia | |
| Dima | Ayoub | Canada | |
| Raneem | Azzam | Teacher | Canada |
| Grietje | Baars | Netherlands | |
| Feyzi | Baban | Professor | Canada |
| Susan | Babbitt | Professor | Ontario |
| Liana | Badir | Filmmaker | Palestine |
| Liali | Badir | Palestine | |
| William | Badovinac | Artist | Canada |
| Rolla | Bahsous | Teaching Assistant | Canada |
| Naim | Baidoun | Palestine | |
| Beverly | Bain | Professor | Canada |
| Rebecca | Bain | Musician | Canada |
| Sepideh | Bakhtshirin | USA | |
| Isam | Bakir | Palestine | |
| Viviane | Baladi | France | |
| Indira | Balkissoon | Writer | Canada |
| Diane | Ballantyne | Canada | |
| Nicole | Ballivian | Filmmaker | USA |
| EInguna | Balode | Social Worker | Latvia |
| Charlotte | Bank | Film Video Curator | Germany/Syria |
| Charlotte | Bank | Germany/Syria | |
| Kaushalya | Bannerji | Poet and translator | Canada |
| Himani | Bannerji | Writer, Professor | Canada |
| Hala | Barakat | Palestine | |
| Yahia | Barakat, | filmmaker | Palestine |
| Frank | Barat | UK | |
| Diane | Bardier | Secretary | Canada |
| Stefani | Bardin | Media Maker | USA |
| Ellen | Barfield | USA | |
| Ronnie | Barkan | Israel | |
| David | Barkham | Artist/Production Designer | Canada |
| Ian | Barnard | Professor | USA |
| Joslyn | Barnes | Writer and Producer | USA |
| Ramzy | Baroud | Author/Journalist | Palestine/USA |
| Pepe | Barragan | Artist | Spain |
| Sam | Barry | Accountant | Canada |
| Gwen | Bartleman | Artist/Arts Worker | Canada |
| Jim | Bartley | Writer | Canada |
| Elena | Basile | Professor | Canada |
| Judith | Bates | Canada | |
| Fiona | Bateson | Web Designer | Canada |
| Hussein | Bayoumy | film critic | Egypt |
| Becky | Beasley | Visual Artist | Belgium |
| Roger | Beck | Professor Emeritus/Writer | Canada |
| Julie | Beddoes | Professor | Canada |
| Joel | Beinin | Professor | USA |
| Harry | Belafonte | Musician/Actor | USA |
| Saïd | Bellari | Netherlands | |
| Jessica | Belle | USA | |
| Gaby | Belz | Switzerland | |
| Hisham | Ben Khamsa | Producer and Film Festival director | Tunisia |
| Ronnen | Ben-Arie | Israel | |
| Abdulhakim | Benayoune | Student | Canada |
| Aicha | Benayoune | Social Worker | Canada |
| Mohammed | Benbrahim | Canada | |
| Norman | Benbrahim | Canada | |
| Sara | Benbrahim | Canada | |
| Khalil | Bendib | USA | |
| Dev | Benegal | Writer/Director | India |
| Jesse | Benjamin | Professor | USA |
| Khalil | Benkirane | Filmmaker | Morroco?Quatar |
| John | Berger | Author | France |
| Rachel | Berger | Professor | Canada |
| Greta | Berlin | Free Gaza Movement | France |
| Greta | Berlin | ||
| Mark | Berman | writer | USA |
| Martin | Bernal | Professor | UK/USA |
| David | Bernans | Author | Canada |
| Karl | Beveridge | Visual Artist | Canada |
| Davina | Bhandar | Professor | Canada |
| Amiel | Bibliowicz | ||
| Robert | Bideau | Teacher | Canada |
| Andrew | Bigioni | Student | Canada |
| Anat | Biletzki | Professor | Israel |
| Üstün | Bilgen-Reinart | Writer | Turkey/Canada |
| Naomi | Biner Wall | writer | Canada |
| Pat | Bird | Retired | Canada |
| Leah | Birnbaum | Canada | |
| Rana | Bishara | Artist | Palestine |
| Rozeen | Bisharat | Filmmaker | Palestine |
| Francioli | Bittner | USA | |
| Leonard | Bjorkman | USA | |
| James | Black | musician | United States |
| Simon | Black | Writer | Canada |
| Bonnie | Black | Canada | |
| Derek | Blackadder | Canada | |
| Adrian | Blackwell | Artist/Urbanist | Canada |
| Lukas | Blakk | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Jeffrey | Blankfort | Radio host | USA |
| Peter | Blendell | Canada | |
| Anita | Block | Social Worker/Activist | Canada |
| Niko | Block | ||
| Marusya | Bociurkiw | Artist/Professor | Canada |
| Goran | Bockman | UK | |
| Guy | Bollag | Switzerland | |
| Keith | Booth | Canada | |
| Hagit | Borer | Professor | USA |
| Richard | Borshay Lee | Antropologist | Canada |
| Rosa | Bosch | Producer | UK |
| Hans | Bosscher | producer/director | Netherlands |
| Sheryl | Boswell | Canada | |
| Kamal | Boullata | Visual Artist | France |
| bob | bowes | usa | |
| Geoff | Bowie | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Daniel | Boyarin | Professor | USA |
| Sarain | Boylan | Actor | Canada |
| John | Boylan | Actor, teacher | Canada |
| Sarah | Bracke | Professor and Filmmaker | Belgium |
| Dionne | Brand | Poet/Writer | Canada |
| Hanna | Braun | UK | |
| Erin | Breault | USA | |
| james | brennan | Citizen | UK |
| Kevin | Brezina | Musician | Canada |
| P.C. | Brickell | Visual Artist | Canada |
| Enrique | Brieba | poet | Canada/Chile |
| Mordecai | Briemberg | Radio Broadcaster | Canada |
| Mark Robert | Brill | Anti-Poverty Activist | Canada |
| Linda | Briskin | Professor | Canada |
| Christine | Bro | Canada | |
| David | Brooks | Canada | |
| Rene | Broussard | Video Artist/Film Programmer | USA |
| Chris | Brown | Musician | Wolfe Island |
| Jeffrey | Brown | Professor | Canada |
| Dan | Browne | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Paolo Francesco | Brunello | Italy | |
| Benny | Brunner | Filmmaker | Netherlands/Israel |
| Morton | Brussel | Professor of physics emeritus | USA |
| Dana | Bseiso | Publicist | USA |
| Fayek | Bseiso | Student | USA |
| Nimra | Bucha | Actor | Pakistan |
| Chris | Buchner | Professor | Canada |
| Roberta | Buiani | Teacher | Italy |
| Ken | Burch | USA | |
| Michael | Burg | Actor | USA |
| Margaret | Burgess | Canada | |
| Mike | Burke | Professor | Canada |
| Jenny | Burman | Professor | Canada |
| Tam Dean | Burn | Director | Canada |
| Rain | Burroughs | USA | |
| Leroy | Burt | Screenwriter | USA |
| Hikmat | Bushnaq-Josting | Germany | |
| Don | Bustany | USA | |
| Antoine | Bustros | Film Composer | Canada |
| Judith | Butler | Professor | USA |
| Nina | Butska | Writer/Educator | Canada |
| Diana | Buttu | Lawyer | Canada/Palestine |
| David | Buwalda | Consultant | Canada |
| David | Byrne | Musician | USA |
| Umayyah | Cable | Photographer | USA |
| Edith | Cacciatore | USA | |
| Wendy | Campbell | Producer | USA |
| Paola | Canarutto | Italy | |
| Caitriona | Cantillon | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Antonio | Caracciolo | Professor | Italy |
| Bonita | Caracciolo | Plant Farmer | USA |
| Anna | Carastathis | Professor | Canada/USA |
| Sheryle | Carlson | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Pat | Carmeli | USA | |
| Shai | Carmeli Pollak | Filmmaker | Israel |
| Smadar | Carmon | Israel/Canada | |
| Dr. Nancy | Caro Hollander | USA | |
| Robert | Carr | Jamaica | |
| Courtney | Carter | USA | |
| Rhonda | Case | USA | |
| Shelia | Cassidy | USA | |
| Cristina | Castello | Poète et journaliste | Brazil/France |
| Sheila | Cavanagh | Professor | Canada |
| Ron | Caven | Visual artist, documentary film maker and social activist | Canada |
| Carmen | Celestini | Producer | Canada |
| Boban | Chaldovich | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Karen B. K. | Chan | Canada | |
| Janan | Chandler | Teacher | Canada |
| Hannes | Charen | writer | USA |
| Harpreet | Chattha | Student, Grad | Canada |
| Abir | Chattopadhyay | India | |
| Samer | Chaya | Student | Canada |
| Sheba | Chhachhi | Artist/Photographer | India |
| Aline | Chirinian | Lebanon | |
| Michelle | Cho | Canada | |
| Cynthia | Choucair | Director/Producer | Lebanon |
| Julie | Christie | Actor | UK |
| Alan | Clark | Writer | UK |
| Isabelle | Cloutier | Writer/Poet/Researcher | Canada |
| Wendy | Coburn | Artist and Professor | Canada |
| Mike | Cogan | Financial Analyst | Canada |
| Lynne | Cohen | Artist | Canada |
| Yulie | Cohen | Filmmaker | Israel |
| Matan | Cohen | Israel | |
| Alan | Collins | Producer | Canada |
| Ann | Colonese | USA | |
| Carolyn | Combs | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Joyce | Conaty | Canada | |
| Carole | Condé | Visual Artist | Canada |
| Stephen | Connolly | filmmaker | UK |
| Kevin | Conor | Taxi driver | Scotland |
| Joie | Cook | Poet | |
| Ana | Cop | photographer | Canada |
| Trevor | Copp | Actor | Canada |
| Edward | Corrigan | Canada | |
| Gale | Courey Toensing | journalist | USA |
| Sylla | Cousineau | Professor | Hong Kong/Canada |
| Deborah | Cowen | Professor | Canada |
| Susan | Crean | Writer | Canada |
| Ferne | Cristall | Canada | |
| Kim | Crosby | Canada | |
| Gary | Crowdus | Editor-in-Chief, Cineaste Magazine | USA |
| James | Cullingham | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Jordy | Cummings | Writer/Academic | Canada |
| Patrick | Cummins | Canada | |
| Ned | Curthoys | Research Fellow | Australia |
| Mike | Cushman | UK | |
| Hamid | Dabashi | Professor | USA |
| Cherine | Dabis | Filmmaker | USA/Palestine |
| Faten | Dabis | U.S.A. | |
| Adi | Dagan | Israel | |
| Yousef | Daibes | Canada | |
| Victoria | Daibes | Canada | |
| Huma | Dar | Canada | |
| Salle | Dare | Retired | UK |
| Guy | Davidi | Director | Israel |
| Howard | Davidson | Professor | Canada |
| Bill | Davidson | Artist | Canada |
| Adam | Davidson-Harden | Postdoctoral Fellow/Singer-Songwriter | Canada |
| Adam | Davidson-Harden | Singer/Song Writer/PhD | Canada |
| Elias | Davidsson | Composer | Germany |
| Elisa | Davinca | Austria | |
| Mary Ellen | Davis | Filmmaker and Professor | Canada |
| Uri | Davis | Writer | Palestine |
| Heather | Davis | Writer | Canada |
| Allan | Davison | Professor | Canada/South Africa |
| Colin | Dayan | Professor | USA |
| Livia | Daza-Paris | Venezuela-Canada | |
| Emily | De Ferrari | USA | |
| Mercedes | de la Gala | Artist | Spain |
| Herman | De Ley | Belgium | |
| Hierry | de Ravel | Production Manager | Mauritius |
| Jaap | de Vreugd | pastor | |
| Helen | de Witt | Festival Producer/Lecturer | UK |
| Nicola | Debbo | Canada | |
| Terri | DeBono | Filmmaker | USA |
| Randi | Deguilhem | Professor | France |
| Consuelo | Delgado | Editor | Spain |
| David | Demchuk | writer | Canada |
| Trude | den Burger | Canada | |
| Zivia | Desai Keiper | Film Festival Co-Director/Producer | South Africa [Cape Town] |
| Karen | Deslierres | USA | |
| Janet | Desrohes | Writer/Administrator | Canada |
| Jim | Deutsch | Professor/Physician | Canada |
| Judith | Deutsch | Canada | |
| Mary Ann | DeVlieg | Director of an international arts association | Italy |
| Marcello | Di Cintio | Writer | Canada |
| Michel | Di Pollicino | Filmmaker | USA |
| Mike | Dibb | Film-maker UK | |
| Victor | DiCarlo | Canada | |
| Bill | Dienst | USA | |
| Emily | Dische-Becker | Writer | Lebanon/USA |
| Su | Ditta | Curator/Arts Consultant | Canada |
| Jeff | Dixon | writer | USA |
| Murray | Dobbin | Writer/Broadcaster | Canada |
| Jess | Dobkin | Artist | Canada |
| Katherine | Dodds | Film Promoter | Canada |
| Bajis | Dodin | Professor | USA |
| Na-iem | Dollie | Journalist/Writer | South Africa |
| Brian | Donnelly | Professor | Canada |
| Mark | Dowdy | Professor | USA |
| Igor | Drljaca | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Aliza | Dror | Social Worker | Israel |
| Brett | Drugge | Teacher | USA |
| Omisoore | Dryden | Scholar/Activist | Canada |
| Nancy | du Plessis | Filmmaker/Solo Performer | USA |
| Ghada | Duaibes | Journalist | Palestine |
| Mohamed | Duar | Arab Film Festival | Australia |
| Siphiwe | Dube | Professor | Canada |
| Martin | Duckworth | film-maker | Canada |
| Martin | Dufresne | Screenwriter/Translator | Canada |
| Sandra | Dughman Manzur | Chile | |
| Sinead | Dunphy | Ireland | |
| Svetlana | Durkovic | Sarajevo, | |
| Claire | Egan | Artist | Canada |
| Kate | Eichhorn | Writer/Professor | USA |
| Kate | Eichhorn | USA | |
| Ewald | Eichler | Scientist | Austria |
| Leuan Goch ab | Einion | Compositeur | France |
| Shiri | Eisner | Israel | |
| Eyal | Eithcowich | Director | Israel |
| Ivar | Ekeland | Professor | Canada |
| Myriam | El Hajj | Filmmaker | Lebannon |
| Christo | El Morr | Professor | Canada |
| Ehab | El Torky | Journalist | Egypt |
| Intisar | El Wazir | Palestine | |
| Muhib | ElBarghuti | Photographer | Palestine |
| Yousef | Eldiek, | filmmaker | Palestine |
| ItidalAbd | Elghani, | Palestine | |
| Tarek | Elghawaby | canada | |
| Peter | Elgin | Professor | Canada |
| Hakim | El-Hachoumi | Filmmaker | Germany |
| Azza | El-Hassan | Filmmaker | Palestine |
| Albert | Elhiani | USA | |
| Simon | Elhiani | USA | |
| Raed | Elhilu | Filmmaker | Palestine |
| Noelle | Elia | Artist/writer | |
| Noelle | Elia | Artist/Writer | Canada |
| Khaled | Elian | Palestine | |
| Omar | Eljalad | Musician | Palestine |
| Mansour | El-Kikhia | Professor | USA |
| Kim | Elliott | Publisher, rabble.ca | |
| Joyce | Ellman-McLean | USA | |
| Akram | ElMalki | Actor | Palestine |
| Emtiaz | ElMughrabi | Journalist | Palestine |
| Richard | Elofer | France | |
| Majdi | El-Omari | Filmmaker | Canada |
| Ruth | El-Raz | Israel | |
| Laura | Elrick | USA | |
| Safaa | El-Sawy | Egypt | |
| Yousef | Elshaib | Journalist | Palestine |
| Abd | Elslam Al Attari | Palestine | |
| Maha | Eltamimi | Palestine | |
| Haithem | El-Zabri | USA | |
| Morgan | Elzey | Activist | USA |
| Tayseer | Elzubidi | Palestine | |
| Irmgard | Emmelhainz | Mexico/Canada/Ramallah | |
| James | Ennes | USA | |
| Eve | Ensler | Playwriight/Author | USA |
| Daniel | Epp-Tiessen | professor | Canada |
| Hamutal | Erato | Israel | |
| Eshrat | Erfanian | Artist | Canada |
| David | Evans | USA | |
| Joel M. | Evans, M.D. | USA | |
| Mohamed | Ezzeddine | Visual Artist | Canada |
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