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Veteran indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch premiered his new movie “Father Mother Sister Brother” today at the Venice Film Festival, where

“I was disappointed and disconcerted

Numerous filmmakers — including those with ties to Mubi — signed an open letter criticizing the streamer for accepting money from Sequoia and saying that the firm’s backing of Israeli defense tech startup Kela meant that “Mubi’s financial growth as a company is now explicitly tied to the genocide in Gaza.” (Mubi’s founder and CEO subsequently insisted that “any suggestion that our work is connected to funding the war is simply untrue.”)

For his part, Jarmusch said at his film’s press conference that he’s “not the spokesman” for Mubi, but rather an independent filmmaker who’s “taken money from various

“All corporate money is dirty,” he said.

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