When Shai Carmelli-Pollak’s film The Sea won five trophies at Israel’s Oscars, it sparked a furious backlash from the Israeli government including threats to defund the awards entirely. The director tells Maira Butt that artists in the country are operating in an increasingly intolerable environment
The Sea: How an Israeli director’s moving film about a Palestinian boy become a target for Netanyahu’s government … from the Independent Maira Butt
