The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced this week that it had canceled its invitation to screen a documentary about the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, due to ostensible copyright concerns stemming from the fact that the filmmakers did not receive permission from the Hamas terrorists whose clips are featured in the film.
Well there you go. It's the law, innit?
Update. They've apologised:
The Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) has apologised after it pulled a screening of The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, a documentary about the October 7 attacks, reportedly because Hamas did not give it “legal clearance” to use the GoPro videos its terrorists took of the massacres….
The decision attracted condemnation from Jewish and pro-Israel groups in Canada, as well as from Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
In a post on X, Sa’ar wrote: “This festival would have asked Hitler or Goebbels for copyright on Auschwitz footage.
"Of course, the festival is about to screen five Palestinian films. This vicious and sickening decision must be cancelled immediately.”
However, Tiff CEO Cameron Bailey has since apologised for the cancellation and said he is working to get the film back on the big screen in time for the festival.
Mick Hartley 
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