Pareque que sigue haciendo amigos.

Haneke denunciado públicamente por el Festival de Cine de Moscú

Copio la carta que el Festival le envía a Haneke, y publicada en la propia web del Festival:

[14 June 2006 22:38]

To the director Michael Haneke

We have no other choice than to address you in an open letter, because the situation that has arisen due to your unacceptably late refusal to participate in the Moscow International Film Festival as a member of the Jury extends far beyond the limits of an in-house problem and will certainly result in major public repercussions.

Going back to the beginning, allow us to remind you that on March 29th you sent us a letter in which you officially agreed to head the Jury of our Festival and to come to Moscow for the time period from June 23 to July 2, 2006. Being confident of your intentions, we have turned down several highly respectable and well-known filmmakers. In addition to that, the Jury was formed in accordance with your recommendations.

Moreover, you had expressed a wish to hold a retrospective of your work as a part of the festival program. According to this wish, we have compiled a special program that includes every film you've made (all the films have been translated into Russian), and booked a screening room in one of Moscow's best movie theaters.

Much to our regret, we have to point out that your letter of refusal came on June 7th, which is only 16 days away from the festival opening date!

You have participated in numerous international film festivals before, and you should be well aware that by this moment, all the necessary preparations are already completed. The festival program has been finalized, the information booklets and film catalogues have been printed, and certainly the name of the Chairman of the Jury has already been announced.

The MIFF is not a private enterprise. It's one of the biggest and best-known international film festivals. We're proud to have had world-famous filmmakers visiting, participating, and judging for the Festival during the many years of its history.

We find your actions to be insulting not only to the Moscow International Film Festival, but to our country as well, and disrespectful to the filmmakers from other countries who will present their works at the Festival. In all the forty-eight years that the Festival has existed, nobody has ever done anything like that.

The management of the Moscow International Film Festival is deeply disappointed by this turn of events and can see no reasonable justification for your dishonest act.

The Organizing Committee and General Management
of the XXVIII Moscow International Film Festival
En la web también viene publicada la carta en la que Haneke aceptaba ir al Festival, pero no la posterior en la que supuestamente se negaba, que digo yo que ya puestos a denunciarlo públicamente deberían hacerlo (obviando intimidades si es preciso). La copio también.

Vienna, 29th of March 2006

Dear Mr. Michalkof!

Thank you very much for your kind invitation, which I accept with great pleasure. Can you please inform me in advance more precise about the conditions of my work: How many films will be screened, what is the common language (should it be in English, I would need a personal translator), who are the other members of the jury (if already fixed)? Is the President of the Grand Jury allowed to elect a member of his choice? Has the President of the Grand Jury one or two votes? Furthermore I would ask you to confirm that the festival also covers the costs for flight and hotel for my wife. Please let me also know which of my films you plan to screen at the Hommage.

Thank you very much in advance for your answers.

With kind regards

Michael Haneke"