MADRID: Spain’s leading women’s filmmaker group on Tuesday condemned the Film Festival Decision San Sebastian to provide the honor of Johnny Depp, said it gave an international event as a bad name after a British judge ruled last year that allegations of domestic violence against the actor were ” Substantially correctly “.
Cristina Andreu, President of the Association of Women’s Film Maker and Audiovisual Media, said he was “very surprised” by the decision, announced Monday, to give the Donostia award in the 69th edition of the Festival next month.
This award is the main prize of the event and aims to respect the achievement of a lifetime.
“It speaks very badly from the festival and leadership, and transmits a terrible message to the public: ‘It doesn’t matter if you are a perpetrator as long as you are a good actor’,” Andreu said.
The association, which has a link near the San Sebastian Festival, “learning the next step”, he added.
The San Sebastian International Film Festival, which was held in North Spain, took place September 17-25 this year.
Depp is expected to receive awards directly on September 22, in his third appearance at the event.
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Last year, Depp lost a defamation case against the British newspaper who accused him of domestic violence, with the judge who ruled the accusation “truly true”.
In March, a British court rejected the Depp permit to appeal that he attacked his ex-wife, Amber heard, said the offer to impose the decision “There are no real success prospects”.