Overview
- More than 35 filmmakers including Radu Jude, Aki Kaurismäki and Joshua Oppenheimer have delivered a letter via Film Workers for Palestine demanding that Mubi publicly condemn Sequoia Capital for its ties to Israeli defense technology.
- Cultural partners in Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts, Mexico City’s Cineteca Nacional, the Cinemateca de Bogota, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Valdivia Film Festival have withdrawn from Mubi Fest in protest.
- Critics highlight Sequoia’s investments in military-tech firms such as Kela Technologies, Neros and Mach Industries and point to alleged Islamophobic posts by partner Shaun Maguire.
- Mubi has issued only a brief statement saying investor beliefs do not reflect the company’s views and has declined to comment on the letter or revise its investment policy.
- The dispute underscores growing ethical scrutiny of arts funding in the context of the Gaza conflict and raises questions about Mubi’s role in independent cinema.