A number of well-known filmmakers are opposed to the streaming service Mub’s Israel connections.
The filmmakers are opposed to the streaming service Israel connections. Sipe Myllyniemi
A number of filmmakers have signed a petition for streaming service Mubi due to its financier Israel connections.
In Finland Helsingin Sanomat.
Among the signatories of the petition are film director Aki Kaurismäki and actor Jussi Vatanen.
The petition was originally published at the end of July In Variety Media. At that time there were 38 signatories.
At the beginning of August, the list was updated with 25 names and now has a total of 63 signatories.
Mubi is a streaming service, production company and distributor specializing in art and indie films. It focuses on the non-English film culture, usually produced outside Hollywood.
The petition is based on Mub’s $ 100 million funding in May from the Sequoia Capital funding company. Sequoia began to fund Israeli military technology company Kela Technologiesia in 2024.
The petition also mentions other SEquia -funded military technology companies.
– Mub’s economic growth is now unequivocally connected to genocide in Gaza, and it is also reflected in all of us working with Mub’s, the petition states.
In June, Mubi shared a statement on Instagram stating that individual investors’ views did not represent the company.
You can look at the petition below.