Director Jim Jarmusch ‘disappointed And Disconcerted’ By Mubi’s Funding From Sequoia

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Veteran indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch premiered his caller movie “Father Mother Sister Brother” coming astatine nan Venice Film Festival, wherever journalists asked him astir Mubi, nan streaming level that co-produced nan movie — specifically, astir Mubi’s caller $100 cardinal backing round led by Sequoia Capital.

“I was disappointed and disconcerted by this relationship,” Jarmusch said, while noting that his ain “relationship pinch Mubi started overmuch earlier that, and they were awesome to activity pinch connected this film.”

Numerous filmmakers — including those pinch ties to Mubi — signed an unfastened letter criticizing nan streamer for accepting money from Sequoia and saying that nan firm’s backing of Israeli defense tech startup Kela meant that “Mubi’s financial maturation arsenic a institution is now explicitly tied to nan genocide successful Gaza.” (Mubi’s laminitis and CEO subsequently insisted that “any proposal that our activity is connected to backing nan warfare is simply untrue.”)

For his part, Jarmusch said astatine his film’s property convention that he’s “not nan spokesman” for Mubi, but alternatively an independent filmmaker who’s “taken money from various sources to money my films.”

“All firm money is dirty,” he said.

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