Spanish directors protest against Johnny Depp

The 69th San Sebastian Festival has been in turmoil since announcing the Donostia Trophy to Johnny Depp for his lifetime.

The awards ceremony is scheduled for September 22 to recognize “one of the most talented and versatile contemporary actors”.

Enough to boost the Spanish Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA).

CIMA President Cristina Andreu deplores “the terrible message” conveyed by the festival by rewarding Johnny Depp.

“What message does the San Sebastian Festival want to convey, which also signed the Carta de Paridad, which implies being a festival that does not discriminate against women?

That a woman's accusations are not credible?

That no matter what you do in your private life, what matters to directors is what shows on screen?

That art is above good and evil?

Or perhaps it is not a question of art but of the audiovisual industry and its economic interests ”, we can read on the association's website.

Always in trouble

The association refers to domestic violence charges against Amber Heard Johnny Depp and the lawsuit lost by the actor against the tabloid

. The judge had ruled in his verdict that the accusations of domestic violence brought against him by his ex-wife and relayed by the media were "substantially true".

The former actor of

has not finished on this subject, since he has also filed a complaint against the star of

for defamation in the United States.

At issue, an article she wrote for the

in 2018 and in which she presented herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse".

The trial was due to be held in May this year before being postponed to April 2022 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Johnny Depp is asking Amber Heard for $ 50 million in damages.

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