The Grierson Trust is urgently investigating reports of an antisemitic incident during last weeks documentary awards ceremony in London.
We are very concerned with the rise in divisive and hateful behaviours of all kinds.
One individual is understood to have confronted up to three attendees after discovering they were Jewish.
Queen Elizabeth Hall (left), where the British Documentary Awards were held last weekGetty
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The awards were held last Thursday (November 9).
Though Chanowitz said the festival had later apologized and told her the issue was down to miscommunication.
Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia then found himself receiving criticism from pro-Palestinian professionals for his response.
The Palestine Film Institute led a demonstration today calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Israel responded by launching a massive airborne assault on Hamas, levelling huge swathes of Gaza in the process.
