New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- Indian writer Arundhati Roy said Friday she was cancelling her planned participation in the Berlin Film Festival over comments from jury president Wim Wenders that the festival had to "stay out of politics".

In a statement sent to AFP , the Booker Prize-winning author said that she was "shocked and disgusted" by the celebrated German director's response to a question on war-torn Gaza at a press conference on Thursday.

She reportedly said, "With deep regret, I must say that I will not be attending the Berlinale."

According to Variety, Roy was due to present her 1989 campus comedy "In Which Annie Give It Those Ones" as part of the Classics section.

She reportedly said she will no longer be attending, citing the "un...