Berlin, Feb. 13 -- Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy has cancelled her planned appearance at this week's Berlin International Film Festival, citing remarks from the festival jury suggesting that filmmakers should refrain from political engagement.
In a statement on Friday announcing her withdrawal, The God Of Small Things author Roy, who had been planning to attend a screening of her recently restored 1989 film In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, called the jury comments "unconscionable", reports DEADLINE.
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