Berlinale jury president Jeremy Irons said that he didn't want his past comments to 'continue as a distraction' to the festival
Jeremy Irons used the opening press conference as Berlinale jury president on Thursday to address his previous comments on the subject of same-sex marriage, abortion and sexual abuse, which resurfaced recently, saying he hoped to "put to bed" the controversy.
Irons added that these were steps to a "civilized, humane society which we should all continue to strive," saying that he hoped many of the films in the festival "addressed some of these concerns" from parts of the world where such legislation didn't exist. In 2016, he said that while he believed women should be allowed to decide to have an abortion, he thought "the Church is right to say [abortion] is a sin."
After addressing his previous comments, Irons and the other members of the Berlinale jury discussed trying to keep an open mind in judging the 18 films screening in competition in the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. Irons said his main criteria would be to find films "which create magic, which create emotions. And I hope one or two we see here will have that same effect."
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