Swedish producers of a documentary on the Armenian Genocide threatened

Director Suzanne Khardalian told that they have notified about the exclusion just one day before the festival. Khardalian said: "This morning we have received an e-mail which was informing us about the exclusion. Then festival committee president Nurdan Arca called my partner Pea Holmquist and notified him. She told us we are still invited to the festival as the directors but they can not guarantee safety of our lives during the festival. She also told us that the reason behind this changed schedule was the Ministry of Culture's pressures against the festival committee."