The documentary - Undercover: Exposing the Far Right - explores far-right figures in the UK and Europe.
Organisers of the London Film Festival (LFF) have pulled out of screening a documentary about the activities and funding of the far right in the UK and beyond due to "safety and welfare risks".
The documentary - Undercover: Exposing the Far Right - explores far-right figures in the UK and Europe, and funding from the United States, using an undercover reporter and hidden cameras.
The film was due to be screened at a festival in the British capital over the weekend, and broadcast on British television on Monday evening.
The production comes just months after anti-immigrant riots erupted in parts of Britain, which officials blame far-right agitators for inciting and fomenting.
"After exploring all possible options for screening this film at a public film festival, we made the decision not to present UNDERCOVER: Exposing the Far Right at LFF," said festival director Christy Mathison, who called the film "outstanding and one of the best documentaries I've seen this year."
"However, festival workers have a right to feel safe and that their mental health and well-being is respected in the workplace. I took into account the expert opinion of colleagues on the safety and wellbeing risks the screening could pose to the audience and crew, and this served as the basis of our decision, which we did not take lightly," she added.
The documentary follows the campaigns of counter-extremism charity Hope not Hate, who investigate the far right in the UK and the money behind the way "prejudice" is spread online.
Filmmaker Havana Marking expressed her disappointment with the London Film Festival's decision.
"I understand the fear that people feel, but I am very disappointed that an alternative method of screening was not found. It is becoming increasingly difficult to make films like this and the loss of this audience is upsetting," she noted. | BGNES,
