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Aung San Suu Kyi sent the festival this statement: "It is especially pleasing for me to see, albeit remotely, Brighton festival taking shape this year, and to think that so many people will come together in May to celebrate great art and experience the inner peace it brings.
"Our goal is to promote good music and we are trying to give women more of a platform at our festival," the statement reads.
Later on Wednesday the festival issued a statement condemning his remarks.
The Israeli Army closed off the Gaza Strip and the West Bank until Monday evening because of fears of attack during the festival, a military statement said Friday.
The organisers of the festival issued a statement saying they had been "disturbed" by the remarks, that he had apologised, and that the festival would never allow the event to become the forum for such pronouncements.
Campion, who is also the only female film-maker to have ever taken home the French event's top prize, the Palme d'Or, described her passion for the world's most famous film festival in a statement.
It's had an indelible impact on pop culture, and its performances rank among the most memorable in cinema," said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder, Tribeca film festival, in a statement.
But, if anything, this festival was a statement about the future - the fate of an anxious city in a nation troubled by rising violence and intolerance, including very real threats to its artists and activists.
