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YNet News (Israel)

Ynetnews Published: 04.09.12

Producer Scott Rosenfelt is threatening to take legal action against the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival after its director, Hilary Helstein, called his film a “witch hunt,” JTA reported.

Rosenfelt, whose credits include blockbusters such as “Home Alone” and “Mystic Pizza,” submitted “Standing Silent” – a film about sexual abuse in Baltimore’s Orthodox community – to the festival, and was rejected.

The film is slated to be screened at several Jewish film festivals across the United States.

According to the report, after viewing the film, Helstein sent an email to other Jewish film festival directors in which she said that while the film was well made, her festival’s team chose to reject it over its subject matter.