In this open letter, Greyson states the reasoning behind his withdrawal of his film Covered from TIFF 2009. His protest is directed against TIFF's inaugural City-to-City Spotlight on Tel Aviv. He makes it clear that the target is not Jewish Israeli films and filmmakers, but the politicized frame of the program which excludes shorts/docs/indie works by underground Israeli and Palestinians and is insensitive to the current situation of Gaza, where Tel Aviv's displaced Palestinians now live.

*Articles on the 'boycotts vs. censorship' debate surrounding John Greyson's withdrawal of Covered from TIFF in protest against its inaugural City-to-City Spotlight on Tel Aviv are catalogued into item_codes from 2009.055 to 2009.067