American director Jim Jarmusch said Sunday he was "disappointed" that arthouse film streaming platform Mubi had accepted investment from a venture capital fund with links to the Israeli military.

Mubi, a rival to Netflix, is one of the distributors of Jarmusch's latest film "Father Mother Sister Brother", which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday.

The group accepted $100 million from Silicon Valley firm Sequoia Capital, which includes Israeli defence firm Kela in its portfolio, sparking a petition signed by Jarmusch and other creatives.

"My relationship with Mubi was started much before that and they were fantastic to work with on this film," Jarmusch told reporters. "I was, of course, disappointed and quite disconcerted by this relationship."

Although the "Broken Flowers"

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