A group of approximately 1,500 cinema professionals, including renowned figures such as Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo and Mexican Gael García Bernal, announced that he will stop collaborating with Israeli cinematographic institutions, which they accuse of being “involved in the genocide“In Gaza.
The statement was released on Monday in a letter published by The Guardian.
“In this moment of crisis, in which many of our governments allow the massacre in Gaza, we must do everything within our reach to respond to this complicity,” says the text signed by artists of various nationalities.
The pronouncement was promoted by the collective Film World for Palestine (Palestine film workers), Inspired by the cultural boycott campaign that took place against South Africa during apartheidparticularly in the United Against Apartheid film mima.
Among the signatories are also Spanish and Latin American artists such as actor Juan Diego Botto, director Isabel Coixet, actress Emma Suárez and Argentines Cecilia Roth, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Mercedes Morán and Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles.
World artists against Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The letter Calls not to participate in festivals, producers, distributors or cinemas That, according to the drivers, “excuse or justify genocide and apartheid.”
As examples mention the Jerusalem and Docaviv Film Festival, dedicated to documentary, for maintaining links with the Israeli government.
“The vast majority of Israeli cinematographic producers and distributors, sales agents, cinemas and other cinematographic institutions have never fully recognized the international rights of the Palestinian people,” they add.
Although the text emphasizes that there are institutions in Israel that “are not accomplices,” does not specify which.
This call adds to other recent in the film industry.
At the end of August, the Italian collective Venice4Palestine asked the Venice to adopt “a clear and unambiguous position” in the face of Israel’s actions, with a letter backed by more than 2,000 signatures, including those of Guillermo del Toro and Ken Loach.
In May, during the Cannes Festival, about 900 personalities, including Juliette Binoche, Pedro Almodóvar, Joaquin Phoenix and Susan Sarandon, denounced the “Silence” in front of the “genocide” in Gaza.
The conflict in the Gaza Strip intensified after the attack of the Hamás Group against Israel on October 7, 2023, which left 1219 dead, mostly civilians.
Since then, Israeli offensives have caused at least 64 368 dead in Gaza, mainly women and childrenaccording to the local Ministry of Health, figures that the United Nations considers reliable.
