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Actors, entertainers pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions over Gaza

More than 1,300 film professionals pledge boycott of Israeli institutions over alleged complicity in apartheid and genocide against Palestinians, citing International Court of Justice rulings.

  • More than 1,200 film professionals, including Olivia Colman and Mark Ruffalo, are boycotting Israeli film institutions, citing their complicity in genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.
  • The Film Workers for Palestine group aims to halt collaboration with Israeli festivals and production companies involved with the Israeli government.
  • The boycott initiative emphasizes an urgent moral duty to address complicity in the suffering of Palestinians amid ongoing violence in Gaza.
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A petition against Israel has drawn the attention of some of the world's most prominent filmmakers in two days. Israeli producers are criticizing the initiative for being misguided.

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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More than 1,500 film industry representatives, including actors Olivia Colman and Mark Ruffalo, pledged in an open letter published on Monday to boycott Israeli film institutions that they said were "complicit in genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

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Tilda Swinton, Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo are among the 1,500 international actors, directors and professionals in the area of cinema that have been publicized about the situation in Gaza.

·Romania
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El Economista broke the news in on Monday, September 8, 2025.
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