Inspired by Filmmakers United Against Apartheid who refused to screen their films in apartheid South Africa, we pledge not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions—including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies—that are implicated* in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.
As filmmakers, actors, film industry workers, and institutions, we recognize the power of cinema to shape perceptions. In this urgent moment of crisis, where many of our governments are enabling the carnage in Gaza, we must do everything we can to address complicity in that unrelenting horror.
The world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, has ruled that there is a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza, and that Israel’s occupation and apartheid against Palestinians are unlawful. Standing for equality, justice, and freedom for all people is a profound moral duty that none of us can ignore. So too, we must speak out now against the harm done to the Palestinian people.
We answer the call of Palestinian filmmakers, who have urged the international film industry to refuse silence, racism, and dehumanization, as well as to ‘do everything humanly possible’ to end complicity in their oppression.
Inspired by Filmmakers United Against Apartheid who refused to screen their films in apartheid South Africa, we pledge not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions—including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies—that are implicated* in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.
* Examples of complicity include whitewashing or justifying genocide and apartheid, and/or partnering with the government committing them. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about this pledge can be found here.If you are a film worker you can join more than 2,100 others by signing the pledge by clicking the button below. It may take a few hours for names to be added.
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Signatories
*Initial Signatories indicated in bold.
Adam Bakri
Adam McKay
Aimee Lou Wood
Aisling Bea
Aiysha Hart
Aki Kaurismäki
Alana Hadid
Alessandra Masi
Alex Winter
Alia Shawkat
Alison Oliver
Alyssa Milano
Amanda Seales
Ambika Mod
Amin El Gamal
Amir El Masry
Amira Chebli
Andy de la Tour
Angeliki Papoulia
Anna Shaffer
Annemarie Jacir
Anthony Chen
Arian Moayed
Ariane Labed
Asif Kapadia
Ava DuVernay
Ayo Edebiri
Bahareh Azimi
Basma al-Sharif
Bassem Yousef
Beatie Wolfe
Beatrice Dalle
Benedict Wong
Benedikt Erlingsson
Billy Howle
Boots Riley
Brett Story
Brian Cox
Brian Eno
Bronagh Gallagher
Camélia Jordana
Carice Van Houten
Caveh Zahedi
Cecilia Roth
Charles Dance
Charlotte Le Bon
Cherien Dabis
Chipo Chung
Clancy Chassay
Clio Barnard
Courttia Newland
Crystal Moselle
Cynthia Nixon
Daisy Bevan
Danielle Bux
David Farr
David Morrisey
Deba Hekmat
Deborah Eisenberg
Debra Winger
Denise Gough
Deragh Campbell
Dhafer L’Abidine
Diane Guerrero
Dina Shihabi
Edouardo Williams
Elena Anaya
Emma Seligman
Eric Cantona
Erwan Le Duc
Esther Acebo
Eyal Sivan
Farah Nabulsi
Felix Maritaud
Fernando Meirelles
Florence Longpré
Frank Barat
Gael García Bernal
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Geeta Gandbhir
Geoff Arbourne
Gwen Wynne
Hanna Flint
Hannah Einbinder
Hany Abu Assad
Harriet Harper-Jones
Harriet Walter
Heidi Saman
Hettie Macdonald
Icíar Bollaín
Ilana Glazer
Imran Siddiquee
Indira Varma
Indya Moore
Isabel Coixet
Jack Reynor
James Wilson
Janicza Bravo
Jasleen Kaur Sethi
Jason Flemyng
Jason Fox
Javier Bardem
Jena Malone
Joe Alwyn
Joel Kim Booster
John Greyson
Josh O’Connor
Joshua Oppenheimer
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
Juan Diego Botto
Julia Sawalha
Julie Christie
Juliet Stevenson
Juliette Larthe
Kathleen Chalfant
Ken Loach
Khalid Abdalla
Lena Headey
Leo Reich
Liam Cunningham
Line Langebek
Lolly Adefope
Lorna Tucker
Louisa Harland
Lukas Dhont
Mahdi Fleifel
Mai Masri
Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Maori Karmael Holmes
Marcia Cross
Maria Giese
Mark Ruffalo
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Maryam Tafakory
Matthew Cooke
Maud Wyler
Max Porter
Maxine Peake
May Calamawy
Megan Everett-Skarsgård
Melissa Barrera
Mike Leigh
Miranda Pennell
Miriam Margolyes
Morgan Spector
Morgana O’Reilly
MyAnna Buring
Nadia Sawalha
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Nan Goldin
Nancy Strang
Natasha Rothwell
Neo Sora
Nicole Ansari
Nina Menkes
Nobuhiro Suwa
Olivia Colman
Olivia Williams
Paapa Essiedu
Paul Laverty
Paul Lee
Peter Kosminsky
Peter Mullan
Philip Arditti
Poppy Liu
Pratibha Parmar
Rachida Brakni
Rakie Ayola
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca O’Brien
Richard Eyre
Riz Ahmed
Rob Delaney
Robyn Slovo
Ronan Bennett
Rose Victoria Williams
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Saleh Bakri
Samuel West
Sara Driver
Sara Ramirez
Sarah Friedland
Sarah Sophie Flicker
Seamus McGarvey
Sepideh Farsi
Sepideh Moafi
Shalini Peiris
Shirin Neshat
Shobu Kapoor
Shruti Ganguly
Siân Robins-Grace
Sky Hopinka
Susan Sarandon
Susan Wooldridge
Swann Arlaud
Taraneh Alidoosti
Tatiana Maslany
Terence Nance
Terrie Samundra
Tilda Swinton
Tina Gharavi
Tobias Menzies
Tracey Seaward
Tunde Adebimpe
Wallace Shawn
Xavier Dolan
Yasmine Al Massri
Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Zois
Zawe Ashton
Zoë Chao
Full list here