Overview

• The pledge published on September 8 in the Guardian commits signatories to halt work with festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies they say excuse or justify genocide and apartheid.
• The initiative is organized by Film Workers for Palestine and frames its approach on the model of cultural boycotts against apartheid South Africa.
• The letter names the Jerusalem Film Festival and Docaviv as examples it says continue to collaborate with the Israeli government.
• Prominent signatories include Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ayo Edebiri, Tilda Swinton, Ava DuVernay, Riz Ahmed and Josh O’Connor.
• The text emphasizes a focus on institutional complicity rather than Israeli identity and notes that some Israeli film entities are not complicit.