Overview

• Bardem wore a keffiyeh and said “Free Palestine” on the Emmys red carpet, denouncing what he called a genocide in Gaza.
• He cited the International Association of Genocide Scholars and urged commercial and diplomatic blockades and sanctions on Israel.
• He amplified Film Workers for Palestine’s open pledge, signed by roughly 3,900 industry figures, refusing work with institutions they deem complicit.
• He clarified that the pledge does not target individuals by identity, stressing the focus on companies and organizations accused of whitewashing or justifying the violence.
• Paramount opposed efforts to boycott Israeli filmmakers, prompting Bardem to restate that the campaign is directed at institutions; he attended as a nominee for Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.