Overview

• Film Workers for Palestine published the pledge on September 8, committing signatories to a cultural boycott of Israeli screen institutions they describe as complicit in abuses in Gaza.
• Reported totals range from more than 1,200 to nearly 1,500 signatories, including Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo, Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay and Mike Leigh.
• Signatories vow not to screen films or collaborate with festivals, producers, distributors, cinemas or broadcasters deemed complicit, naming the Jerusalem Film Festival, Haifa, Docaviv and TLVFest.
• The text frames the action as a moral duty and cites the ICJ’s finding of a “plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza while referencing historical anti‑apartheid cultural boycotts.
• Organizers stress the pledge targets institutional complicity rather than nationality and include guidance and legal mechanisms for compliance, following months of petitions at Cannes and Venice.