Overview

• Signatories include Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo, Javier Bardem, Olivia Colman, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay and Mike Leigh.
• Participants commit to not screening or collaborating with Israeli festivals, broadcasters, cinemas, producers or distributors deemed complicit, naming the Jerusalem, Haifa, Docaviv and TLVFest events.
• Organizers frame the move as a cultural pressure tactic modeled on the 1987 Filmmakers United Against Apartheid campaign.
• The initiative provides guidance on identifying institutional complicity and outlines legal mechanisms to help enforce the commitment.
• Media counts range from just over 1,200 to about 1,500 signatories, and coverage notes ongoing debate about potential effects on festivals, co-productions and independent artists.