Overview

• An online pledge by Film Workers for Palestine has drawn about 4,000 signatures committing to refuse work with Israeli festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies deemed complicit.
• Signers include Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy and Palme d’Or winners such as Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jonathan Glazer and Rooney Mara.
• The pledge states participants will avoid institutions that have whitewashed or justified alleged crimes or partnered with the government accused of committing them.
• The letter references International Court of Justice opinions that identified a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza and criticized Israel’s measures in the occupied territories, positions rejected by Israel’s government.
• Israeli industry bodies call the boycott counterproductive, while some Israeli filmmakers say the pressure is warranted even at a cost to their own industry.