Overview

• Paramount issued a written statement opposing the campaign, saying storytelling should foster connection and calling for more engagement rather than exclusion.
• Film Workers for Palestine launched the pledge urging professionals to refuse work with Israeli film institutions it accuses of complicity in genocide and apartheid.
• The signatory count has grown to roughly 4,000 industry figures, with reported names including Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Lily Gladstone, Elliot Page and Ava DuVernay.
• The pledge targets festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies in Israel, drawing comparisons by organizers to past cultural boycotts of apartheid South Africa.
• The Israeli Film and TV Producers Association criticized the petition as aimed at the wrong people and pointed to longstanding collaborations between Israeli and Palestinian creators.