Thousands of actors and film industry professionals have refused collaboration with Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. Over 3,900 film-makers and actors, including Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Asif Kapadia, Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Tilda Swinton, Rooney Mara and Julie Christie signed a pledge committing to not screen films by, or work with, what it termed complicit institutions. These include festivals, cinema, broadcasters and production companies responsible for “whitewashing or justifying genocide and apartheid, and/or partnering with the government committing them”. The statement, which was published by the group Film Workers for...
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