Declaration for boycott to Israel signs George Lanthimosother Hollywood’s sound names and film companies, refusing – as they say – be complicit in war crimes on the occasion of Gaza.
THE George Lanthimosthe Mark Rafalothe Tilda Swindon and the Olivia Coleman They are just some of the famous names added to a list that exceeded 1,200 signatures against Israel.
The mass protest from the world of the show, choosing the boycott path, states that the signatories will not work with Israeli festivals and organizations, rejecting complicity in a “relentless horror”, as the situation is characterized in the proclamation.
Majeized professionals from the world of cinema and television denounce Israel and Israeli companies as “Companion in Genocide and Apartheid against the Palestinian people”.
“We are committed to not showing films, not participating or working with Israeli cinema institutions – including festivals, cinemas, television stations and production companies – involved in the genocide against the Palestinian people,” they said.
The list of signatories, including creators with Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy and Gold Palm, includes directors such as George Lanthimos, George Zoe, Angelica Papoulias, Aba Diverne, Adam MacKei, Bucket, Emma Seligman, Joshua Openheamer and Mike Lee.
In addition, it is signed by actors such as, Olivia Coleman, Aio Eneebiri, Mark Rafalo, Hannah Ainbinder, Amy Lu Wood, Pope Esientou, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rizo, Melissa Barra, Nix, Tilda SwindonJavier Bardem and Josh O’Connorm And others.
— Film Workers For Palestine (@FW4Palestine) September 8, 2025
“At the moment of the crisis, where many of our governments allow the slaughter in Gaza, we have to do what is within our forces to respond to this complicity,” they write in an open letter published in the British “The Guardian” by the artists, including the artists, including George Lanthimos and the Tilda Swindon and Aio Eneebiri.
This commitment, on the initiative of the group «Film Workers for Palestine»is inspired by the cultural embargo imposed on South Africa during the apartheid period and mainly by them ‘United filmmakers against apartheid’. The goal is to stop artists from collaborating with festivals, cinemas, distributors and producers, whom they consider to be guilty of “justification for genocide and apartheid”.