A number of well-known actors, directors and other film workers have signed a call to stop working with Israeli film institutions that they consider to be "complicit in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people" due to the war in Gaza.
The call is initiated by the industry-driven group Film Workers for Palestine, which was launched during the Sundance film festival last year.
Among those who have signed the call are directors such as Yorgos Lanthimos, Boots Riley and Joshua Oppenheimer, and actors such as Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Cynthia Nixon, Julie Christie, Rebecca Hall, Aimee Lou Wood and Debra Winger.
The boycott is being criticized by the Israeli Producers Association, which believes that both Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers give voice to stories that promote dialogue, peace and justice - and that the boycott undermines this.
Over the weekend, the call had around 1,200 signatures.
