{"id":419600,"date":"2025-09-12T22:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/419600\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T22:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:58:11","slug":"paramount-condemns-israeli-film-boycott-after-3900-sign-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/419600\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Condemns Israeli Film Boycott After 3,900 Sign Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAfter more than 3,900 industry figures <\/a>signed a pledge not to work with Israeli film institutions, Paramount<\/a> released a statement condemning the widespread boycott.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt Paramount, we believe in the power of storytelling to connect and inspire people, promote mutual understanding, and preserve the moments, ideas, and events that shape the world we share. This is our creative mission,\u201d reads a statement provided by Paramount chief communications officer Melissa Zukerman. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe do not agree with recent efforts to boycott Israeli filmmakers. Silencing individual creative artists based on their nationality does not promote better understanding or advance the cause of peace,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThe global entertainment industry should be encouraging artists to tell their stories and share their ideas with audiences throughout the world. We need more engagement and communication \u2014 not less.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tParamount is the first major studio to speak out on this issue.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe pledge, published on Monday by the organization Film Workers for Palestine, saw more than 3,900 industry figures \u2014 including Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy and Palme d\u2019Or winners \u2014 declare that they will refuse to work with Israeli institutions and companies that are \u201cimplicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.\u201d The pledge statement states that examples of complicity include \u201cwhitewashing or justifying genocide and apartheid, and\/or partnering with the government committing them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe original list of 1,200 signatories included filmmakers such as Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Asif Kapadia, Emma Seligman, Boots Riley, Adam McKay and Joshua Oppenheimer, as well as actors including Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Lily Gladstone, Hannah Einbinder, Gael Garcia Bernal, Melissa Barrera and Emma Stone. <\/p>\n

\n\tBy Wednesday, the letter had surpassed 3,900 signees: Nicola Coughlan, Andrew Garfield, Harris Dickinson, Bowen Yang, Guy Pearce, Jonathan Glazer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Fisher Stevens, Abbi Jacobson, Eric Andre, Elliot Page, Payal Kapadia and Emma D\u2019Arcy were among those who added their names, as were Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, who recently signed on as executive producers of the Venice-prizewinning Gaza drama \u201cThe Voice of Hind Rajab.\u201d The couple walked the red carpet at the film\u2019s festival premiere while sporting badges in support of Palestine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than 3,900 industry figures signed a pledge not to work with Israeli film institutions, Paramount released…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,2590,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-419600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-paramount","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115193807170796556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}