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Flanders Festival Ghent says it made decision over lack of ‘clarity’ about incoming conductor Lahav Shani’s views. Published On 11 Sep 202511 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A music festival in Belgium has cancelled a planned concert by a celebrated German orchestra over concerns about its Israeli conductor’s stance on the war in Gaza. The …

German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer has spoken of a “disgrace for Europe” after a Belgian festival canceled a performance by a top German orchestra to be given with an Israeli conductor. Organizers of the Flanders Festival Ghent late on Wednesday announced that the Munich Philharmonic would no longer perform on September 18 as planned, saying they were concerned about conductor Lahav Shani‘s …

An open letter from a group that calls itself Film Workers for Palestine had amassed more than 4,000 signatures as of Wednesday, with a slew of Hollywood stars and filmmakers pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions that have been “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.” “As filmmakers, actors, film industry workers, and institutions, we recognize …

On Sept. 8, a group of industry workers vowed not to work with Israeli counterparts they contend are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.” Two days later, the list of co-signatories has ballooned to nearly 4,000 individuals, including Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Lily Gladstone, Tilda Swinton, Ava DuVernay, Yorgos Lanthimos as well as other Oscar, …

The boycott of Israel’s film industry is intensifying as more international actors, directors and producers pledge to refuse work with Israeli film institutions they say are “complicit in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.” Earlier this week, more than 1,200 industry figures—including Emma Stone, Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Io Adaviri and Amy Lou Wood (The White Lotus)—signed a statement …

Pnina Halfon Lang has spent more than two decades promoting, marketing, and building collaborations for Israeli cinema abroad. From her office in a worn-down Tel Aviv building, the executive director of the nonprofit CoPro Foundation now senses a sharp shift in the industry. “Business is not as usual,” she says. Since Hamas’s bloody massacre of some 1,200 in Israel on …

‘Profoundly misguided’: Israeli film industry responds to filmmaker boycott pledge  Euronews.com Hollywood stars boycott Israeli film companies in response to Gaza crisis  NPR Hollywood Actors and Directors Pledge to Boycott Israeli Film Institutions  The New York Times Thank you for boycotting me: As an Israeli filmmaker here’s why pressure amid Gaza matters | Opinion  Haaretz Israeli film industry calls boycott pledge ‘deeply troubling’  The Guardian …

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, pictured here in Los Angeles in July 2025, is one among many Hollywood figures to pledge not to work with Israeli movie industry companies in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP More than 2,000 Hollywood figures, including well-known actors and filmmakers, have pledged to boycott the growing Israeli …

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Representatives of the Israeli film industry are redoubling efforts to caution against the wisdom of a pledge signed by some 1,800 significant professionals vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. The pledge, announced on Monday, was initially signed by 1,200 film-makers including Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Asif …