Filmmakers condemn Berlinale film festival for 'silence' over Gaza

More than 80 famous film figures, includingTilda Swinton , Javier Bardem , Mark Ruffalo , and director Adam McKay , strongly criticized the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in an open letter published in mid-February 2026. Al Jazeera +2

The signatories expressed disgust at what they called the festival's " institutional silence " on the war in Gaza and accused organizers of censoring artists who voiced support for Palestine.


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