Palestinian Filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad Among 300 Calling for Boycott of Israeli Movies at Venice Film Festival

By: David Ng · David Ng — September 3^rd 2024 at 11:26

More than 300 directors and actors including Paradise Now filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad are calling for a boycott of Israeli movies playing at this year's Venice International Film Festival in Italy, claiming the movies engage in the so-called "artwashing" of "apartheid, occupation and now genocide."