Javier Bardem has traveled the red carpet at the Emmy Awards 2025 bearing a Kffiyeh scarf and expressing his support to the cinema workers for Palestine. Talk to Variety Marc Malkin, Bardem said that he “could not work with someone who justifies or supports the genocide”.
“Here I am today, denouncing the genocide in Gaza,” he told Malkin on the red carpet. “I am talking about IAGS, the International Association of Genocide scholars, which completely study the genocide and said it is a genocide. This is why we ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockage and sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide. Free Palestine. ”
During the week before EMMYS, 3,900 industry names signed an open commitment organized by film workers for Palestine and declared that the signatories will not work with Israeli institutions and cinematographic companies which are “involved in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. The commitment stipulates that examples of complicity include “whitening or justification of genocide and apartheid, and / or a partnership with the government that commits them.”
Paramount responded to the letter on Friday by publishing a declaration condemning a boycott against the Israeli cinema and television industry: “At Paramount, we believe in the power of narration to connect and inspire people, promote mutual understanding, and preserve the moments, ideas and events that shape the world we share. It is our creative mission. We do not agree with the recent efforts for the boycott of films on the heap of silent. Promote a better understanding or advance the cause of peace, ”continued the press release. “The world entertainment industry should encourage artists to tell their stories and share their ideas with the public around the world. We need more commitment and communication – no less. ”
Bardem answered the letter saying: “There is also an association called cinema turners for Palestine that I want to clarify something based on the letter from Paramount. The filmmakers for Palestine do not target any person based on identity. Targets are cinema societies and institutions that are accomplices and which are bleached or justified the genocide and its apartheid diet.
He added: “I cannot work with someone who justifies or supports the genocide. It’s as simple as that. We should not be able to do so, in this industry or in any other industry. ”
Bardem signed the letter alongside Hollywood filmmakers like Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava Duvernay, Asif Kapadia, Emma Seligman, Boots Riley, Adam McKay, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Rice Ahmed, Tilda Swinton, Lily Glastone, Hannah Einbinder, Gael Garcia Bernal, Lily Gladstone, Hannah Einbinder, Gael Garcia Bernal, Lily Gladstone, Hannah Einbinder, Gael Garcia Bercon Barrera and Emma Stone, among others.
Bardem attended the Emmy 2025 as a nominated for his performance as José Menendez in the Netflix Crime series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”. The winner of an Oscar was nominated in the exceptional support actor in a limited series or film.
