Multiple international artists and writers sign an open letter urging the Venice Film Festival, and related institutions including the Venice Biennale, to take “concrete action” in support of Palestine. The letter is issued under the Venice4Palestine banner and calls on the festival to respond to the situation in Gaza.
The outlets report that signatories include Pink Floyd cofounder Roger Waters and Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux, along with directors Matteo Garrone and Isabel Coixet. Hollywood Reporter also lists Guy Pearce among those urging the festival to act. Deadline and Variety frame the initiative as part of broader efforts and note a similar campaign launched previously by the same collective.
Across the coverage, the central focus is the call for tangible steps rather than statements alone. While sources differ slightly in the roster of individual signatories highlighted, they agree on the letter’s purpose, its timing, and its request that Venice’s film industry institutions take action connected to the conflict.
