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Berlinale 2026: Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton sign ‘dismayed’ letter slamming Berlin film festival’s ‘silence’ on Gaza

Berlinale 2026: Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton sign ‘dismayed’ letter slamming Berlin film festival’s ‘silence’ on Gaza

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton, and Brian Cox are among 81 artists who have signed an open letter addressed to the organisers of the Berlin Film Festival, questioning the “institutional silence on the genocide of Palestinians”. The celebrities on Tuesday also called for Berlinale to take a clear stance on Israel’s war in Gaza. The letter has come amid severe backlash to statements made by the festival’s awards jury president, Wim Wenders. The jury was asked about their views on on the German government’s “support of the genocide in Gaza” and the festival’s “selective treatment of human rights” issues, to which Wenders responded saying filmmakers “have to stay out of politics”. “We are the counterweight of politics, we are the opposite of politics. We have to do the work of people, not the work of politicians,” he said. Backlash to his statement …

DOP Yorick Le Saux on Jim Jarmusch, Tilda Swinton: Rotterdam Award

DOP Yorick Le Saux on Jim Jarmusch, Tilda Swinton: Rotterdam Award

Published by Daniella Wilson

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) honored French cinematographer Yorick Le Saux with the 2026 Robby Müller Award on Saturday, with a crowd of film fans coming out to hear the DOP discussing his career and work in a wide-ranging interview after receiving the award. Some of his bold-named frequent collaborators, such as Tilda Swinton and Jim Jarmusch, as well as the likes of Blitz director Steve McQueen sent their congratulations via video messages. Le Saux is known for his frequent collaborations with Olivier Assayas (Carlos, Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper) and François Ozon (Swimming Pool, 5×2). “His body of work includes many remarkable films with an inspirational variety of filmmakers, such as I Am Love by Luca Guadagnino, Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch, High Life by Claire Denis, and Little Women by Greta Gerwig,” the fest said about his career. The Robby Müller award, which has become a popular part of the Rotterdam festival and is named after the late Dutch cinematographer behind the likes of Paris, Texas who is known as the “master of light,” acknowledges “the artistry of an exceptional image maker.” It …