New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- A group of well-known actors and filmmakers-including Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, and director Yorgos Lanthimos-have joined over 1,300 film industry professionals in signing a pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions.

Actors and Filmmakers Join Boycott of Israeli Film Institutions Over Gaza Conflict

The pledge, organised by Film Workers for Palestine, calls on industry figures to refuse work with Israeli film bodies and companies that are, in their words, "implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."

"As filmmakers, actors, film industry workers and institutions, we recognize the power of cinema to shape perceptions," reads the pledge. "In this urgent moment of crisis, whe...