Venice for Palestine Renews Call for Concrete Measures at Venice Film Festival

Venice for Palestine has published a new open letter to the Venice Film Festival, urging concrete measures in support of Palestine. The letter, signed by dozens of film personalities and institutions, including Isabel Coixet and Paul Laverty, comes a year after the festival faced significant protests over the Gaza conflict. Last year, the Lido became a center of demonstrations against the genocide in Gaza, with Venice for Palestine organizing rallies and issuing a letter demanding the festival publicly condemn the genocide—a demand the festival did not meet. That period coincided with peak civic protests over the massacre by the Israeli army, and the festival featured 'La voz de Hind' as one of its most important films. This year's letter has fewer signatures than the previous one but still includes numerous cultural figures and institutions. The letter calls for 'concrete measures' and for the festival to fly the Palestinian flag, reflecting ongoing pressure on cultural institutions to take a stand on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.