Statement by a Collective of Artists and Filmmakers Condemning U.S. and Israeli Military Attacks on Iran.
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched a military assault on Iran. Since then, over a hundred civilians have been killed, thousands injured, and critical damage has been inflicted on Iran’s military, civil infrastructure, and cultural heritage. On June 21, 2025, the United States escalated the conflict by launching a series of missile strikes targeting key Iranian sites—further endangering lives, undermining regional stability, and violating international law. We, a group of artists, filmmakers, and cultural activists, express our deep concern and moral outrage in unequivocally condemning the aggressive and racist policies of the Israeli government, as well as the imperialist military actions of the United States—policies and actions that manifest in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and repeated attacks on Iranian territory. We live in a world where the concepts of national sovereignty, international justice, and human rights have been effectively reduced to selective and political tools. While the Israeli government, backed unconditionally by imperial powers, has for decades continued its occupation, siege, apartheid, and genocide against the Palestinian people, we now also witness its military apparatus repeatedly violating Iranian soil through overt acts of aggression. These violations have now been joined and amplified by the United States—whose history of interventions across the Global South is marked by a trail of destruction, instability, and permanent war. This pattern of so-called “humanitarian intervention,” cloaked under the guise of fighting “terrorism” or “tyranny,” has not only caused widespread destabilisation across the region, but has also become a mechanism for perpetuating racial, economic, and geopolitical domination. We stand against all forms of oppression. We believe that freedom, when it comes at the cost of bombardment, siege, humiliation, and invasion, is no freedom at all—but rather a continuation of historical violence that the peoples of the Global South have endured for centuries.
From our perspective, the role of the artist is not to serve power, but to stand with truth. And today, the truth is:
• The people of Gaza are facing genocide.
• Iran has been subjected to repeated military attacks by both Israel and the United States.
• Imperialism continues to reveal its brutal face under the pretext of “democratisation.”
We demand an immediate end to war, occupation, and military interventions.We demand the realisation of the rights of the Palestinian people and the right to self-determination for all nations, free from the interference of foreign powers. We believe that lasting peace is impossible without justice. And justice without truth is an illusion.
Signatories:
1. Petra Costa ( Filmmaker)
2. Michael Moore ( Filmmaker)
3. Eyal Weizman ( the director of the research agency Forensic Architecture)
4. Mike Figgis ( Film director and screenwriter)
5. Avi Mograbi ( Filmmaker)
6. Jerome Bell ( dancer and choreographer)
7. Gareth Evans ( Writter, editor, producer)
8. Gali Gold ( Writter, Film programmer)
9. Andrea Luka Zimmerman ( artist- Filmmaker)
10. Mania Akbari ( Artist- Filmmaker)
11. Xiaolu Guo ( writter- Filmmaker)
12. Ben Rivers ( Artist- Filmmaker)
13. Miranda Penell (Artist-Filmmaker)
14. Prano Bailey-Bond ( Filmmaker- Writter)
15. Scott Barley ( Filmmaker- Artist)
16. Ramon Zürcher (Filmmaker/ writer)
17. John Smith ( Filmmaker)
18. Yael Friedman ( Film academic )
19. Payal Kapadia (Filmmaker/ writer / actress)
20. Paulo Carneiro (Filmmaker and producer)
21. Silvan Zürcher ( Filmmaker / producer)
22. Kamal Aljafari (Filmmaker)
23. Nicolas Wadimoff ( Filmmaker / writer / producer)
24. Nina Menkes (Filmmaker / producer / writer)
25. Pia Marais ( Filmmaker / writer)
26. Chloé Leriche ( Filmmaker / writer)
27. Denis Côté ( Filmmaker )
28. Yotam Ben-David ( Filmmaker/ editor / writer )
29. Kristin Aalen ( Producer)
30. Kantarama Gahigiri (director / writer)
31. Alisa Lebow ( Professor of Screen Media)
32. Suzy Gillett (script and edit consultant/filmmaker)
33. Babak Jalali (Writer/ Filmmaker)
34. Anand Patwardhan ( Filmmaker)
35. Mina Karnik ( Writer / Film critic)
36. Victor Fraga ( Film critics / Filmmaker )
37. Rachel Daisy Ellis ( Filmmaker / producer )
38. Merve Kayan ( Filmmaker Educator )
39. Cynthia Mandansky ( Artist/ Filmmaker)
40. Celine Condorelli ( Artist)
41. Avital Barak ( Curator)
42. Chiara Ambrosio ( Artist/ Filmmaker)
43. Jessica Beshir ( Director, Actress, producer)
44. Jackie Buet ( Festival's Director)
45. Larissa Sansour (Artist / Filmmaker)
46. Ali Jaberansari ( Filmmaker )
47. Aura Satz ( Artist)
48. Susana Santos Rodrigues ( Artist)
49. Michal Baror ( Visual artist)
50. Simon Bitton ( Filmmaker)
51. Lia Naama ten Brink ( Filmmaker, researcher and activist)
52. Katrin Pors ( Film producer)
53. Michal Baror ( Visual artist)
54. Simon Bitton ( Filmmaker)
55. Lia Naama ten Brink ( filmmaker, researcher and activist)
56. Cindy Steiler ( Film programmer, writer)
57. Penny Woolcock ( Filmmaker)
58. Miguel Valverde ( Film programmer and teacher)
59. So Mayer ( Writer)
60. Rania Stephan ( Artist / Filmmaker)
61. Alex Thiele ( Film producer)
62. Pedro Pino ( Filmmaker)
63. Gema Juarez Allen ( Film Producer)
64. Najwa Ali ( writer)
65. Fatemeh Ahmadi ( Filmmaker)
66. Dr Christo wallers ( Filmmaker, researcher)
67. Helen de Witt ( Film curator)
68. Ali Cherri ( Artist/ Filmmaker)
69. Anjali Kamat ( Filmmaker)
70. Roya Akbari ( Artist/ Filmmaker)
71. Sanjna Selva ( Documentary Filmmaker / Producer)
72. Nicolas Borel ( Artist / Filmmaker)
73. Laura Fischer ( Artist )
74. Noorafshan Mirza ( Artist / Filmmaker)
75. Remi Bonhomme ( Artist director- Festival )
76. Taghi Amirani ( Documentary Filmmaker)
77. Daniella Shreir ( Programmer)
78. Nastran Rahnama (Filmmaker)
79. Maryam Raz (Filmmaker)
80. Miryam Ahmadi (Filmmaker)
81. Susana de Sousa Dias ( Filmmaker)
82. Walter Murch ( Filmmaker)
83. Prsis Karim (Filmmaker)
84. Jackie Lubeck (Filmmaker)
85. Jenni Fould (Filmmaker)
86. Adina Istrate (Filmmaker)
87. Ensieh Maleki ( Sound designer)
88. Naz Sadoughi ( Writer/ Filmmaker)
89. Seemab Gul ( Filmmaker)
90 . Ahmad Kiarostami ( Producer)
91. Paul Cassidy ( Actor)
92. Stephanie Trainer ( Filmmaker)
93. Leila Amini ( Filmmaker)
94. Samantha Hill ( Actor/ Writer)
95. Noemi Fabian ( Actor/ Filmmaker)
96. Kaveh Abbasian ( Academic/ Filmmaker)
97. Amir Amirian ( Filmmaker)
98. Benjamin Naishtat ( Filmmaker)
99. Peiman Zekavat ( Filmmaker)
100. Jamie Goncalves ( Film producer)
101. Eman Mohammed ( Visual Artist )
102. Rezai Christophe ( Composer)
103. Aboozar Amini ( Filmmaker)
104. Justin Mashouf ( Filmmaker)
105. Alireza Ghasemi ( Filmmaker)
106. Sinead Kirwab ( producer)
107. Elahe Esmaili ( Filmmaker)
108. Angela Piccini ( Artist/ Filmmaker/ Academic)
109. Abla Kandalaft ( Curator and analyst )
110. Erika Iesse ( Film editor)
111. Vlad Petri ( Filmmaker)
112. Marianne Mispelaere ( Artist/ Writer)
113. Some Zadeh (Musician/ Poet)
114. Vlad Petri ( Filmmaker)
115. Micoah Magee ( Filmmaker)
116. Corina Sanda ( Filmmaker)
117. Afsaneh Salari ( Filmmaker)
118. Ivica Dimitrijevic ( Actor/ Filmmaker)
119. IIinca Manolache ( Actress)
120. Mehrnoush Alia ( Filmmaker)
121. Maja Costa ( Filmmaker)
122. Sahar Delijani ( Writter)
123. Ramin Niami ( Filmmaker)
124. Ines Guerrero ( Filmmaker)
125. Bora Kim ( Filmmaker/ Writter)
126. Dina Harb ( Film producer)
127. Azadeh Navai ( Filmmaker)
128. Katia Pascariu ( Actress)
129. Sofia Nasrollahi ( Film critic)
130. Michael Silveira ( Filmmaker)
131. Mahin Sadri ( Actress, Writer)
132. Jayce Slalom ( Artist )
133. Enrica Sciandrone ( Composer)
134. Istvan Teglas ( Filmmaker/ actor)
135. Selina Robertson ( Film programmer, researcher)
136. Matthew Barrington ( Curator)
139. Mina Keshavarz (Filmmaker)
140. Ayça Çiftçi (Filmmaker)
141. Iante Roach ( Actress, producer)
142. Mahdi Fleifel ( Filmmaker)
143. Mohsen Hosseini ( Theater director)
144. Florin Flueras ( Artist)
145. Sonja kibertus ( Filmmaker, producer)
146. Jessica Beshir ( Filmmaker)
147. Leon Schwitter ( Filmmaker)
148. Berke Bas ( Documentry Filmmaker)
149. Katayoun Latifi ( Artist)
150. Tara Fatehi ( Actress, Writer)
151. Natalya Critchley ( Visual rtist)
152. Anand Patwardhan ( Documentry Filmmaker)
153. Eliza Trefas (Artist)
154. J.Charles Banks ( Producer/ director)
155. Mojisola Adebayo ( Theater maker/ play writer)
156. Juli Xiang ( Writer)
157. Marina D.Richter ( Film critic)
158. Saelyx Finna ( Filmmaker)
159. Sameera Jain ( Filmmaker)
160. Shalva Wise ( Producer)
161. Reza Tavakol ( Writer/ artist )
162. Rebecca Ruth Could ( Writer)
163. Simon Plouffe ( Filmmaker)
164. Sylvain L Esperance ( Filmmaker)
165. Sara Boudeau ( Filmmaker)
166. Bouslam Chamakh ( Filmmaker)
167. Jenny Cartwright ( Filmmaker)
168. Olivier D. Asselin ( Filmmaker)
169. Samer Najari ( Filmmaker)
170. Simon Bealieu ( Filmmaker)
171. Leila Amini ( Filmmaker)
172. Sruti Bala ( Academic)
173. Sergio Andrade ( Dance/ performance artist)
174. Jessica Beshir ( Filmmaker)
175. Laura Cull ( professor)
176. Faraz Fesharaki ( Filmmaker)
177. Shalava Wise ( Producer)
178. Laura Cazador ( Filmmaker)
179. Juliana Fanjul ( Filmamker)
180. Ziyad Saadi ( Filmmaker)
181. Sarah Goodman ( Filmmaker)
182. Claude Darbellay ( Artsist)
183. Marc Sepa Francoueur ( Filmmaker)
184. Madelaine Russo ( Producer)
185. Julia Hunter ( Doucumentary filmmaker)
186. Meena Nanji ( Filmmaker)
187. Elza Kephart ( Filmaker)
188. Jerome Nussbaum ( Sound designer)
189. Michael T Workman ( filmmaker)
190. Amin El Gamel ( Actor, producer)
191. Ufuk Emiroglu ( Filmmaker)
192. Jan Willems ( Theatre director)
193. Monica Budde ( Actress)
194. Subasri Krishnan (Filmmaker)
195. Quinn Costello ( Filmmaker)
196. Josh Park ( Filmmaker)
197. Daniel Freeman ( Filmmaker)
198. Laura Tejero ( Documentary filmmaker)
199. Louise Heem ( Actress/ Director)
200. Najwa Najjar ( Filmmaker)
201. Dana Marie ( Filmmaker)
202. Eshrat Erfanian ( Visual artist)
203. Miryam Charles ( Filmmaker)
204. Arlin Golden ( Filmmaker)
205. Dawn Valadez ( Filmmaker)
206. StormMiguel Florez ( Filmmaker)
207. Daniel Wyss ( Filmmaker)
208. Sara Jane Bailes ( Writer/ Theatre artist)
209. Robinder Uppal ( Documentary filmmaker)
210. Ali Ahadi ( Artist )
211. Matthew Rankin ( Filmmaker)
212. Dianę Obomsawin ( Artsit)
213. Habib Yazdi ( Filmmaker)
214. Eshrat Erfanian ( Filmmaker)
215. Jacob Berger ( Filmmaker)
216. Yael Bitton ( Film editor)
217. Dilel Winchester ( Artist)
218. Goncalo Branco ( Scriptwriter)
219. Simon David ( Filmmaker)
220. Philippe Falardeau ( Filmmaker/ cinématographer)
223. Alexandre Koberidze ( Filmmaker/ editor)
224. Uttaran De ( Filmamaker)
225. Elena Valitova ( Filmmaker)
226. Hima. B ( Filmmaker)
227. Julie Pfleiderer ( Filmmaker)
228. Maadoo Mehrnejad ( Filmmaker)
229. Can Candan ( Filmmaker)
230. Sara Naimpour ( Filmmaker)
231. Maryam Monalisa Ghara ( Filmmaker)
232. Parham Ghalamdar ( Filmmaker)
233. Sepideh Jodayri ( Filmmaker)
234. Sarah Fortin ( Filmmaker)
235. Farzad Azimbeik ( Filmmaker)
236. Daneil Larios ( Filmmaker)
237. Sonya Stepanova ( Filmmaker)
238. Karen Russo ( Artist- Filmmaker)
239. Tara violet Niami ( Filmmaker)
240. Heather Young ( Production manager)
241. Emma Dacie ( Filmmaker)
242. Audrey Maurion ( Filmmaker)
243. Brit Fryer ( Filmmaker)
244. Gosia Sadowska ( Filmmaker)
245. Mohammad Agha Zaki ( Filmmaker)
246. Manado Mehrnejad ( performance artist )
247. Arman Askarizad ( Artist/ curator)
248. Lori Stepanov ( Producer)
249. Sam Solino ( Filmmaker)
250. Bo wang ( Filmmaker/ artist )
251. Christine Falco ( Producer)
252. Pier- Philippe Chevigny ( Filmmaker)
253. Duru Yucel ( Actress, Screenwriter)
254. Andi Schmied ( Artist)
255. Albert Lobelle ( Filmmaker)
226. Alessandra Ferrini ( Artist, Filmmaker)
227. Arab Loutfi ( Filmmaker)
228. Lucia Perez Prat ( Filmmaker)
229. Cecilia Barriga ( Filmmaker- artist)
230. Victor Luengo ( Filmmaker, producer)
231. Sally Gutierrez Dewar ( Filmmaker- artist)
232. Alex Fry ( Filmmaker)
233. William Crosby ( Artist)
234. Maria Kheirkhah ( Artist)
235. Rebecca Daly ( Filmmaker)
236. Krzysztof Gierat ( Festival Director)
237. Farideh Ghalandari ( Filmmaker)
238. Vali Mahlouji ( Artist- researcher)
239. Pascale Francis ( Artist)
240. Dieter Wieczorek
241. Justine Atkinson ( Artist)
242. Guliz Saglam ( Filmmaker)
243. Pablo Azorín Williams ( Filmmaker)
244. Florence Versaille ( Artist)
245. Eddie Peake ( Artist)
246. Melanie Manchot ( Artist)
247. Mark Mangion ( Artist)
248. Jordan Baseman ( Artist)
249. Harri Rompotti ( Artist)
250. Grant Keir ( producer)
251. Calorina Mazzorlari ( Artist)
بیانیهی جمعی از هنرمندان و فیلمسازان در محکومیت حملات نظامی آمریکا و اسرائیل به ایران
در تاریخ ۱۳ ژوئن ۲۰۲۵، اسرائیل حملهای نظامی به ایران آغاز کرد. از آن زمان تاکنون، بیش از صد غیرنظامی کشته شدهاند، هزاران نفر زخمی شدهاند، و آسیبهای جدی به زیرساختهای نظامی، غیرنظامی و میراث فرهنگی ایران وارد شده است. در تاریخ ۲۱ ژوئن ۲۰۲۵، ایالات متحده با انجام مجموعهای از حملات موشکی به نقاط کلیدی در ایران، این درگیری را تشدید کرد—اقداماتی که نهتنها جان انسانها را بیش از پیش در معرض خطر قرار داده، بلکه ثبات منطقه را به چالش کشیده و قوانین بینالمللی را نقض کردهاند.
ما، گروهی از هنرمندان، فیلمسازان و فعالان فرهنگی، با نگرانی عمیق و خشم اخلاقی خود، این اقدامات تجاوزکارانه و نژادپرستانهی دولت اسرائیل و همچنین اقدامات نظامی امپریالیستی ایالات متحده را بهشدت محکوم میکنیم—سیاستها و اقداماتی که خود را در نسلکشی مداوم علیه مردم فلسطین و حملات مکرر به خاک ایران نمایان کردهاند.
ما در جهانی زندگی میکنیم که مفاهیمی چون حاکمیت ملی، عدالت بینالمللی و حقوق بشر عملاً به ابزارهایی گزینشی و سیاسی تقلیل یافتهاند. در حالی که دولت اسرائیل با پشتیبانی بیقید و شرط قدرتهای امپریالیستی، دهههاست که به اشغال، محاصره، آپارتاید و نسلکشی مردم فلسطین ادامه میدهد، اکنون شاهد آن هستیم که ماشین نظامی این دولت بارها و بارها خاک ایران را با اقدامات آشکار تجاوزکارانه نقض میکند.
این تجاوزها اکنون با دخالت مستقیم ایالات متحده همراه شده و شدت یافتهاند—کشوری که تاریخ مداخلاتش در جهان جنوب با ردپایی از ویرانی، بیثباتی و جنگ دائمی همراه است. این الگوی بهاصطلاح «مداخله بشردوستانه» که در پوشش مبارزه با «تروریسم» یا «استبداد» صورت میگیرد، نهتنها موجب بیثباتسازی گسترده در منطقه شده، بلکه به ابزاری برای تداوم سلطهی نژادی، اقتصادی و ژئوپولیتیکی بدل گشته است.
ما با هرگونه ظلم و ستم مخالفیم. ما باور داریم که آزادی، وقتی با بمباران، محاصره، تحقیر و اشغال بهدست آید، هیچ معنایی ندارد—بلکه ادامهی همان خشونت تاریخی است که مردمان جهان جنوب قرنها آن را تحمل کردهاند.
از نگاه ما، نقش هنرمند خدمت به قدرت نیست، بلکه ایستادن در کنار حقیقت است. و امروز، حقیقت این است:
• مردم غزه با نسلکشی مواجه هستند.
• ایران بارها مورد حملات نظامی از سوی اسرائیل و ایالات متحده قرار گرفته است.
• امپریالیسم همچنان چهرهی خشن خود را زیر نقاب «دموکراتیزه کردن» آشکار میسازد.
ما خواستار پایان فوری جنگ، اشغال و مداخلات نظامی هستیم.
ما خواهان تحقق حقوق مردم فلسطین و حق تعیین سرنوشت برای همهی ملتها، بدون دخالت قدرتهای خارجی هستیم. ما باور داریم صلح پایدار بدون عدالت ممکن نیست. و عدالت بدون حقیقت، توهمی بیش نیست.
