Emmys 2025: Javier Bardem declares “Free Palestine”, says he won’t work with those “justifying genocide”

Javier Bardem used his look on the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards to make a political assertion, sporting a keffiyeh on the pink carpet and voicing help for Film Workers for Palestine.

Talking to Selection, the Oscar winner mentioned: “Right here I’m right this moment, denouncing the genocide in Gaza. I’m speaking concerning the IAGS, the Worldwide Affiliation of Genocide Students, who examine completely genocide and has declared it’s a genocide. That’s why we ask for a business and diplomatic blockade and in addition sanctions on Israel to cease the genocide. Free Palestine.”

Bardem added that his stance extends to his skilled decisions. “I can not work with somebody that justifies or helps the genocide. That’s so simple as that,” he mentioned. “We shouldn’t have the ability to do this, on this trade or another trade.”

His feedback come days after 3,900 filmmakers, actors and trade professionals signed a pledge organized by Movie Employees for Palestine, refusing to collaborate with Israeli establishments or corporations deemed “implicated in genocide and apartheid in opposition to the Palestinian individuals.” Bardem is among the many signatories, alongside Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, Emma Stone and Tilda Swinton.

The pledge drew criticism from Paramount, which issued a press release rejecting requires boycotts. The studio mentioned: “We don’t agree with latest efforts to boycott Israeli filmmakers. Silencing particular person artistic artists primarily based on their nationality doesn’t promote higher understanding or advance the reason for peace.”

Responding, Bardem careworn that the boycott focused establishments, not people. “Movie Employees for Palestine don’t goal any people primarily based on id,” he mentioned. “The targets are these movie corporations and establishments which are complicit and are white-washing or justifying the genocide and its apartheid regime.”

Bardem attended the ceremony as a nominee for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, through which he performs José Menendez.