Israel’s Oscar entry dropped from Swiss film fes...

Summary

• Israel’s entry for the 2027 Academy Awards, Tell Me Everything, has been withdrawn from a Swiss queer film festival following a boycott campaign linked to the war in Gaza.
• Following the boycott campaign, festival organisers asked Rosenthal and the film’s producers to clarify their positions on the Israeli government and the war in Gaza.
• The episode is part of a broader international debate over the role of culture during the Gaza war, with artists, festivals and cultural organisations facing pressure over their associations with Israel.

AI Generated Summary

Israel’s entry for the 2027 Academy Awards, Tell Me Everything, has been withdrawn from a Swiss queer film festival following a boycott campaign linked to the war in Gaza.

The film had been selected for the 2026 programme of Geneva’s Everybody’s Perfect queer film festival. Organisers later cancelled its two scheduled screenings after receiving messages warning of a boycott from several pro-Palestinian groups.