
Tilda Swinton Honored at Berlin Film Festival, Calls Out Far-Right Extremism and Human Rights Abuse in Speech

The inimitable Tilda Swinton used her platform in Berlin Thursday night, where she received a Golden Bear for lifetime achievement, to call out political extremism, environmental degradation and the rise of authoritarianism around the world.
Without ever uttering the words Gaza or Palestinian, the Oscar-winning Scottish star also gave an impassioned speech in support of “the great independent state of cinema,” what she called “an unlimited realm, innately inclusive, immune to efforts of occupation, colonization, takeover, ownership or the development of Riviera property.” (The latter a clear reference to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed plans for Gaza).
Swinton called out what she termed the “entitled domination and the astonishing savagery of spite, state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder… unacceptable to human society. These are facts. They need to be faced. So for the sake of clarity, let’s name it. The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch.
Without ever uttering the words Gaza or Palestinian, the Oscar-winning Scottish star also gave an impassioned speech in support of “the great independent state of cinema,” what she called “an unlimited realm, innately inclusive, immune to efforts of occupation, colonization, takeover, ownership or the development of Riviera property.” (The latter a clear reference to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed plans for Gaza).
Swinton called out what she termed the “entitled domination and the astonishing savagery of spite, state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder… unacceptable to human society. These are facts. They need to be faced. So for the sake of clarity, let’s name it. The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch.
- 2/13/2025
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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