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We, the undersigned,

call upon the Islamic Republic of Iran's authorities to immediately and unconditionally clear all the charges levelled at filmmakers Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha.

After months of interrogation, and after continuous travel bans for the past two years, they are now due to appear in Iran's Revolutionary Court on March 1st, 2025 because of their Berlinale-awarded film My Favourite Cake, which has been labelled as "obscene", as "offending public morality", as "propaganda against the regime", and as “unlawfully” screened without the authorities' permits for distribution. 

In the light of these persecutions, we stand uniformly by Maryam & Behtash and their freedom and right to create and to express themselves, just like any filmmaker and artist should be able to.

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Nous demandons

aux autorités de la République islamique d'Iran de lever, immédiatement et sans condition, toutes les accusations portées contre les cinéastes Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha.

Après avoir subi de multiples interrogatoires, et alors qu’ils sont interdits de sortie du territoire iranien depuis près de deux ans, ils doivent à présent comparaître devant le tribunal révolutionnaire iranien le 1er mars 2025. Qualifié d'« obscène » par le réquisitoire, leur film Mon gâteau préféré, primé à la Berlinale en 2024, serait une « offense à la moralité publique » et une oeuvre de « propagande contre le régime », et a de plus été projeté « illégalement », sans autorisation officielle de distribution.

Face à ces persécutions, nous soutenons pleinement Maryam et Behtash dans leur droit de créer et de s’exprimer, comme tout cinéaste et artiste devrait pouvoir le faire.


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Signed by (a.o. — see bottom of this page*):

• The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR)
• Orwa Nyrabia, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
• Vanja Kaludjercic, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
• Mike Downey OBE, European Film Academy (EFA)
  
• Matthijs Wouter Knol, European Film Academy (EFA)
  
• Alberto Barbera, Venice Film Festival
• Nashen Moodley, Sydney Film Festival
• Margje de Koning, Movies That Matter
• Sarah Spring, Documentary Association of Canada
• Sverre Pedersen, Freemuse
• Sara Whyatt, Freemuse
• Céline Sciamma, writer-director
• Jean-Pierre Dardenne, writer/director/producer
• Mohammad Rasoulof, writer-director
• Agnieszka Holland, writer-director
• Hiam Abbass, actor/director
• Jafar Panahi, writer-director
• Juliette Binoche, actor
• Isabel Coixet, writer-director
• Pedro Almodóvar, writer-director
• Agustín Almodóvar, producer
• Marie-Ange Luciani, film producer
• Nina Menkes, director
• Robin Campillo, writer-director
• Mina Kavani, actor
• Diana El Jeiroudi, director/producer
• Emilie Dequenne, actor
• Arthur Harari, writer/director/actor
• Jeanne Balibar, actor
• Rebecca Zlotowski, writer-director
• Juho Kuosmanen, writer-director
• Mariane Pearl, (screen)writer
• Dominik Moll, writer-director
• Rebecca Thomas, writer-director
• Marina Foïs, actor
• Robert Guédiguian, writer-director
• Jonás Trueba, writer-director
• Gilles Marchand, writer-director
• Tricia Tuttle, Berlinale Film Festival
• Kirsten Niehuus, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
• Dominic Willsdon, International Documentary Association (IDA)
• Sophie Mirouze, Festival La Rochelle Cinéma
• Abby Sun, International Documentary Association (IDA)
• Pauline Girardot, MIFC/Festival Lumière Lyon
• Toru Kubota, Docu Athan
• Marjo Pipinen, Finnish Film Foundation
• Dominique Choisy, writer-director
• Joelle Touma, screenwriter
• Marco Cherqui, film producer
• Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, actor
• Patricia Mazuy, writer-director
• Emilia Mello, producer/director
• Jonathan Wakeman, screenwriter
• Vanessa Lhoste, actor
• Valérie Donzelli, writer/director/actor
• Philippe Le Guay, writer-director
• Christine Plenus, set photographer
• Jean-Pierre Duret, sound designer & recordist
• Collectif Cinéma
• Sara Ishaq, writer-director
• Jordi Wijnalda, writer-director
• Athanasia Biniadaki
• Etienne Hardy
• Matthew Rankin, writer-director
• Lev Nussimbaum
• Sabrina Meier, actor
• Diane Carson, film journalist
• Véronique Closset
• Javier Lafuente, producer
• Brenda Mattick, editor
• Emma Mattei, programmer
• José Marquez
• Ranya Mokdad
• Yukiko Inoue
• Mary Ann De Vlieg, IETM
• Sato Akari
• Marc Lowyck
• Mary Mehrian
• Bea de Visser, filmmaker/visual artist
• Gwenda Jansen
• Jumei Ma
• Christopher Zitterbart, producer
• Joachim Trier, writer-director
• Charles Soebarta, BerlinDocuFest
• Valérie Mougin, Cinémas UGC
• Alex Szalat, Doc's Up Fund
• Peter Krupenin, producer
• Miro Bilbrough, writer/director
• Alba Rohrwacher, actor
• Bénédicte Thomas, distributor
• Janine Teerling, writer-director
• Clément Chautant, sales agent
• Yanis Laschet
• Marceau Laborie
• Aïda Vosoughi, artist/filmmaker
• Tess Franzen, sales exec
• Delphine Lallet, screenwriter
• Ania Bijvoet
• Ayça Çiftçi, director
• Philippe Lallet
• Louise Richard
• Mercedes Martinez, programmer
• Itsaso Arana Baztan, actor/screenwriter
• Eddie Chebbi, producer
• Christian Allaume, programmer
• Solenn Rousseau, programmer/educator
• Stéphanie Berthelor
• Paul de Beco, acquisitions
• Sam Menopa
• Myra Evans, visual artist
• Eva Gerold
• Marie-Line Laboiry
• Gerrit Zitterbart
• Marie-France Aubert, Festival International du Film d'Amiens
• Laurence Reymond, Quinzaine des Cinéastes, Cannes
• María Campaña Ramia, Ambulante Documentary Film Festival
• Laure Caillol, First Cut Lab
• Ivanna Kozak, Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin
• Karyοfyllia Karabeti, actor
• Aisha Gazdar, filmmaker/journalist
• Marie Regan, filmmaker
• Pauline Delfino
• Elahe Esmaili
• Sarah Dorman Sveen, producer
• Gérard Krawczyk, director
• George Katsios
• Alexandre Tylski, director/researcher
• Faris Sayegh
• Cécile Giraud, exhibitor
• Kellen Quinn, producer
• Michel Vitteaut
• Evangelia Petrou
• Giorgia Caffagni
• Jeanne Le Gall
• Isabelle Benkemoun, producer
• Zoé Le Gall
• Antonia Stelitano
• Dimitra Rigatou
• David Stangherlin
• Alessandra Natella
• Evangelia Xenogiannopoulou, researcher
• Anastasia Theodorou
• Sophie Beutelmann
• Arash Mashverat, director
• Maaike Terheggen
• Floor Onrust, producer
• Elodie Saget, curator
• Cecilia Spano
• Niusha Yousefian
• Pierre Filmon, director
• Cathérine Rudel
• Irene Altavilla
• Malu Janssen, writer-director
• Radu Mihaileanu, writer-director
• Sepideh Farsi, writer-director
• Nicolas Bary, writer-director
• Chantal Dumoulin
• Volker Schlöndorff, writer/director/producer
• Tabitha Jackson, film exec
• Jerome Enrico, writer-director
• Dibakar Das Roy, director/producer/actor
• Jean Achache, writer-director
• Kirsten Johnson, director/cinematographer
• Françoise Cathérin
• Avi Mograbi, director
• Rémi Roy, producer
• Miguel Courtois, director/producer
• Morgan Gonzales
• Diane Attanasio
• Jetske de Jong
• Laura Poitras, director
• Étienne Astor
• Alejandra Gatica
• Catherine Coetsier
• Irène Oger, distributor/programmer
• Anna Durand
• Frédéric Sojcher, director/educator
• Jean-Pierre Sauné, writer-director
• Gerard Tierney, documentary producer
• Vasilis Oikonomou
• Maguy Bussière
• Francesco Montagner, writer-director
• Maarten Treurniet, director
• Noortje Post
• Marianne Dumoulin, producer
• Jacques Oger, director/editor
• Anne Le Ny, actor
• Guandalina Martin
• Astrid Ast
• Emmanuelle Béart, actor
• Marion Guillon, Films Boutique
• Félix Chrétien
• Katerina Gabunija, festival coordinator
• Elena Lapschin
• Héloïse Richard
• Sandrine Bonnaire, actor
• Dominique Brem
• Maria Krebs
• Emmanuel Mouret, actor/director/writer
• Catherine Parrott
• Petra Van Horssen, distributor
• Rozenn Fequant, Biarritz Film Festival
• Maud Berbille, producer
• Suzanne Bernatchez
• Catherine Muriel
• David Moreau, writer-director
• Caroline Renard, educator/researcher
• Sam Koopman
• Guslagie Malanda, actor
• Marion Bonnet
• Susan Warmenhoven
  
• Ira Sachs, writer-director
• Chantal van Remmen
  
• Jan Mecklers
  
• Jasmin Basic, film historian/programmer
• Mo Abdi, film critic
  
• Julie Bertucelli, writer-director
• Myrthe Kraai
  
• Kelly Jungblut
• Evelien Doornbos van Remmen
• Ana Tiwary, producer/director
• Odeta Çunaj, director
• Armita Adily
  
• Arthur Joffé, writer-director
• Birgitte Stærmose, writer-director
• Maria Petrou Maria
  
• Manon De Weerd
  
• Melissa Jonsson, author
• Jeanne Zelikson
  
• Loretta Loreti
  
• Ana Castañosa, FIFDH Geneva
  
• Yiannis Karkanevatos, writer-director
• Théo Chesnais, researcher
• Mohammad Amin, actor
• Safy Nebbou, actor/director
• Konstantina Antonopoulou
• Abbot Stranahan
• Behzad Nouri Kouchi
• Sabrine Devos-Ropars
• Auréa Bouillet
• Alexandra Mélot, editor
• saLeh roZati, actor/multidisciplinary artist
• Déan Busancic, film critic
• Alireza Shakoori
• Matthieu Marie
• Béatrice Baszanger
• Martin Provost, writer-director
• Virginie Efira, actor
• Charmaine Idris, author
• Béatrice France
• Solenn Durmord, Les Arcs Film Festival
• Karina Sorelli, actor/director
• Mahnaz Akson
• Lisa Barrett
• Karen Harley, director
• Felicity Blake, documentarian
• Sabrina Amali, actor
• Marc van Remmen
• Myriam Gast, script consultant
• Stephen McIntyre
• Valentina Mancinelli
• Timothee Gutmann, author
• Dana Schryvers
• Sophie Mallet, filmmaker/artist
• Mathieu Ripka, producer
• Sami Kal
• Clémence Renoux, editor-in-chief
• Saskia Veigel, producer
• Jasmin Veigel
• Diane Wanasawage
• Sonja Ceta
• Eva Nathena, director/artist
• Andrea Ferraccio
• Mariacarmela Ribecco, poet/activist
• Martina Baumgartner, art director
• Luka de Ruijter
• Christina Olofson, writer/director/producer
• Sarah Sonveau
• Enrico Audenino, writer-director
• Jean Marc Benguigui, assistant director
• Clémence Mesnier
• Marina Ferrer Ruiz
• Camille Marchandeau
• Sabine Spielberg
• Gabriel Grégoire
• Marianna Tsatsou, translator
• Briac Laurenge
• Caroline Lahbabi
• Mélanie Pereira, director
• Khalid Abdalla, actor/activist
• Leila Bianchi
• Carole Dubois, actor
• Núria Palenzuela, Indie Sales
• Aicha Saouti
• Arrigo Tomelleri, director
• Natalie Graf, designer
• Angela Sarstedt, producer
• David van Marlen, distributor
• Martin Wieandt, PR
• Huub Roelvink, distributor
• Alexis Demonthy
• Valeria Laffeni
• Si Hendriksen
• Sylvie Lenfant, editor
• Sena İleri
• Mika Siltala
• Dan Clifton, writer-director
• Philipp Nespital, composer
• Ruby Ruby
• Salomé Rizk, TOTEM Films
• Chris Boucher
• Vaso Charalampopoulou, screenwriter
• 笠置 英史 (Hidefumi Kasagi)
• Jérôme de Vienne
• Pouria Nakisa
• Pascale Pouzadoux, writer/director/actor
• Petar Lakic, writer-director
• Jean-Marc Giri, producer
• Frauke Kolbmüller, producer
• Paolo Marzono
• Dina Duma, director
• Elsa Bennett, director/cinematographer
• Wouter Jansen, sales & distribution
• Pablo Álvarez González
• Sylvie Imbert, make-up artist
• Sophia Kroemer, author
• Jessica Hernandez
• Sabina Tourgounbekova
• Johanne Lacroix, marketing & PR
• Jelmer van Aert
• Oliver Damian, producer
• Tobias Lehmann, actor
• Virginie Defosse
• Niels Pagh Andersen, editor
• Pauline Richard
• Alice Bloch, producer
• Carole Baraton, Charades
• Xavier Trambouze, Cinébus
• Yoann Ubermulhin, Unifrance
• Léa Montevecchi, actor
• Helen Olive, producer/screenwriter
• Dorothée Sebbagh, writer/director/actor
• Karine Degrandsart
• Christine Rouxel, producer
• Florence Thirel-Ata
• Julie Billy, producer
• Rachel Bouillon, Angers Film Festival
• Anne Marte Nygaard, Arthaus
• Béatrice Boursier, Syndicat des Cinémas d'Art, d'Essai et de Répertoire (SCARE)
• Romain Le Grand, producer
• Benjamin Hutter
• Vincent Gadelle, The Bureau
• Isabelle Broué, writer-director
• Mélanie Brégeon, Cinémarine
• Caroline Champetier, cinematographer
• Carole Gérard, costume designer
• Stanislas Baudry
• Christian Oddos, educator
• Xavier Beauvois, writer-director
• Helena Salvadori
• Stefan Zinzen
• Augustine Caille, writer-director
• Olivier Casalis
• Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, filmmaker
• Guillaume Galoyer, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
• Noemie Bédrède, Cinéma Diagonal
• Alain Foresto, Cinebleu Fassans
• Farella Quentin, Dulac Cinémas
• Françoise Baune
• Amandine Vercez, Association CinéClub Jacques Becker
• Didier Tasinato
• Lucie Commiot, Condor Distribution
• Lydie Lahogue Gomez
• Vanina Robic
• Nathalie Duran, production manager
• Ariane Ascaride, actor/director
• Elise Mignot
• Sandy Ducatez
• Maryam Ebrahimi
• Tudella Gregory
• Marie-Christine van Hack
  
• Didier Auxepaules
  
• Joëlle Arrigoni
  
• Julia Maier-Hauff
• Emilie Devigne
  
• Juliette Gillet
  
• Christian Layol
• Héloïse Godet
  
• Gabrielle Béroff-Gallard
  
• Françoise Herbé
  
• Alain Choquart
  
• Claire Gaillard
  
• Stéphane Uzan
  
• Jim Martin
  
• Jean Pierre Bellay
  
• Isabelle Lacroix
  
• Nina Cholet
  
• Serge Onteniente
  
• Pierre Aim
  
• Claire Olivier
  
• Yann Martin
  
• Martine Lavaud
  
• Jean-Gilles Dalmbert
  
• Thierry Chevillard
  
• Ieva Streizyte
  
• Brigitte Escallier
  
• Sophie Laurent
  
• Einar Thorén
  
• Geneviève Birman
  
• Isabelle Lioret
  
• Nathalie van Bommel
  
• Evelina Mullalli
• Kate Vinen
  
• Sébastien Didelot
  
• Brigitte Vercez
• Jacqueline Rageot
  
• Chad Chenouga
  
• Audrey Defaun
  
• Patrick Fabre
  
• Jude Wilfried
• Valentina Lori
• Leo Ortuno
  
• Tiffany Tavernier
  
• Cécile Foresto
  
• Claude Lancien
  
• Serge Toubiana
  
• Jörgen Andersson
  
• Susanne Boekhorst
  
• Fabiola Calvani
  
• Hugues Peysson
  
• Tomasz Zygo, New Horizons IFF Poland
  
• Adina Pintilie
  
• Maguy Vayssouze
  
• Patrick Lanoye
  
• Carole Franck
  
• Yianna Biniadaki
  
• Céline Thiou
  
• Fatima Villanova
  
• Violaine Barret
  
• Frédéric Dubreuil
  
• Jake Garriock
  
• Carolin Kadatz
  
• Marie-Hélène Saller
• Stéphanie Poucineau
  
• Denise Chalem
  
• Agathe Bonitzer
  
• Monique Villa
  
• Alice Diop, writer-director
• Chantal Bedrede
  
• Emma Devos
  
• Mitra Mohammadi
  
• Gérald Tenenbaum
  
• Yves Grosset
  
• Arya Azarian
  
• Janice Hölzer
  
• Reinhard Eckert
  
• Vicky Rebuschi
  
• Sophie Zemri
  
• Rémy Weber
  
• Eric Innocente
  
• Philip Knatchbull
  
• Marlene Larrouy
  
• Margaux Rose-Giraud
  
• Valérie Ayneto
  
• Lise Roure
  
• Aya Sakurai
  
• Franz Lüthi
  
• Sébastien Haguenauer, producer
  
• Marzieh Nazari
  
• Alexandra ONeal
  
• Christophe Le Masne, actor
• Antoinette Franc de Ferrière
  
• Baran Sedighian, illustrator/animator
• Guillaume Briquet
  
• Clara Iparaguirre, Étonnant Cin´ḿa
  
• Odile Kuster
  
• Philippe Launay
  
• Vicentia Aholoukpé, AFRICINE
  
• Stephen Bonato
  
• Séverine Rocaboy, GNCR
  
• Stéphane Joly
• Ariane Ascaride, actor
• AFCAE - Association Française des Cinéma Art et Essai
• Christine Hamon
• Rosalie Brun
• Leila Parvaresh
• Françoise Chaussat
• Sylvère Crugeon
• Anne Fantinel
• Wendy dos Reis
• Anne Huet
• Alain Bernadette Rozier
• Jules Grange
• Dominique Duguet
• Bernadette Businelli
• Elisabeth Kiledjian
• Morgan Harari
• Sebastien Achard
• Antoine Barraud
• Rose-Marie Billot
• Anne-Pierre Frappa
• Alain Bouffartique
• Araceli Trillas
• Marcelo Novais Teles
• Jean Quinette
• Bernadette L'Huillier
• Jean-Michel Rey
• Sandy Reis
• Alice Brézet
• Jacques Fretel
• Stuart Russell
• Giannis Kourkoulos
• Francis Gavelle
• Vanessa Cano
  
• Ana Jovanov
  
• Marie-Odile Le Blanc
  
• Catherine Corsini, actor
  
• Françoise Corsand
  
• Camille Verry
  
• Martine Lecat-Horner
  
• Michaël Herbos
  
• Alva Törnqvist
  
• Jerome Jorand
  
• Erwan Colin
  
• Alexandra Lamy, actor
• P. H. Ollier
  
• Martijn Winkler, Dutch Directors Guild
  
• Béatrice Fantinel
  
• Sylvie Plantier
  
• Catherine Blangonnet-Auer
  
• Guillaume Bachy
  
• Caroline Philippon
• Marc Pypec
  
• Agnès Buiche
  
• Iris Ioakimidou Patakia
  
• Josh Slater-Williams, film critic/journalist
• Marie Dominique Charbonnier, artist
• Martin Chevallier
  
• Joêlle Boudard
  
• Hannah Strong, film critic/journalist
• Johanna Canu, producer
• Elisabeth Maurel
  
• Giovanna Lincoln
  
• Virginie Lecoultre
  
• Wilfred Presley
  
• Laurent Mauvignier
• Xavier Delagnes, writer-director
• Nael Duedari
  
• Rémi Nelson Borel, director
• Anne Schall
  
• Paula Serrano, actor
• Amélie Quirion, exhibitor
• Myriam Zemour, exhibitor
• Coleille Trézéguet
  
• Juliette Laurent
• Veronique Terras, academic
• Cécile Raucq
  
• Suzanne Raes, director
• Michel Drouet
  
• Cesar Paquin, exhibitor
• Catherine Breillat, writer-director
  
• Annick Collonges, artist
• Christian Bernard
  
• Ariane Richards
  
• Kévin Salvary, AFCAE
  
• Colette Coquard, programmer/educator
• Mickaël Le Saux, Les Écrans
  
• Françoise Martin
  
• Başak Ertür, academic
• Joseph del Pesco, curator/writer
• Corinne Valet
• Kaleem Aftab, producer
• Elodie Lossy, screenwriter
• Jonathan Stavleu, artist
• Michele Greno
  
• Hicham Mutombo Kaseba
• Samuel Le Cabec, AFCAE
  
• Claire Paoletti, screenwriter
• Flavia Glasgow
  
• Felicie Crijns
  
• Charles Tesson, French Union of Film Critics
  
• Ines Moskal
• Adekunle Bajo, producer
• Cécile Chére
  
• Mario Alvez
  
• Eva Sternbauer
  
• Pascal Milan
  
• Jérôme Cornuau, writer/director/producer
• Marie Lorenzo
  
• Anna Laferrère
  
• Florian Stetter, actor
• Jamila Hesko Jerro
  
• Pascal Recalde, exhibitor
• Elsje de Bruijn, production designer
• Emmanuel Deschrevel
  
• Line Delneuville
  
• Marie-Ange Castelli
  
• Malin Kan
  
• Catherine Marchand
  
• Emmanouil Athanasiou, Picardat
  
• Javier Chavez
  
• Laurent Chevallier, cinematographer
• Adil Berouhou
  
• Brigitte Lequime
  
• Samira Borji
  
• Josh Gardner, screenwriter/actor
• Marleen Rueda Catry
  
• Sohib El Hemdi
  
• Marie Christine Orio
  
• Nathalie Monnier
  
• Silvie Wolff, Eye Film Museum
  
• Claudine Decremps
  
• Christiane François
  
• Jackie Salane
  
• Şahire Tajaddin
• Michel Jalliffier
• Michelle Duguet
  
• Norbert Crugeon
  
• Caroline Cassier-Caratini
  
• Louis Subiry
  
• Michele Capolungo
• Jean-François Caillot
  
• Emmanuel Laurent
  
• Pierre Salane
  
• Madeleine Lebrun
  
• Philippe Fournier
• Isabelle Allo
  
• Laurent Capelluto, actor
• Leyla Mandrelli
• Claire Linois-Didier
  
• Cécile Berthellot
  
• Carine Leroy
  
• Marie Schwartz
  
• Maria Patakia
  
• Sam Flancher
  
• J Yuna Rocher
  
• Valérie Taconnat
  
• Nathalie Jeay
  
• Marie-Ange Campagnolo
  
• Catherine Vinel
  
• Frederic Debord
  
• Franck Descarrega
  
• Anand Patwardhan
  
• Nathalie Lulbin
  
• Marie Christine De Nadai
  
• Henk Rhebergen
• Wanda Adamik Hrycova, producer
• Charlotte Pouillot, producer
• Marc Olry, production manager
• Thierry Boilley
  
• Tom Vick, curator
• Isabelle Mougin
  
• Gaëlle Gouerou
  
• Kristopher Maton
  
• Celine van der Burg, journalist
• Pierre David
• Jean-Luc Tovar, director
• Julia Welbourne, artist
• Veronique Trivin
  
• Elena Paz
• Nora Martirosyan, director
  
• Elena Fischer
  
• Lorenzo d'Amico De Carvalho, director
• Annie Mengual
• Eulalie Martorell
  
• Elisabeth Théron
  
• Marie Laure Percot
  
• Alexy Piron
  
• Jean-Claude Veniel
  
• Jean-Marie Guinaudeau
  
• Marie Philippot
  
• Isabelle Chevalier Foucaud
• Frédérique Mourre
  
• Mélissa Charles, actor
• Ninnie Schelin, distributor
  
• Denis Defaut
  
• Jany Ferran
• Dolores González Rodríguez
• Anna Arnesen
  
• Emil Hernried, actor
• Kellyan Mbengi
  
• Rodolphe Daubourg
  
• Jean-Fabrice Janaudy, distributor/exhibitor
• Annick Cartron, author
• Kathy Pineda
  
• Angelique Caminade
• Edouard Leclerc
  
• Joël Lajus
• Maddalena Rodriguez-Antoniotti
  
• Hannah Karczynski
  
• Grégory Marouzé
  
• Martine Soissong
  
• Anne-Marie Cabanes-Chapuis
  
• Ginette Varilhes
  
• Anne Touzouli
• Andrea Hackl
  
• Mathias Sabourdin
  
• Bernard Murat
• Olivier Sarrazin
  
• Philippe Desperier
  
• Hilde Lahey
  
• Pascale Balestrat
  
• Marie-Anne Estreguil
  
• Jean-Marie Menant
  
• Anton van Amersfoort
  
• Thomas Ordonneau, producer
• Florence Darel, actor
• Irène Saurel, programmer
• Jacqueline Baury
  
• Martin Tardy-Planechaud
  
• Annyck Papineau
  
• Michele Ackermann
• Francesca Andreoli
  
• Fabrice Grizard
  
• Maria Alessia Nanna
  
• Odile Fredon
  
• Fabio Ferzetti, director
• Anne-Laure Brénéol, writer-director
• Elsa Rosengren, director
• Molly Proctor
  
• Conny van Remmen
• Katia Pascariu, actor
• Charles Jodoin-Keaton, visual effects
• Danielle Juste
  
• Jenny Hicks
  
• Danielle Piquet
  
• Sarah Laurent
  
• Catherine Siriez, actor/producer
• Cathie Cotto, artist
• Erica Moriconi, animator
• Sylvia Conti, actor
• Rosa Roussou
  
• Veronique Dabat
• Béatrice Navajas
  
• Yves Colin
  
• Muriel Catell
  
• Emmanuelle Bon, Paramount+
• Jean-Julien Laferrière
  
• Guy Isimat-Mirin
• Azar Sahebi
• Isabelle Séguin
  
• Michelle Brousse, actor
• Farzad Refahi, cinematographer
• Luc Archen
• Zohreh Mohammadi, academic
• Isabelle Blouet
• Pedro Jose Campoy
  
• Margarita de Orellana
  
• Natalia Nossa
  
• Colombe & Claudine Appert
  
• Ilse Zwaan
  
• Ichiyama Shozo
  
• I. Wakulenko
  
• Fernanda San Jose Elizondo
  
• Katrin Klei
  
• Patrick Mailfert
  
• Stratos Tzitzis
  
• Karina Lopez
  
• Elsa Colin
• Bernard Periou
  
• Roxana Cacho
  
• Francesco Giai Via
  
• Lucas Delangle
  
• Annie Vuillermet
  
• Omid Tizkar
  
• Anne Duhamel
  
• Sarah Fantino
  
• Dominique Papon
  
• Shimizu Yu
  
• Eliza Baez
  
• Joëlle Noir
  
• Coerd de Heer
• Nadine Ehrhart
  
• Paula Zijlstra
  
• Anna Nicoli
  
• Laurence Ribard
  
• Alain Daydou
  
• Ariane Tapinos
  
• Ana Tesouro
  
• Claire Marin
  
• Marielle Muller
  
• Carole Lelievre
  
• Chiara Defoort
  
• Marie Zitterbart
  
• Françoise Bernard
  
• Susanne Wiegand
  
• Dominique Blancheton
  
• Giulia Achilli
  
• Anne Barroy Manzano
  
• Janick Visentini
  
• Joce Desmarest
  
• Catherine Bizern
  
• Monique Guillot
  
• Kacim Sonofawitch, author
  
• Gwenaëlle Kervella Delachaussée
  
• Agnès Devictor
  
• José Quazza
  
• Lucien Orio
  
• Christiane Lassalle
  
• Laurence Bertet
  
• Andrea Voges
  
• Ricarda Oldenburg
  
• Vasilis Karikis
  
• Dominique Brun
  
• Christian Berniard
  
• Jocelyne Tremblay
  
• Marilena Kyriacou
  
• Catherine Micallef
  
• Martine Crahay
  
• Farid Naser
  
• Geneviève Marchal-Marcia
  
• Susanne Kaelin
  
• Gilles Clainchard
  
• Gisèle Piquemal
  
• Johan Blomqvist
  
• Dominique Petrella
  
• Victoria Wetten
  
• Jean-François Baillon
  
• Alain Loridan
  
• Brigitte Bombaron
  
• Pascale Vassard
  
• Philippe Coudrais
  
• Mohammad Ali Karimi
  
• Nicolas Geneix
  
• Titan Jaitaivet
  
• Alain Reul
  
• Amélie Vrla
  
• Brunissen Rigaud
  
• Lisa de Haan
  
• Olivier Wlodarczyk
  
• Knarick Bedrossian
  
• Caroline Narbarit
  
• André Quessard
  
• Jean-Marie Gigon
  
• Rebecca Houzel
  
• Madeleine Orsini-Carretier 
  
• Caroline Sers
  
• Tiziana Aricò
  
• Colette Dubois
  
• Nousha Saidi
  
• Hasan Renkal
  
• Valerie Cecchin
  
• Chantal Fischer
  
• Elisa Schmaderer
  
• Marie Christine Biet
  
• Eve Tailliez
  
• Leonard Cortana
  
• Titouan Mehl
  
• Karin Arico
  
• Françoise Pele
  
• Marie-Christine Andre
  
• Monique Martin
  
• Marie-Helene Poingt
  
• Gini Brenner
  
• Isabelle Czajka, director
  
• Mireille Guillaume
  
• Sylvie Lemaire
  
• Nicolas Billard
  
• Odile Perrot
  
• Hana Muini
  
• Pilar Ricou
  
• Franck Olivier Esparza Mesa
  
• Marie Chantal Gonzales
  
• Martine Vidotto
  
• Wim Kottier
  
• Pemba Bizet
  
• Jean-Marc Junge
  
• Javiera Demetrio Ruiz
  
• Maja Bojanić
  
• Hélène Beaudet
  
• Ciro D'Emilio
  
• Anne-Marie Thiebeaux
  
• Catarina Barata
  
• Philippe Brunet
  
• Ralph Kubben
  
• Nil Oder
  
• Sjoerd Van der Werf
  
• Valérie Osouf
  
• Jacqueline Pimouguet
  
• Olivier Falkowski
  
• Basile Doganis
  
• Laurent Castelain
  
• Serge Lalou
  
• Françoise Cologan
  
• Patrick Bovier
  
• Hélène Perret
  
• Arnaud Selignac
  
• M. Luteijn
  
• Selin Murat, IDFA Bertha Fund
  
• Brigitte Hellequin
  
• Belen Ribas García San Miguel
  
• Jeff Kaufman
  
• Monique Doehr
  
• Rita Brayner
  
• Evelyne Dress
  
• Judy Bruce
  
• Onno van Horn
  
• Jérôme Diamant-Berger
  
• Caroline Fontaine
  
• Francine Godard
  
• Dominique Birman
  
• Annie Perfettini
  
• Ariane Mestre
  
• Babette Dieu, EFM Toolbox
  
• Annette Ferrasson
  
• Pascal van den Noort
  
• Véronique Fourure
  
• Roland Breteler
  
• Svend Jensen
  
• Dan Dutertre
  
• Maria Tanjala
  
• Isabelle Trebinjac
  
• Katerina Oikonomakou
  
• Eva Stefani
  
• Alexis Louf
  
• Catherine Tranchant
  
• Basak Emre, producer/festival director
• Katja Kiepe
  
• Liesbeth Roelse
  
• Sarah Carneiro Gonçalves
  
• Jade Rieusset
  
• Françoise Nogues
  
• Mathilde Moaty
  
• Pierre Robert
  
• Philippe Saint-Etienne
  
• Timija Medghalchi
  
• Marie-Pierre Thibault
• Karin Viard, actor
• Britt Sørensen, author
• Apostolos Ioakimidis, European Commission
• Brit Aksnes, author
• Joseph Lecoq, director
• Ali Mosaffa, actor/director
• Elise Jalladeau, producer
• Anna Pedroli, Netherlands Audiovisual Producers Alliance (NAPA)
• Ali Abbasi, writer-director
• Angeliki Vergou, Thessaloniki International Film Festival
• Lasse Skagen, Norwegian South Film Fund
• Mads Wølner Voss, Sørfond
• Cinéma Le Saleys, France
• Cinéma Le Margot, France
• Julia Langhof, director
• Sylvain Picard, composer
• Kieron Moore, actor
• Helen O'Hara, film critic
• Etienne de Ricaud, producer
• Margot Hervée, distributor
• Seung-taek Sung, cinematographer
• Amaury Augé, CINEMANIA Festival Montréal
• Elisabeth Kessedjian, artist
• Anna Hinglais, assistant director
• Patrick Hernandez, distributor
• Anke van Diejen, Picl
• Matevž Jerman, director
• Drosia Tseri, artist
• Christian Brun, producer
• Giulia Di Sacco, actor
• Iva Bostič, arts curator/educator
• Nancy Kennedy, editor
• Jesse Dubus, film festival worker
• Stéphane Roy, composer
• Jonathan Millet, director
• France Ducateau, actor
• Marie Naves, researcher
• Sara Horzen, exhibitor
• Juliette Mézergues, actor
• Bérangère McNeese, actor/director
• Lucio Castro, writer-director
• Stella Charami, journalist
• Hennou Ben Houssine, artist
• Klemen Kovačič, actor
• Helene Vukovich, composer
• Ruby Moffatt, exhibitor
• Eric Lavallée, film critic
• Dana Linssen, film critic
• Katerina Kalentzi, actor
• Karsten Visarius, film critic
• Eva Valvo, author
• Wolfgang Hamdorf, film critic/historian
• Wendy Mitchell, film festival consultant
• Anne O’Mahoney, costume department
• Nicolas Aubry, (assistant) director
• Milad Alami, writer-director
• Takis Sakellariou, actor
• Silvia Fessia, editor
• Stefan Haupt, director
• Brigitte van der Sande, curator/art historian
• Susanne Claußen, visual artist
• Thérèse Jeunejean, journalist
• Ralf Meister, International Interchurch Film Organisation
• Sylvie Pialat, screenwriter/producer
• Christiane Wilhelm, visual artist
• Julia Konarska, actor
• Lucienne Lanaz, documentary filmmaker
• Maria Paula Lis, festival producer
• Ines Compan, writer-director
• Emre Erkmen, cinematographer
• Asli Özge, writer-director
• Wayne D'Cruz, MetFilm
• Cécile Gabriel, actor
• Jeremy Hanhoff, actor
• Kristin Gunleiksrud Raaum, Norwegian Church Academies
• Marion Fourcade, academic
• Lipika Singh Darai, filmmaker/editor
• Stéphanie Halfon, writer-director
• Peter Ciaccio, author
• Emilia Schäfer, festival worker
• Dieter Fahrer, cinematographer/producer/director
• Nadine Janssens, lawyer
• Ester Comellas, academic
• Tatiana Paiva, artist
• Nathalie Ferrand, academic
• Mariko Sato, academic/artist
• Nicolas Galoux, assistant director
• Camila Sá, The Intercept Brasil
• Pierre Foulon, producer
• Arnauld de Battice, producer
• Jacques-Henri Bronckart, producer
• Geneviève De Bauw, producer
• Joseph Rouschop, producer
• Janete El Haouli, musician/radiomaker
• Jean-Luc Van Damme, producer
• Ivonete Pinto, actor
• Ada Solomon, producer
• Ilse Ronteltap, Netherlands Film Fund
• Isabelle Truc, producer
• Michaël Goldberg, producer
• Annabella Nezri, producer
• Virginie Chapelle, producer
• Carlotta Piccinini, WeWorld Documentary Film Festival
• José María Prado Chema, actor
• Florian Nibeaudeau, actor
• Eduardo Brito, writer-director
• Adriana Chiruta, theatre director
• Naveed Khan, actor
• Sandy Richardson, fundraising & development
• Diana Elbaum, producer
• Geoffrey Macnab, journalist
• Jérôme Tellin, producer
• Marilyn Watelet, producer/director
• Emma Rozanski, writer-director
• Mirco Da Lio, producer
• Nicola Marcucci, academic/diplomat
• Marta Paolicchi, cultural worker
• Françoise Hoste, producer
• Anne Laure Guégan, producer/educator
• Baudoin Lotin, documentary filmmaker
• Eddie Bertozzi, Locarno International Film Festival
• Amanda LaPergola, actor
• Denis Cogneau, academic
• Chloe Sayer, author/curator
• Alexandra Gulea, filmmaker
• Sylvie Lambert, academic
• Joseph Nenci, director
• Elisabeth Lehmann, actor/director
• Israel Seoane, cinematographer
• Vanja Kovačević, documentary filmmaker
• Hyori Lee, actor/singer
• Ana Luíza Albacete, filmmaker/journalist
• Ronnie Gold, visual artist
• Isabel Machado, producer
• Nadir Öperli, producer
• Taylor Vareille, programmer/radio producer
• Paul Haas, composer
• Ulduz Gandomi, theatre director
• Sara Falcone, academic
• Lev Slivnik, festival programmer
• Matthieu Cochin, sound recordist/designer
• Lucie Lanseman, writer-director
• Manon Bovenkerk, producer/programmer
• Cari Green, producer
• Håkon Tveit, academic
• Amelia Mangan, author
• Ida Dominijanni, journalist/academic
• John Engel, executive producer
• Mitchka Saberi, producer/director
• Paolo Bertolin, New Zealand International Film Festival
• Francesco Sticchi, academic
• Rita Kapa, artist
• Anna Dalzell, artist
• Sunyoung Park, artist
• Martine Fredj, Femmes En Résistance Film Festival
• Pascale Charrier, visual artist
• Rosie Toner, writer-director
• Manca Kok, academic
• Patrizia Zanco, theatre director/actor
• Alain Arnaud, cinematographer
• Delphine Mougenot, Union des Producteurs des Films Francophones
• Nada Steierer, actor
• Omar Tiberto, actor
• Alice Panada, distributor
• Ulysse Tornel, animator
• Candice Vallantin, screenwriter
• Vero Boige, musician
• Beth Levison, documentary filmmaker
• Vanessa Delgado, producer
• Penny Panayotopoulou, writer-director
• Eriikka Etholén-Paju, screenwriter
• Elli Nalmpanti, production designer
• Catherine Dutheil, production coordinator
• Anna Kouma, migration lawyer
• Domizia De Rosa, Women In Film
• Alice Alves, actor
• Luc Cabassot, CINEPHILAE
• Arnaud Viard, screenwriter/actor
• Nicole Longobardi, photographer
• Tamás Fekete, writer-director
• Mylène Frogé, Cinéma La Tournelle
• Sergio Fant, programmer
• Tomasz Wolski, documentary filmmaker/editor
• Cynthia Yue, human rights worker
• Ghislaine Lassiaz, film lecturer
• Sabina Franke, assistant director
• Zoi Kourtoglou, academic
• Juliette Goudot, screenwriter
• Cécile Despringre, Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA)
• Arnaud Kerneur, AFCAE
• Martina Bleis, Berlinale Co-Production Forum
• Veerle de Wilde, writer-director
• Alemberg Ang, filmmaker
• ...

...as well as all the other individual signatories added here directly on this page and not (yet) mentioned in this list for reasons of (partial) anonymity.

[ *UPDATE 22 FEB 2025:
Due to the success of this petition, and the ever-growing number of signatures, we have had to stop manually importing names into the list here above. All new signatories’ names do appear in the "ticker tape" at the top of this page, under the tag “verified signatures”; these all keep being added to the total number of signatures received. Thank you for your understanding, and even more so for your support! ]