Co-Presented by Toronto Queer Film Festival, Film Workers for Palestine, and Queer Cinema for Palestine

Are you curious to know what boycott organizing looks like? Do you want to learn how to identify targets and mobilize your community?

In this program, artists will reflect on solidarity organizing in the industry, discussing coalitions, strikes and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) strategies. Special guest Samir Eskanda will speak about artwashing and cultural boycott strategies using the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) as a reference and illustrating how artists and arts organizations can adopt this useful tool to join the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Refusal statements in response to the recent Berlinale Boycott, issued by Ayo Tsalithaba and John Greyson, will be shared as examples of boycotts in action.