Javier Bardem earlier than presenting an Oscar: “No to war and free Palestine” | Oscar Awards | Cinema | EUROtoday

Javier Bardem, answerable for presenting the award for greatest worldwide movie, took benefit of the Oscar loudspeaker: “No to war and free Palestine,” he stated forcefully earlier than handing the statuette to Valor sentimental accompanied by actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

The Spanish actor arrived on the 98th version of the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards with a banner on his lapel with the “No to War” brand. It is the slogan that turned well-liked in Spain in response to the struggle in Iraq 23 years in the past – which marked the Goya gala that yr and which Bardem wore then on the occasion and in demonstrations – and which has turn into well-liked once more in latest days, additionally utilized by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, within the wake of the assaults by the United States and Israel on Iran.

“It’s the same thing I used 23 years ago. It’s the same lies. In 2023, weapons of mass destruction and now overthrowing a regime and doing nothing but radicalizing it,” Bardem stated on the purple carpet, in statements to Movistar, which broadcasts the gala in Spain. “I don’t know if it’s going to be a protest gala. I’ll do what I can and know how to do. What I really want is for people not to be afraid and to speak and say what they have to say, whether we agree or not. I think you can belong to this circus and at the same time be a citizen. You can or should be able to do both,” he added. And he careworn that his presence, greater than due to the award he presents, has worth for him due to the message that it may possibly assist unfold at this occasion.

“The courage of my brother. The value of gestures where they can cost you the most. Today on the world stage of the Oscars there will be together our NO TO WAR and Handala, that barefoot, poor, 10-year-old boy until the Palestinian refugees return to their stolen land. And there will be Pilar Bardem. I can’t feel more proud. Thank you, Javier,” wrote Carlos Bardem on his networks, the place he shared pictures of Javier Bardem on the way in which to the Oscar gala. In the second picture, with a picture of his mom, who died in 2021.

For his half, Oliver Laxe, director of Sirât, Nominated for greatest worldwide movie and greatest sound, she arrived on the purple carpet with a single ornament on her black go well with from the Galician model Adolfo Domínguez: a watermelon pin, the fruit that has turn into an emblem of solidarity with Palestine. “We must sustain everyone’s pain,” he stated in statements to EFE, and claimed that we should have “that pain in our conscience and sustain it a little, help sustain that pain.”

Also Saja Kilani, main actress of Hind’s voice (a couple of six-year-old Palestinian lady who was shot useless by the Israeli Army), arrived on the purple carpet with a protest pin with a peace dove and the legend “Artists4Ceasefire. A Just Peace” (“Artists for the ceasefire. A just peace”, in English). The movie’s director, Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania, complained that the movie’s lead actor can not attend the gala on the Dolby Theater as a result of ban on Palestinian residents coming into the United States imposed by Donald Trump’s authorities.

The 98th version of the Oscars is held within the midst of an escalating struggle in Iran, a battle that has shifted the main focus to world geopolitics. Some Hollywood stars are anticipated to make use of their time on the purple carpet to speak concerning the world instability attributable to this struggle or the crises in Venezuela and Palestine. Political tensions have led to beefed up safety across the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, following the FBI’s latest warning of a attainable drone assault in California by Iran. A risk that, nevertheless, was denied by White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.