Prominent figures across Italian cinema—including festival directors Riccardo Milani and Alberto Barbera, filmmakers Giulio Base and Ricky Tognazzi, producer Chiara Sbarigia, and actor Dario D’Ambrosi—have initiated a united campaign condemning global conflicts and the famine in Gaza, which is claiming countless innocent lives, particularly children. The movement originated from the 500-member group chat “W il cinema italiano,” aiming to reject indifference.
In a statement accompanied by harrowing ANSA/EPA photos documenting Gaza’s catastrophic food emergency, the coalition declared: “Daily, we witness unbearable images that steal our sleep—children, mothers, fathers, all innocent victims of war’s brutality. We cannot remain indifferent or normalize horror. Now, we face another atrocity: death by starvation and thirst awaiting an entire population of children, women, and elders. This is inhuman and unacceptable.”
The post, shared at 12:30 p.m. via personal and institutional social media channels, demands collective action: “We must react. It’s time to unite and say: Enough!” The “social media blast” continues to circulate across platforms, amplifying calls for humanity amid crisis.