Tilda Swinton Announces Break From Acting, Explains Presence at Berlin Film Festival Amid Calls to Boycott

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Tilda Swinton took a stand while attending the 2025 Berlin Film Festival. The 64-year-old actress was honored with the Golden Bear at the festival and decided to attend amid calls to boycott to show support for Gaza amid the war with Israel.

While there, Tilda used her platform to advocate for those who have been affected by the war. She explained why she ignored the call to boycott.

She also announced plans to take a break from acting and talked about what that would look like. Keep reading to find out more… According to reporting by Variety, Tilda denounced the “state-perpetrated and internationally-enabled mass murder is currently actively terrorizing more than one part of our world.” “I am here today — and yesterday and tomorrow and the next day — because I decided to come, I decided it was more important for me to come.

I was given, thanks to the festival, a platform which I decided in a personal moment was potentially more useful to all our causes than me not turning up.