More than 380 figures from the cinema world have condemned “genocide” in Gaza in an open letter published ahead of the Cannes Festival opening, Al Jazeera reports.

“We cannot remain silent while genocide is taking place in Gaza,” they wrote in the letter, published in French newspaper Liberation and US magazine Variety.

The signatories include “Schindler’s List” actor Ralph Fiennes, Hollywood stars Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and former Cannes winner Ruben Ostlund.

They condemned the killing of Gaza photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, 25, who is the subject of a documentary by Iranian director Sepideh Farsi that will premiere in Cannes.

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