Entertainment · Film · published 2026-10-08 · via The Hollywood Reporter

Geneva Film Festival Pulls Israeli Oscar Entry Tell Me Everything After Threats

The Geneva-based Everybody's Perfect festival removed Israel's Oscar submission Tell Me Everything after boycott threats and protest concerns. Organizers canceled two October screenings, with a festival spokesperson saying the event lacks Sundance's legal support. The film, directed by Moshe Rosenthal, premiered at Sundance and won Israel's Ophir Award.

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The Swiss queer-focused festival Everybody’s Perfect, based in Geneva, pulled Moshe Rosenthal’s Tell Me Everything after receiving calls and threats urging a boycott. Organizers scrapped two mid-October showings. A spokesperson noted the smaller event lacked the legal resources available to Sundance, where the movie first screened.

The Hebrew-titled Independence won Israel’s top Ophir prize, making it the country’s Academy Awards candidate. Set in 1987, it follows Boaz, a bar-mitzvah-aged boy, after a shocking encounter involving his father; later, amid the AIDS crisis, father and elder son seek reconciliation. The festival’s 13th edition planned 73 films through Oct. 18.

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