THE SIGNATORIES

Over 200 artists from around the world - including Nobel, Oscar, Pulitzer, Booker and BAFTA winners -
are calling for the release of Sanaa Seif and all those detained for peacefully exercising their rights.

This campaign has been organised by Egyptians as an international solidarity drive, but we have asked
that no Egyptians take the risk of signing their name.

THE INAUGURAL SIGNATORIES

Paul Aarts, academic

Nada Abou Farhat, actor

Susan Abulhawa, author

Luz Acevedo, activist

Karim Aïnouz, filmmaker

Shahidul Alam, photographer

Helge Albers, CEO Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Fund

Saheem Ali, dramatist

Donya Alinejad, academic

Enrico De Angelis, independent researcher

Montxo Armendáriz, film director & screenwriter 

Mona Baker, Academic, professor

Massoud Bakhshi, filmmaker

Himani Bannerji, author

Carlos Bardem, actor & author 

Pilar Bardem, actor 

Joslyn Barnes, film producer

Victoria Belfrage, talent agent

Malek Bensmaïl, filmmaker

Jacob Berger, filmmaker

Susan Bernofsky, author

Omar Berrada, author & curator

Juliette Binoche, actor

Charlotte Billard, author and reader for CNC & French Institut, Paris

Arnd Birkenstock, director & producer

David Birkin, artist

Maite Blasco, actor 

Mathilde Bonnefoy, cinéaste & photographe

Lucie Borleteau, filmmaker

Jorge Bosso, actor 

Juan Diego Botto, actor & playwright 

Mary Murray Brown

Claire Buchbinder, author

Emilie Bujès, Artistic Director, Visions du Réel

Victoria Adukwei Bulley, poet

Adele Burns

Pepijn Brandon, academic

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, actor 

Patricia Caillé, academic

Elena Cal, public servant

Simon Callow, actor

José Marín Calvo, actor 

Laurent Cantet, filmmaker

Laura Cepeda, actor

Jose Manuel Cervino, actor 

Noam Chomsky, Professor (emeritus) MIT, Professor, University of Arizona

JM Coetzee, author

Jean-Louis Comolli, author, editor & filmmaker

Simon Cornwell, film producer

Amnesty International

Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art

Artists at Risk

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Electronic Frontier Foundation

English PEN

EuroMed Rights

Festival Ciné-Palestine, Paris

Freemuse

Human Rights Film Network

Human Rights Watch

Index on Censorship

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) and its founding organizations, 

• the European Film Academy (EFA), 

• the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), 

• The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

International Documentary Organization (IDA)

PEN America, Artists at Risk Connection

PEN International

Reprieve

Société des réalisateurs de films – SRF

Sundance Institute

Molly Crabapple, author & artist

Pippa Cross, film producer

Ghina Daou, filmmaker, actor

Lauren Dark, filmmaker

Emma Davie, filmmaker & programme director, PG Documentary

Nick Dearden, Director, Global Justice Now

Donatella Della Ratta, author

Judi Dench, actress

Claire Denis, filmmaker

Martine Derain, artist

Kay Dickinson, Professor of Film Studies, Concordia University

Juan Diego, actor 

Zehra Doğan, artist, journalist & author

Valérie Druguet, comédienne formatrice

Richard Dufty, designer

Eric Eason, filmmaker

Naqiya Ebrahim, COO Seenaryo

Dave Eggers, author

Ben Ehrenreich, author

Lily Einhorn, creative producer

Jodie Evans, co-founder CODEPINK, Executive Producer The Square

Catherine Facerias, urban anthropologist

Philippe Faucon, filmmaker

Anaïs Farine, film studies scholar

Bassem Fayad, cinematographer

Tine Fischer, Director, CPH:DOX - Copenhagen Int Doc Film Festival

Rob Fitch, actor

Elle Flanders, filmmaker

Verónica Forqué, actor 

Ru Freeman, author

Esther Freud, author

Jean-Michel Frodon, film critic

Asako Fujioka, producer

Richard Fung, video artist & author

Rebecca Garrett, artist & filmmaker

Isabelle Gattiker, Director, International Film Festival & Forum on Human Rights, Geneva 

Dyana Gaye, filmmaker

Gennaro Gervasio, academic

Cecilia Gessa, actor, theater director & producer 

Danny Glover, actor

Murat Gökmen, filmmaker

Yann Gonzalez, filmmaker

Amy Goodman, journalist

Anthony Gray, Head of Programme, Fuel Theatre

Paul Greengrass, filmmaker

John Greyson, film/video artist

Cathy Gulkin, film editor

Maggie Gyllenhaal, filmmaker

Saleem Haddad, author

Tala Hadid, filmmaker

Subhi Hadidi, author

Basim Hajar, actor

Rebecca Hall, actress & filmmaker

Naomie Harris, actress

Olivia Hetreed, screenwriter

Lili Hinstin, Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

Khaled Hosseini, author

Amir Hosseinpour, choreographer & opera director

Michael House, filmmaker

Matthew Hurt, author

Marc Isaacs, filmmaker

Jennifer Jackson, theatre artist

Alexandra Johnes, film producer, Executive Producer The Square

Kirsten Johnson, filmmaker

Ruth Mary Johnson, theatre maker

Pauline Julier, filmmaker

Aurore Kahan, theatre director & translator

Noémi Kahn, cultural administrator

Anish Kapoor, artist

Sofia Karim, architect & artist

Michelle Keserwany, screenwriter

Deeyah Khan, filmmaker & founder of Fuuse

Prabha Khosla, author

Simon Kilmurry, Executive Director, International Documentary Association

Naomi Klein, author

Andrea Kuhn, Director, Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival 

Michael Kuttner

Nancy Kricorian, author

Amir Labaki, Founder & Director, É Tudo Verdade/It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival

Romain Lacourbas, cinematographer

Camille Laemlé, producer

Laila Lalami, author

Léopold Lambert, Editor-in-Chief, The Funambulist

Alexandre Lança, filmmaker

Paul Laverty, screenwriter

Lyn & Norman Lear, screenwriter

Elisabeth Lebovici, author

Alisa Lebow, Professor of Screen Media, University of Sussex

Dorota Lech, Programmer, Toronto International Film Festival 

Mike Leigh, filmmaker

Andrés Lima, theatre director 

Ken Loach, filmmaker

James Longley, photographer & filmmaker

Charo López, actor 

Tarek Loubani, doctor

Juan Jose Lozano, filmmaker

Jonathan Lunn, choreographer

Nick Makoha, poet & playwright

Jumana Manna, filmmaker

Kezia Martin, film editor

Nico Marzano, Head of Cinema, Institute of Contemporary Arts

Paul Mason, author

Jodhi May, actor

Lola May, actor

Simon McBurney, director & actor

Tim McCaskell

Kate McGrath, theatre producer

Karen Michael

China Miéville, author

Anna Recalde Miranda, filmmaker

Noorafshan Mirza, artist

Rima Mismar, Executive Director, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

John Mister

Mehelli Modi, film distributor

Ossama Mohammed, filmmaker

Diana Peñalver, actor 

Victoria Pérez Mora, actor 

Benjamin Moser, author

Yvonnick Muller, actor & filmmaker

Gloria Muñoz, actor

Selin Murat, industry programmer, Montreal international documentary film festival

Walter Murch, film editor & author

Eileen Myles, author

Alexander Nanau, producer, director

Ruth Negga, actress

Thandie Newton OBE, actress

Rebecca O’Brien, film producer

Karel Och, artistic director, Karlovy Vary IFF

Luz Olier, actor & writer 

Michael Ondaatje, author

Puy Oria, film producer 

Silvia Cartañá Ortega, actor 

Sonali Pahwa, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

David Palumbo-Liu, Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor, Stanford University

Rosana Pastor, actor 

Andy Paterson, film producer

Anand Patwardhan, filmmaker

Richard Peña, Director Emeritus, New York Film Festival

Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta, actor 

Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, curator, editor & writer

Marina Petrillo, journalist

Andréa Picard, curator: Wavelengths; co-curator, Platform: Toronto International Film Festival

Adina Pintilie, filmmaker & festival curator at Bucharest International Innovative Film Festival

Justin Podur, author

Gilles Porte, President, French Association of DoPs

Nathalie Poza, actor

Vijay Prashad, Executive Director, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research

Vincent Priou-Delamarre, theatre maker

Philip Pullman, author

Marcia Lynx Qualey, editor, ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly

Noel Patrick Qualter, filmmaker

Roisin Rae, actor & writer

Milo Rau, director & author

Lisa Ray-Jacobs, actor

Leila Nachawati Rego, author

Miranda Richardson, actress

Andrea Riseborough, actress

Madelaine Russo, Programmer, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Catherine Robert, journalist

Angela Robinson, writer & director

Olga Rodríguez, journalist & writer 

Mark Romanek, filmmaker

Christopher Rouse, film editor

Arundhati Roy, author

Khaled Saghieh, journalist

Rania Said, academic

Rasha Salti, curator & author

Alberto San Juan, actor

Peter Sarsgaard, actor

Sara Sassanelli, curator, Institute of Contemporary Arts

Jeremy Scahill, journalist

James Schamus, filmmaker

Annie Schmidt, talent manager

Sarah Schulman, Distinguished Professor, City University of New York

Kamila Shamsie, author

Jack Shenker, journalist & author

Bhakti Shringarpure, author

Stellan Skarsgård, actor

Amir Soltani, filmmaker

Linda Spalding, author

Morgan Spector, actor

Rachel Spence, poet & arts writer

Verena von Stackelberg, cinema maker & festival programmer

Alex Swift, theatre maker

Alex Szalat, filmmaker

Andrei Tanasescu, festival programmer, selection committee Venice Days and Vilnius Film Festival

Fernando Tejero, actor 

Christoph Terhechte, Artistic & Managing Director of DOK Leipzig International Film Festival

Jacques Testard, publisher

Chris Thorpe, theatre maker

Michèle Tyan, film editor

Sarah Gurcel Vermande, actor and translator

Cat Villiers, film producer

Pepe Viyuela, actor 

Natasha Ward, costume supervisor

Anne Washburn, playwright

Peter Webber, filmmaker

Samuel West, actor & Chair, The National Campaign for the Arts

Melanie Wilson, artist

Alex Winckler, director

Jillian York, Director of International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation

FULL SIGNATORY LIST