Jonathan Glazer donates signed ‘Zone of Interest’ posters for Gaza auction

In a moving act, Oscar-winning film The Zone of Interest’s director Jonathan Glazer has donated signed posters for the Gaza auction. The auction has collected gifts from major names in the UK entertainment industry to raise money for medical aid toPalestinians.

Jonathan Glazer and The Zone of Interest producer James Wilson have donated seven film posters and a selection of posters from his 2014 film Under the Skin. The posters are signed by Glazer, Wilson and composer Mica Levi, who scored both films. The gift is one of the most in-demand items in the auction, with a current bid of $3,450. The auction has currently raised over $52,800.

Among the other expensive items on auction were Tilda Swinton reading a bedtime story over Zoom, Josh O’Connor teaching a porridge masterclass and tickets to attend a Ramy Youssef stand-up show and afterparty.

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There were others too – signed Game of Thrones DVD from Maisie Williams, a signed All of Us Strangers poster from director Andrew Haigh, a Supernova poster signed by Colin Firth, and many other things.

Jonathan's Oscars speech received backlash

Jonathan Glazer’s donation to the aid of Palestinians is not a one-off thing. At the Oscars ceremony as he went to pick the Best International Feature Film award for The Zone of Interest on March 10, he gave a moving speech about the plight of Palestinians and how war doesn’t discriminate but only leaves humanity as a sore loser. His Oscar-winning speech received a lot of backlash.

In his speech, he said that his film “shows where dehumanisation leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of Oct. 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanisation — how do we resist?”

The speech led to the Jewish community which is part of the entertainment industry, to speak about “growing anti-Jewish hatred around the world”.

The Cinema for Gaza auction closes on April 12.