Tilda Swinton spoke about her decision to attend Berlin Film Festival despite calls for a boycott over the war in Gaza, saying it was “more useful to our causes” for her to show up. On Thursday night,

Cinema took over a snowy German capital on Thursday evening as the 2025 Berlin Film Festival officially kicked off.

"The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch. I'm here to name it without hesitation or doubt in my mind," the Oscar winner said.