Mark Ruffalo, Edward Norton, Joaquin Phoenix and Rachel McAdams are among the more than 200 film-industry professionals who signed on to the campaign, called RBC Off Screen
More than 200 film-industry professionals, including such Hollywood stars as Mark Ruffalo, Edward Norton, Joaquin Phoenix and Rachel McAdams have signed an open letter calling on the Toronto International Film Festival to sever its ties with Royal Bank of Canada, one of TIFF’s major sponsors.
Quebec filmmaker Elza Kephart, who helped initiate the campaign, said in a statement that “filmmakers have spoken: we want oil and gas out of our industry. Now TIFF must decide between one particularly problematic sponsor and its community.”premiered at TIFF over the weekend, alleged that “RBC is one of the biggest funders of fossil fuels with the worst record of green washing and First Nation abuses through their fossil fuels and extraction projects. They fight against us.
Other notable signatories of the campaign, addressed to TIFF chief executive Cameron Bailey, include directors Adam McKay
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