In addition to being subtly referenced by the pins, the ongoing war in Gaza also came up during Jonathan Glazer's acceptance speech for Best International Feature, which he won for his film The Zone of Interest.

“All our choices are made to reflect and confront us in the present – not to say, ‘Look what they did then,' rather ‘look what we do now,'" he said. “Our film shows where dehumanization 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 that has led to conflict for so many innocent people, whether the victims of October 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza,” Jonathan continued.

The Zone of Interest tells the story of a Nazi family going about their normal lives even as they live in a house that shares in adjoining wall with Auschwitz. The film was widely nominated at the ceremony, and feels eerily relevant almost 100 years after the events it depicts. Following the ceremony, Jonathan's speech was understandably a subject of some controversy.