| Hold-up | |
| Starring: | Michael Levitt Luc Montagnier Christian Perronne Laurent Toubiana Martine Wonner |
| Runtime: | 163 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
Hold-up is a 2020 independent pseudoscience propaganda film directed by French conspiracy theorist[1] . The film makes a number of false claims about the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Hold-Up was first released as a VoD on Vimeo 11 November 2020. Vimeo deleted the film the next day, citing the numerous lies in the film; DailyMotion likewise removed the film the next day.[3] The film continues to be spread on social media among QAnon supporters.
Hold-Up claims that a global conspiracy plot had been formed by the world's elites, and particularly the World Economic Forum. According to the film, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was deliberately created for an excuse to enslave humanity. A full version of the documentary that remains online has been watched more than 2,000,000 times, [4] while a trailer for Hold Up also remains visible on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.[5] All central claims of the film have been proven to be wrong, and the producers of the film have been shown to falsify their sources and misrepresent statements.[6]