Origin: Palestine, Norway | Documentary | Director: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor | 95 minutes

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No Other Land

Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta on the West Bank, has been fighting the mass expulsion of his community by Israel's occupation since childhood. He documents the slow-motion eradication of the villages in his home region where soldiers deployed by the Israeli government are gradually demolishing houses and driving out their residents. At some point, he meets Yuval, an Israeli journalist, who supports him in his efforts. An unlikely alliance develops. But the relationship between the two is strained by the enormous inequality between them: Basel lives under military occupation while Yuval lives freely and without restrictions.
This film by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists has been made as an act of creative resistance on the path to greater justice.

Read also: https://apnews.com/article/no-other-land-israeli-palestinian-documentary-7d4021e37e20a4fd09283c6953b79de9

World premiere: Berlinale 2024. Prize: Berlinale 2024 Documentary Award.

Produced by Yabayay Media and Masafer Yatta, Palestine.
nootherlandfilm@gmail.com

For a review by Alci Rengifo (a film critic based in Los Angeles) look here:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/07/no-other-land-forces-a-reckoning-with-the-israeli-occupation/

March 4 2025. 'No Other Land' has won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature 2025, with its filmmakers delivering an impassioned plea for an end to the suffering of Palestinians.

Our congratulations to the makers: Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham!

In their acceptance speech, Palestinian co-director Basel Adra shared his hope that his newborn daughter would not have to grow up fearing violence, while Israeli co-director Yuval Abraham highlighted the inequality between them under Israeli law.

Watch also:
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/3/israeli-palestinian-film-no-other-land-wins-oscar-for-best-documentary;
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QplPq-_xTaU.

Watch full version here: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/no-other-land?utm_campaign=More+Palestine+Events+Coming+Up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

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