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No Other Land

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For Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta on the southern West Bank, the mass expulsion of his community has been a lifelong reality. Faced with the systematic demolition of homes and schools, carried out to make room for an Israeli military training ground, residents confront a painful choice: either move away and relinquish their land or endure and try to rebuild. With the help of Yuval Abraham, an Israeli journalist, Adra documents the evictions and organizes protests against them, even as the pair’s unequal personal situations hang over their work together.

Filmed vérité-style by a four-person Palestinian–Israeli collective over a period of five years, No Other Land is an eye-opening look at the realities of Israeli occupation. Winner of two documentary awards at this year’s Berlinale, the film alternates between scenes of harrowing immediacy and heartbreaking intimacy. It is at once a testament to the resilience of those who stay and fight, as well as a sobering meditation on the power—and the limits—of filmmaking.

 

Best Documentary Award, Berlin 2024

 

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Directors
Credits
Country of Origin

Palestine/Norway

Year

2024

Language

In Arabic, Hebrew and English with English subtitles

Film Contact
18+

At SFU Woodwards

19+

At Fifth Avenue

96 min
Award Winners Documentary Human Rights & Social Justice
Yabayay Media, Antipode Films

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Credits & Director

Producer

Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning

Screenwriter

Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor

Cinematography

Rachel Szor

Editor

Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor

Original Music

Julius Pollux Rothlaender

Basel, a Palestinian filmmaker born in 1996, has documented reality in his home community of Masafer Yatta since the age of fourteen and worked for various human rights organizations and as a journalist. Yuval, an Israeli filmmaker born in 1995, is a journalist who has spent years writing about the Israeli occupation, mostly in Hebrew. Rachel, an Israeli filmmaker born in 1994, is a video journalist and a cinematographer. Hamdan, a Palestinian filmmaker born in 1989, is a photographer, farmer, and human rights researcher.

Basel Adra headshot; No Other Land director

Basel Adra

Hamdan Ballal headshot; No Other Land director

Hamdan Ballal

Yuval Abraham headshot; No Other Land director

Yuval Abraham

Rachel Szor headshot; No Other Land director

Rachel Szor

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