#basel adra

[pierreism]

The Oscars are not going to change the world, but moments like this are them at their very best. Congrats to the makers of No Other Land: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor.

In the UK the film is available to watch for free on Channel4.com and will be broadcast nationally on March 4 at 11:15pm

It is still seeking US distribution.

“No Other Land” wins Best Documentary at the Oscars 🏆

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

[disarmluna]

[diemlizzie]

so happy that no other land won the oscar tonight. so so so well deserved

[gael-garcia]

No Other Land (2024 🇵🇸), directed by Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor

[oldfilmsflicker]

ON OUR LAND, 1983 (dir. Antonia Caccia)

NO OTHER LAND, 2024 (dir. Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor)

[haverwood]

No Other Land Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra Occupied Palestinian Territory/Norway, 2024 ★★★★ You watch something like this and then feel exhausted, completely drained of energy and hope and anything else, and then it hits you that you just watched a 90 minute snapshot of a story that's been going on for decades and will probably continue for a few more decades or so, and you know what? you shouldn't dare to write anything here because you're just another outsider looking in from the comfort of home, in a somewhat irenic, nonbelligerent patch of land.

All I can do is sit here for a while, give this whole thing a thought or two, and maybe hope to get to see in my lifetime something like Bibi's head on a spike. We can only hope.

[swanasource]

SWANA people and projects nominated for Oscars in 2025

[jackoshadows]

Palestinian & Israeli filmmakers, Basel Adra & Yuval Abraham, win for Best Documentary at Berlinale, for their film 'No Other Land' - about Israeli settler violence. They call for an end to the Occupation and apartheid & urge Germany to "stop sending weapons to Israel"

Yuval Abraham explains so concisely the nature of apartheid enforced in Israel and occupied Palestine.

" I want to say that we are standing in front of you, me and Basel are the same age. I am Israeli, Basel is Palestinian. And in two days we go back to a land where we are not equal. I am living under a civilian law and Basel is under military law. We live 30 minutes from one another, but I have voting rights and Basel does not have voting rights. I am free to move where I want in this land. Basel is like millions of Palestinians locked in occupied West Bank. This situation of apartheid between us, this inequality, it has to end. We ask, how we can make a change, to end the occupation, to move for a political solution. We don't really have an answer but we want for people to really stand up. There is a lot of powerful people in this room, a lot of ministers and people whose voices are heard. We need to call for a ceasefire. We need to call for a political solution to end the occupation."

Yuval Abraham is now getting death threats after Israeli TV called him an anti-semite!

The Berlinale film festival is being investigated for anti-semitism.

And the German ministery of culture wanted to emphasize how racist they are by releasing a statement that when "No Other Land" received a prize, green Minister Claudia Roth was only clapping for the Jewish-Israeli member of the filmmaking team and not the Palestinian.

Because apparently even applauding a Palestinian for winning an award is bad in Germany....

[yesimtrashforit]

The Academy Awards were last night and there was a huge win for Palestine. The winner for Best Documentary Feature was No Other Land, a film about the horrors of the destruction in Gaza as a result of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

I haven’t gotten a chance to see the film, but I was so moved by the directing team’s acceptance speech. 

The four directors are Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal, who are Palestinian activists, and Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham, who are Israeli. These four filmmakers came together despite their divide and created something powerful. 

Their speech last night called for an end to the conflict and I want to people to see this and hear it because this is so important!

Here is their speech:

Basel Adra, Palestinian activist, lawyer and journalist: “Thank you to the Academy for the award, it’s such a big honor for the four of us and everybody who supported us for this documentary. About two months ago, I became a father, and I hope to my daughter that she will not have to live the same life I am living now. Always feeling … always feeling surveillance, home demolition and forced displacement that my community … is living and facing every day under occupation. “No Other Land” reflects the harsh reality that we have been enduring for decades and still resist, as we call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people.”

Yuval Abraham, Israeli journalist and filmmaker: “We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together, our voices are stronger. We see each other. The atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people, which must end. The Israeli hostages, brutally taken in the crime of October 7, which must be freed.  When I look at Basel, I see my brother, but we are unequal. We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law. Basel is under military laws that destroy his life and he cannot control. There is a different path, a political solution, without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people. And I have to say, as I am here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. And, you know, I … why? Can’t you see that we are intertwined? That my people can be truly safe if Basel’s people are truly free and safe?  There is another way. It’s not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way. Thank you.”

This is so wonderful to see. Congrats to the filmmakers! This is a huge achievement!

[agentfascinateur]

Berlin "more Catholic than the Pope", accusing a Jewish filmmaker of "antisemitism"!?!

#capsizing into ridiculousness

[brooklyndadshow]

No Other Land gets the Oscar!

I wrote this past weekend about seeing the documentary No Other Land recently. It's an important movie and was a moving experience to watch. They won the Oscar last night for best Documentary! I will let their acceptance speech speak for itself.

I love, love, the power of creativity to evoke compassion and empathy. This film is a pure example of that in every way. Go see it, support it, share it. I wish for every human being a life of liberation - we are not free until we are all free.

[fnipoli]

[cristalconnors]

BEST FILMS of 2024, pt. 3

10. THE SUBSTANCE, dir. CORALIE FARGEAT

9. LA CHIMERA, dir. ALICE ROHRWACHER

8. NO OTHER LAND, dir. YUVAL ABRAHAM, BASEL ADRA, HAMDAN BALLAL, and RACHEL SZOR

7. THE BEAST, dir. BERTRAND BONELLO

6. COMA, dir. BERTRAND BONELLO

[gael-garcia]

No Other Land (2024 🇵🇸 Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor)

[oldfilmsflicker]

Since this film debuted at the Berlin Film Festival in February, where it won both the Panorama Audience Award and the Best Documentary Award, in this country we have seen an active service member self-immolate in protest of the U.S. Army's part in the genocide currently happening in Gaza. Despite the act being broadcast on livestream, the media misrepresented his intentions, and, in what seemed like minutes, the country moved on. In a world where video footage as a tool to speak truth to power seems to have lost its efficacy, No Other Land exists more as a form of resistance. As a form of witness. As proof of the Palestinian people's unwavering endurance, and as a document of their very existence.

[KVIFF Review] This is a Story of Power: "No Other Land"

[clemencepoles]

Clemence’s Top Ten Films of 2024

No Other Land dir. Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal

My favourite Cake dir. Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha

All We Imagine as Light dir. Payal Kapadia

Dahomey dir. Mati Diop

In His Own Image dir Thierry de Peretti

Cent Mille Milliards dir. Virgil Vernier

Hard Truths dir. Mike Leigh

Miséricorde dir. Alain Guiraudie

The Fall Guy dir David Leitch

Bird dir. Andrea Arnold

*My diary of 2024 films can be found HERE.

**Notable mentions: 

DJ Mehdi : Made in France dir. Thibaut de Longeville (Not exactly a film, but this 6-part documentary series is definitely one of my favorite watches of the year.)

Good One dir. India Donaldson