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No Other Land
لا أرض أخرى
2024 92 min Norway, Palestinian Territory 12+
★8.7
Documentary
Director: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal
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Description
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.
US Gross:
$2.55M
Worldwide:
$3.61M
Starring
Yuval Abraham
Actor
Basel Adra
Actor
Hamdan Ballal
Actor
Awards
Berlin International Film Festival 2024
— Audience Award – Best Documentary (Panorama)
European Film Awards 2024
— Best Documentary Feature
Berlin International Film Festival 2024
— Best Documentary Feature
Berlin International Film Festival 2024
— Best Documentary Feature
Berlin International Film Festival 2024
— Peace Film Award – Special Mention
European Film Awards 2024
— Best Picture
Key opinion
No Other Land is a harrowing and powerful documentary that chronicles the forced displacement and resistance of residents in Masafer Yatta. Through intimate storytelling, it serves as a sobering indictment of state-sanctioned violence and the ongoing human cost of the West Bank conflict.
| Theme | The film provides an essential, unflinching record of the systemic destruction and displacement occurring in Masafer Yatta. | |
| Emotion | The intimacy of the footage creates a profound and visceral emotional impact by focusing on the residents' daily struggle to survive. | |
| Culture | The narrative highlights the stark, long-term human consequences of the West Bank conflict, drawing attention to a situation that has been largely overlooked by the international community. | |
| Originality | Critics acknowledge the film is intentionally one-sided in its perspective to expose the harsh reality of settler violence and military overreach. |