Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with a journalist
2024 · 1h35m · Norway, Palestine
Arabic, English, Hebrew
English subs
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About the Film
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was
co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
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Festivals and Awards
2024
Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama Documentary Audience Award
2024
Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale Documentary Award
2024
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards , Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
2024
Indiewire Critics' Poll, Best Documentary
2024
International Documentary Association, Courage Under Fire Award
2024
New York Film Critics, Best Documentary
2024
International Documentary Association, Best Director
2024
International Documentary Association, Best Feature Documentary
2024
Gotham Awards, Best Documentary Feature
2024
Visions du Réel , Audience Award in the Grand Angle Competition
2024
New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Non-Fiction Film
