Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fi ghting 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 fi ght 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 fi lm, 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.
2024 | Norway & Palestine | 1h 36m
Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
Academy Award Nominee: BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
WINNER OF OVER 50 MAJOR AWARDS INTERNATIONALLY INCLUDING:
WINNER: Best Documentary Feature – Gotham Awards
WINNER: NBR Freedom of Expression Award – National Board of Review
WINNER: Best European Documentary – European Film Awards
WINNER: Berlinale Documentary Award – Berlin International Film Festival
WINNER: Panorama Audience Award – Berlin International Film Festival
WINNER: Best Documentary Feature – IDA Documentary Awards
WINNER: Best Director – IDA Documentary Awards
WINNER: Courage Under Fire Award – IDA Documentary Awards
WINNER: Outstanding Nonfi ction Feature Filmmaking – Cinema Eye Honors
WINNER: Best Nonfi ction Film – National Society of Film Critics
WINNER: Best Non-Fiction Film – New York Film Critics Circle
WINNER: Best Documentary – LA Film Critics Circle
WINNER: Best Documentary – London Film Critics Circle
WINNER: Best Documentary – Boston Society of Film Critics
WINNER: Best Documentary – Chicago Film Critics Association
WINNER: Best Documentary – Palm Springs International Film Festival
WINNER: Best Documentary – Asia Pacifi c Screen Awards
WINNER: NPO Doc IDFA Audience Award – IDFA 2024
WINNER: Audience Award – Visions du Réel
WINNER: Audience Award – CPH:DOX 2024
NOMINEE: Best Documentary Film – BAFTA Film Awards
NOMINEE: Best Documentary – Independent Spirit Awards
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Strand Film Program sponsored by LimeRock Inn
