Oscar for Israeli-Palestinian Doc. ‘No Other Land’

LOS ANGELES: Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and Palestinian journalist Basel Adra (both 30-year old) shot a documentary in the town of Masafar Yatta (in the occupied West Bank) that bagged Award at the Berlinale film festival in 2024, and this year it won Oscar for the best documentary at the 97th Academy Awards here.

Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham.

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Speaking on the occasion Palestinian (journalist/) director Basel Adra stated: “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 the Palestinian people.”

Israeli (journalist/) director Yuval Abraham, maintaining that they made the film together because their voices were stronger, said: “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 and Basel is under military law that destroys his life and he cannot control.

“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.

“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’m here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path.

“And 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.”

Winners of 97th Academy Awards:

Best picture

WINNER: Anora

Best actress

WINNER: Mikey Madison – Anora

Best actor

WINNER: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Best supporting actress

WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best supporting actor

WINNER: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Best director

WINNER: Sean Baker – Anora

Best international feature

WINNER: I’m Still Here – Brazil

Best animated feature

WINNER: Flow

Best original screenplay

WINNER: Anora – Sean Baker

Best adapted screenplay

WINNER: Conclave – Peter Straughan

Best original song

WINNER: El Mal – Emilia Pérez

Best original score

WINNER: The Brutalist

Best documentary feature

WINNER: No Other Land

Best costume design

WINNER: Wicked

Best make-up and hairstyling

WINNER: The Substance

Best production design

WINNER: Wicked

Best sound

WINNER: Dune: Part Two

Best film editing

WINNER: Anora

Best cinematography

WINNER: The Brutalist

Best visual effects

WINNER: Dune: Part Two

Best live action short

WINNER: I’m Not a Robot

Best animated short

WINNER: In the Shadow of the Cypress

Best documentary short

WINNER: The Only Girl in the Orchestra

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