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.
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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