No Other Land (2024) on Netflix
NR20241h 32mDocumentary
Basel Adra has resisted the forced displacement of his community in Masafer Yatta since childhood. He records homes being destroyed there, and befriends Yuval Abraham, an Israeli journalist.
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- Netflix4.6/5
- IMDb8.2/1056,413 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes100%
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Plot summary
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.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about No Other Land (2024)
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- On 24 March 2025, co-director Hamdan Ballal was attacked by Israeli settlers at his home in Susiya in the West Bank and left with head injuries. Soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces took him from medical care, invaded the ambulance carrying him and detained him for a day before releasing him.
- On 28 July 2025, Awdah Hathaleen, also known as Odeh Hadalin, a consultant on the film, was fatally shot by Yinon Levi, an Israeli settler who had previously been placed under European Union and US sanctions.
- After the film won the 2025 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Israeli culture minister Miki Zohar denounced the win as a "sad moment for the world of cinema", calling it sabotage against the State of Israel. Roni Aboulafia of the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum called Zohar's remarks "shameful", saying they reflected growing restrictions on free speech in Israel.
- Israeli military forces entered co-director Basel Adra's home twice during the shoot and confiscated computers and cameras, leaving the filmmakers constantly stressed and struggling logistically.
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The settler who shoots Zakaria al-Adra at the end of the film was identified as Yitzhak Nir, who said he acted in self-defense and was not charged by police. Nir's father and uncle carried out the 1983 Hebron University attack that killed three Palestinians and wounded 33 more.- No Other Land was picked up for distribution in 24 countries but could not find a U.S. distributor, a situation that has been called soft censorship.
- After the closing ceremony on 25 February 2024, an Instagram account linked to the Berlinale's Panorama section published an allegedly official statement demanding German authorities withdraw arms supplies to Israel. The festival's main account said the Panorama account had been hacked and announced plans to file criminal charges against unknown persons.
- The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel declared that the film violates the BDS movement's anti-normalization guidelines on interaction with Israelis, saying Palestinians need no validation or permission from Israelis to narrate their history.
