No Other Land

Pittsburgh Sound + Image is proud to present NO OTHER LAND, a 2025 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature.

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.

96 minutes. Pittsburgh Sound + Image members on Patreon get free admission.

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DIRECTORS’ BIOGRAPHY

Basel Adra is a Palestinian lawyer, journalist and filmmaker from Masafer Yatta. He has been an activist and documentarian since 15, fighting against Israel's mass expulsion of his community.

Rachel Szor is an Israeli cinematographer, editor, and director from Jerusalem.

Hamdan Ballal is a Palestinian photographer, filmmaker and farmer from Susya, and has worked as a researcher for several anti-occupation human rights groups.

Yuval Abraham is an Israeli filmmaker and investigative journalist from Jerusalem.

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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 Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking - Cinema Eye Honors

WINNER: Best Nonfiction 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 Pacific 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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