Boom in Italy for Oscar -winning film Boicotto in the USA

The most awarded film of the season (a Oscar and 68 prizes in the festivals), ‘No Other Land‘, distributed in Italy by Wanted Cinema finds new screens in Italy: in the theaters that already project the film from January 16th, on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March 19, the rooms of the circuit will be added The Space. Released in about 40 countries around the world, the film made by a collective of Israeli-Palestinian filmmaker has unleashed lively controversy, especially after winning the Oscar as the best documentary of the year on March 3rd.

Nonetheless, the film continues to be welcomed with great interest and participation by criticism and audiences of theaters continues to make people talk and collect prizes, salt and consensus all over the world, with the exception of United States Where the documentary is encountered several difficulties in reaching spectators as no official American distributor took the task of bringing the film to cinemas.

To discuss is the emblematic case – made known by the newspaperVariety‘ – Of the independent room The cinema Of Miami Beachboycotted following political pressure for projecting the film. The film continues to be welcomed with great interest and participation in particular in Italia. Our country is the one that has so far collected the greatest number of spectators in all Europa. A growing consensus and continuous support from cinemas.

Prizes and awards

Best documentary to European Film Awardsas well as best film at Berlin Festival where the Public prize in the section Panorama e Oscar for best documentary film a Los Angeles‘No Other Land‘shakes the consciences of a mostly young audience who follows the incandescent situation of the West Board that the film tells with originality and great effectiveness. Made by four young Palestinian and Israelis activists – Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham e Rachel – The powerful film tells, day after day and violence after violence, the destruction of the small rural community of Masafer on the yachtin West Boardby the Israeli army. A barbarism to which Basel has been witnessing since childhood and who at a certain point begins to document with the video camera, while witnessing the progressive cancellation of his community which takes place every time the tanks and bulldozers sent by Israel are incurred in the village and the soldiers destroy the houses of families and the social structures deemed abusive.

Forced displacement

What the young Basel is witnessing is the largest single act of forced displacement ever carried out in the West Board occupied by Israeli troops. Against the background of the rubble, the friendship between the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval was born, who joins the struggle and collaborates with the documentation of what is happening. Born spontaneously as an act of creative resistance to apartheid and aelity of equality and justice, ‘No Other Land‘The four young activists has unexpectedly made the most awarded and celebrated filmmakers throughout the world of 2024. A message, who marries principles and intentions of Amnesty International Italiawho sponsors the film.