Venice Film Festival adds film on Israel's Gaza mass killings

A documentary on Israel's war on Gaza and the mass killing of civilians has been added to the Venice Film Festival, competing for the Golden Lion award.

The film, from 'No Other Land' directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and produced by the Oscar-winning team behind 'The Zone of Interest,' was shot from the rooftops of Tel Aviv and documents Israel's bombing of Gaza.

The Venice International Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious in the world, and Israeli films have been embraced there with enthusiasm in the past.

French sales company MK2 Films has boarded “NAZA,” the new hot-button documentary from “No Other Land” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor that was added on Monday to the Venice Film Festival competition lineup. The doc, which was shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, shows “in detail the systems behind Israel

Film focuses on the killings of Palestinian civilians, according to the synopsis

'NAZA,' film about Israel's actions in Gaza, to premiere at Venice Film Festival  Haaretz

A new documentary called "NAZA" from the same directors as the Oscar-winning Israeli-Palestinian production "No Other Land" will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month, organisers said on Monday.

The Venice Film Festival has added a new documentary about the civilian toll of the Israel-Hamas war to its lineup. “NAZA,” from two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” will screen in the main competition, festival organizers said Monday.

The Venice Film Festival has added a new documentary about the civilian toll of the Israel-Hamas war to its lineup

The Venice Film Festival has added a new documentary about the civilian toll of the Israel-Hamas war to its lineup

ROME, Aug 24 - A documentary examining Israel's killing of civilians in Gaza was added to the Venice Film Festival line-up on Monday, the second year running that a highly charged work about the conflict has competed for the prestigious Golden Lion.

Film directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, co-directors of No Other Land along with Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal , investigates ‘Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians’ during the war A new documentary about Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza, directed by Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraha

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who won an Oscar for No Other Land

The Venice Film Festival has added a hot-button documentary to its Competition lineup. The synopsis for new film Naza reads: “Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza”. The film heralds from Yuval Abraham a

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