The film's co-directors, Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham, spent five years making the film, which shows Israeli soldiers tearing down homes and evicting residents to create a military training ground as well as the encroachment of Jewish settlers on the Palestinian community.
“No Other Land reflects the harsh reality 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,” said Adra.
“When I look at Adra, I see my brother but we are unequal. We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law and Adra is under military law that destroys his life and he cannot control.
“And why? Cannot you see that we are intertwined? That my people can be truly safe if Adra’s people are truly free and safe. There is another way. It is not too late for life, for the living.”
Israel’s Culture Minister Miki Zohar, lamented the film’s win as a “sad moment for cinema“, because it presented what he described as a distorted view of Israel.
Despite winning top prizes in Europe and the US, the film has yet to reach a deal for US distribution, Abraham told Deadline last month.
He said they decided not to wait on the theatrical release and released it in almost 100 theatres independently.
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