No Other Land (2024)
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- Synopsis:
- 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.
- Actors:
- Masafer Yatta
- Directors:
- Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
- Producers:
- Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
- Writers:
- Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Awards:
Reviews (1) of No Other Land
Fragmented but Immediate - No Other Land review by griggs
The first thing that stands out is the style. The film is shot with a restless, hand-held urgency, very much of the time—fragmented, intimate, and at points difficult to follow. That approach can be frustrating, but it also brings immediacy, placing the viewer directly in the situation rather than at a safe remove.
What it documents is the demolition of homes and the impact on the people who live through it. Although filmed before the October 2022 terrorist atrocities, the underlying reality it shows remains unchanged: communities being disrupted, landscapes altered, and lives unsettled.
No Other Land isn’t polished or easy to watch—it’s jagged, raw, and occasionally overwhelming—but that seems deliberate. By foregoing cinematic smoothness, it presents itself as testimony rather than spectacle. The result may be challenging, but it leaves a strong impression as a record of events unfolding in real time.