Yuval Abraham

NAZA, Israeli film on Gaza, to stream for free after theatrical run

Co-director Yuval Abraham says documentary exposing Israeli abuses will be available online in November.

Al Jazeera2h ago

• favorable toward NAZA · 78%

Israel-Gaza War Documentary ‘NAZA’ Sets Global Theatrical Release Plans

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s Venice award winner will hit cinemas in 56 territories from Sept. 28.

The Hollywood Reporter•Etan Vlessing5h ago

The Guardian To Offer ‘NAZA’ For Free On Website After Theatrical Run & Is Exploring Ways To Show Doc In Israel & Palestinian Territories

The Guardian and mk2 Films have announced global release plans for Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s bombshell documentary NAZA. The partners said The Guardian-produced documentary will be released theatrically from 28 September onwards in more than 50 territories, having secured theatrical distributors in 56 territories since its world premiere at the Venice Film […]

Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow7h ago

• neutral toward The Guardian · 95%

Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA

Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website NAZA, the award-winning documentary from Israeli film-makers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, is set to be released in cinemas in more than 50 countries before a digital global release on theguardian.com. The film, which the Guardian produced, premiered at the Venice film festival earlier this month, where it was met with a 25-minute standing ovation – a festival record. The documentary went on to win the special jury prize . Continue reading...

The Guardian•Catherine Shoard and Lorenzo Tondo8h ago

• favorable toward NAZA · 99%

Werner Herzog Picks Up San Sebastian’s Donostia Award at Politically Charged Opening Ceremony

The evening's hosts, Fariba Sheikhan and Mariona Terés, kicked off the proceedings by condemning the Israel-Gaza war and declaring support for 'NAZA' directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.

The Hollywood Reporter•Lily Ford18 Sept

San Sebastián Opens With Political Declarations And Tributes To Werner Herzog & Outgoing Festival Director José Luis Rebordinos

“We join the myriad of voices calling for an end to genocide, like the one happening in Gaza,” Fariba Sheikhan and Mariona Terés, the hosts of this evening’s San Sebastián Film Festival opening ceremony, concluded in their welcoming remarks. “And we stand in solidarity with the directors of the film Naza, Yuval Abraham and Rachel […]

Deadline•Zac Ntim18 Sept

Explosive ‘NAZA’ Documentary, Attacked By Israeli Government, To Be Released In U.S. Theaters

The investigative documentary NAZA, which caused a sensation at the Venice Film Festival but has been attacked by Israeli politicians including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will soon reach U.S. theaters. Filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and their team are pursuing a self-distribution model in the U.S. which will see the film open on September […]

Deadline•Matthew Carey18 Sept

‘NAZA’ Israel-Gaza War Doc Sets U.S. Theatrical Release

The film from 'No Other Land' directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, has generated backlash and acclaim since its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

The Hollywood Reporter•Etan Vlessing18 Sept

‘This should be condemned by any thinking human’: film industry rallies behind NAZA directors

Backing comes after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor were threatened with having their citizenship revoked and accused of treason Film industry heavyweights across the globe have expressed solidarity with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of documentary NAZA, who have been threatened with having their citizenship revoked by Israel’s culture minister, who accused them of “treason against the state”. NAZA, which was produced by the Guardian, is named for an acronym euphemistically used by Israel’s intelligence service to indicate how many civilians it expects to die in an airstrike on Gaza. It includes interviews with 24 Israeli military or intelligence soldiers and officers who outlined the AI-powered targeting systems used to bombard Gaza, resulting in the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Catherine Shoard in London and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem15 Sept

Israeli Filmmakers Among 1,500 Names to Sign Petition Defending ‘NAZA’ Directors After Their Citizenship Is Threatened Over Gaza Doc

Prominent Israeli filmmakers are among 1,500 industry names that signed a petition launched on Monday expressing solidarity with “NAZA” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who have faced backlash from authorities at home after the hot-button documentary premiered at Venice Film Festival last week. “In recent days, we have witnessed an unprecedented campaign of incitement […]

Variety•Nvivarelli15 Sept

Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli directors of citizenship over Venice-winning Gaza doc 'NAZA'

Israel’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of 'NAZA', Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, to be stripped of their citizenship. The documentary about the country’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza won Venice's Special Jury Prize.

Euronews14 Sept

Israel’s Culture Minister Calls For Oscar-Winning Israeli Filmmakers Behind Gaza Doc ‘NAZA’ To Lose Their Citizenship

The day after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor‘s bombshell Israeli documentary NAZA alleging the Israeli army targeted civilians in Gaza won the Special Jury Prize at Venice, Israel’s Culture Minister Miki Zohar announced that he would “act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship” of the directing duo. According to a translation provided by X, Zohar went on to call […]

Deadline•Tomt14 Sept

Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA

Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’ ‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence Israel’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of NAZA , a documentary about the country’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza, to be stripped of their citizenship, accusing them of “treason against the state”. NAZA, which was produced by the Guardian, is named for an acronym used by Israel’s intelligence service to indicate how many civilians it expects to die in an airstrike on Gaza. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Sian Cain and agencies14 Sept

Israel’s Minister of Culture Threatens to Revoke Israeli Citizenships of ‘NAZA’ Filmmakers

Israel’s Minister of Culture Miki Zohar threatened to revoke the Israeli citizenships of “NAZA” co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. He called the documentary “shocking” and accused the filmmakers of “betraying the state.” “The self-loathing that burns in the creators, who are willing to harm their homeland just to get applause from antisemites around the […]

Variety•Jack Dunn13 Sept

Israel’s Culture Minister Threatens to Revoke the Citizenship of ‘NAZA’ Filmmakers

Culture minister Miki Zohar said Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's documentary, which details the IDF's alleged systematic targeting and killing of civilians in Gaza, “constitutes treason.”

The Hollywood Reporter•Scott Roxborough13 Sept

NAZA director says 'it's important Israelis watch this film' after win at Venice festival – video

NAZA, a new film directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and produced by the Guardian, has been awarded the special jury prize at the 83rd Venice film festival. Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, NAZA reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Abraham, in his prize acceptance speech, said: 'It's really important Isrealis watch this film. It's our country that is doing these crimes' ‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence Continue reading...

The Guardian13 Sept

Inside ‘NAZA,’ the Bombshell Exposé on IDF’s War in Gaza

The Guardian served as producer, and Jonathan Glazer as executive producer, on the documentary by Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, which won a special Jury at the Venice Film Festival.

The Hollywood Reporter•Scott Roxborough13 Sept

‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence

Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing On a darkened rooftop in Tel Aviv, Israeli intelligence officers outline the details of their work. These men tell us how they helped develop an AI mapping tool that trawled for phone signals and recommended apartment buildings in Gaza to bomb. Indirectly, they admit, they are responsible for thousands of deaths, but they never spoke up because that wasn’t their place. “My role is technical,” says one. “I’m just a small cog,” says another. NAZA – directed by the Israeli film-makers Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham and produced by the Guardian – is a chilling documentary about a mass slaughter that was authorised at the highest levels of government. But it is also, primarily, about the process, the system, the little links in the killing chain. Szor and Abraham build their film around the accounts of 24 anonymised military and intelligence insiders. NAZA, we learn, is an acronym used by the intelligence service to indicate how many civilians it expects to die in an airstrike on Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces prefer to target Hamas terrorists in their homes at night – and if they live with their family, or in heavily populated neighbourhoods, too bad. At one point, a source claims, approval was given to kill 500 NAZA for one Hamas member. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Xan Brooks in Venice11 Sept

Former Israeli Prime Minister Takes Aim At Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s ‘NAZA’

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett criticized Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s feature doc NAZA in a lengthy X post this afternoon following the film’s buzzy debut at the Venice Film Festival.  “Yesterday, a film accusing Israel of genocide premiered,” Bennett wrote.  “It’s a horrific blood libel against our sons and daughters. What makes it […]

Deadline•Zac Ntim11 Sept

Venice gives 25-minute ovation for film on Israel's mass killing of Gaza civilians

Mass civilian deaths were routinely built into Israeli military targeting decisions in Gaza, according to a Venice Film Festival documentary unveiled on Thursday that challenges official accounts of the war. "NAZA", directed by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, received a 25-minute standing ⁠ovation at its premiere, by far the longest of the festival so far this year.

France 24•FRANCE2411 Sept