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Basel Adra (left), Palestinian film director, speaks during the 422nd meeting of the Committee on Exercise of Inalienable Rights of Palestinian People. At right is Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

On 3 April, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held an exclusive screening of the 2025 Academy Award winner for best documentary \u201cNo Other Land\u201d at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters in New York. The film, co-produced by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, tells the story of the destruction of Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank and documents the efforts to resist.<\/h3>\n

The documentary was created by the Palestinian director Basel Adra, Israeli journalist and director Yuval Abraham, Palestinian filmmaker and farmer Hamdan Ballal and Israeli cinematographer and editor Rachel Szor.\u00a0Captivating critics, juries, and audiences across continents, the film has garnered dozens of awards and widespread acclaim. It was showcased at many film festivals, ultimately earning the Oscar for best documentary just a few weeks ago.<\/h3>\n

Earlier the same day, during the Committee’s 422nd meeting<\/a>, film’s co-director Basel Adra, said he grew up seeing bulldozers entering Palestinian communities and destroying homes. \u00a0But this was so routine that journalists were not interested in covering it. \u00a0So, as a teenager, he started carrying a camera and filming because he wanted the world to see what it was like to live under brutal occupation.<\/h3>\n

Five years ago, he started working on the documentary with friends, he said, adding that the movie succeeded beyond expectations. \u201cBut even after winning the Oscar, we went back to the same reality<\/strong>,\u201d he observed. \u00a0He detailed many harrowing stories of violence, destruction and arbitrary detention. \u00a0Three weeks after the Oscars, settlers attacked a mosque in the village of one of his co-directors, Hamdan Ballal. About 20 settlers started vandalizing the village. \u00a0Hamdan tried to protect his family by locking the door of his house and standing outside, but two soldiers started beating him, and then abducted him and two other Palestinians to a military base. \u00a0He spent 20 hours in the base, handcuffed and blindfolded while soldiers mistreated him \u2014 when he was brought to interrogation, he was accused of attacking the settler and only after he paid a fine was he able to leave and get medical treatment.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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