Venice Film Festival adds Gaza doc ‘NAZA' to competition lineup
- The Venice Film Festival has included a documentary titled 'NAZA' in its main competition lineup.
- 'NAZA' focuses on the civilian toll of the Israel-Hamas war and was directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
- The film was produced by The Guardian and the filmmakers behind 'The Zone of Interest.'
- 'NAZA' is the only documentary competing for the Golden Lion award at the festival.
- The film was shot over four years and completed shortly before the outbreak of the current conflict.
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.
According to the synopsis, the film was shot at night on Tel Aviv rooftops and focuses on the killings of Palestinian civilians. Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor co-directed 'Naza,' which was produced by The Guardian and filmmakers behind 'The Zone of Interest.' It’s the only documentary competing for the Golden Lion award.
Abraham and Szor were two of the four directors of the 2025 best documentary winner 'No Other Land,' the story of Palestinian activists fighting to protect their communities from demolition by the Israeli military. A collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, it was made over four years between 2019 and 2023, wrapping production days before Hamas launched its deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that started the war in Gaza.
威尼斯电影节将加沙纪录片《NAZA》纳入竞赛阵容
威尼斯电影节将一部关于以色列-哈马斯战争对平民影响的新纪录片纳入其阵容。《NAZA》由两位曾参与获奥斯卡奖纪录片《无他乡》的制片人执导，将在主竞赛中放映，节日组织者周一表示。
根据简介，该片在特拉维夫的屋顶上夜间拍摄，聚焦巴勒斯坦平民的遇害情况。以色列制片人尤瓦尔·亚伯拉罕和拉赫尔·索尔共同执导《NAZA》，该片由《卫报》和《兴趣区》背后的制片人制作。它是唯一一部竞争金狮奖的纪录片。
亚伯拉罕和索尔是2025年最佳纪录片获奖作品《无他乡》的四位导演之一，该片讲述了巴勒斯坦活动家为保护其社区免受以色列军方拆迁而进行的斗争。该片是以色列和巴勒斯坦制片人之间的合作，历时四年制作，时间跨度为2019年至2023年，在哈马斯于2023年10月7日对以色列发动致命袭击前几天完成制作。