8-27th of October
Palestine, Norway I 2024 I 95 min. I PG-13
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Berlinale 2024 – Berlinale Documentary Award
CPH:DOX 2024 – Audience Award
Visions du Réel 2024 – Audience Award
Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF 2024 – Grand Prix Bank Millennium Award
Sheffield DocFest 2024 – Tim Hetherington Award
IDFA 2024