Tonight, I am sitting in my home in Scotland watching a film.
No one is outside with a JCB trying to demolish my home, my neighbours' homes, the school.
A foreign army is not throwing stun grenades at my neighbours, adults and children alike.
No one is firing live rounds at my friends and family.
And yet, I am afraid; not for me, but for humanity.
The Palestinian-Israeli documentary "No Other Land" is available on Swedish TV via http;//svtplay.se or the svtPlay app using a VPN.
It's with Swedish subtitles.
#NoOtherLand #SvtPlay #Documentary #Streaming #Sweden #Swedish #Palestine #Israel #Occupation #Streaming @palestine @israel
Academy Apologizes For Not Naming ‘No Other Land’ Or Its Co-Director In Statement Denouncing Attacks On Artists
#News #AcademyofMotionPictureArtsandSciences #BillKramer #HamdanBallal #JanetYang #NoOtherLand
https://deadline.com/2025/03/no-other-land-academy-apology-1236353790/
"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has convened an extraordinary meeting to address a crisis over its tepid response to the arrest and detention of Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal, of the documentary No Other Land, by Israeli authorities."
"tepid"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/28/academy-board-governors-no-other-land-hamdan-ballal
Mark Ruffalo, Penélope Cruz, Alfonso Cuaron and More Than 500 Oscar Voters Criticize Academy for Not Supporting Hamdan Ballal: ‘It Is Indefensible’
#Variety #Awards #News #Ampas #MarkRuffalo #NoOtherLand #Oscars
The Israeli director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has condemned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its response to a violent attack on his Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal, who was beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Monday...#NoOtherLand..#Oscars..#Israel..#silence https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/28/no-other-land-co-director-condemns-academys-letter-to-members-after-hamdan-ballal-attack-ntwnfb
Academy Stirs Outrage After Not Mentioning ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal in Statement Condemning ‘Harming or Suppressing Artists’
#Variety #Awards #Global #News #Academy #NoOtherLand
https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/no-other-land-academy-statement-outrage-director-1236348503/
Il reçoit un Oscar à Los Angeles.
Quelques jours plus tard, il est passé à tabac par des colons israéliens, puis arrêté, ensanglanté, devant son fils de 7 ans.
En Palestine, tenir une caméra, c’est déjà un acte de résistance.
Solidarité avec le peuple palestinien et avec celles et ceux qui ne se taisent pas, qui filment « ce qu’ils savent, ce qu’ils voient, ce qui est vrai ».
À lire ici : https://lesmutins.org/israel-a-tout-prix
More craven cowardice from US institutions...
Report: US academy blasted for silence after settler, soldier attacks on film maker.
The US Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed to voice support, reportedly saying the attack may have been “unrelated to the film”.
But a co-director said ""Issuing a statement condemning the attack would send a meaningful message and serve as a deterrent for the future"
Report Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, was brutally attacked by West Bank settlers and then detained by the Israeli military.
He has since been released
Basel Adra, another co-director, witnessed the detention: “We came back from the Oscars and every day since, there is an attack on us."
https://aje.io/k016y8?update=3600244
#NoOtherLand #israelicrimesagainsthumanity #westbank #ethniccleansing #uspol .
The beating of Hamdam Ballal in the Occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers and his abduction by the IDF could be a reaction on receiving an Oscar for the documentary "No Other Land" which he co-directed.
One year ago his co-directors Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra were accused of antisemitism at the Berlinale where "No Other Land" received the price for best documentary.
Neither in the US nor in Germany the film could be watched by most people because film distributors didn't want to take the risk of being scandalized or canceled. So Israel, USA and Germany are exercising an informal kind of censorship culminating in the brutal assault on Hamdan Ballal.
"Don't show the corpses in our cellar or else" is the unmistakable message these countries who boast of honoring universal values and the freedom of arts are sending to artists who dare to criticize Israels #settlercolonialism and #apartheid regime
#NoOtherLand #arts #cinema #freespeech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bb25LxITek
Hamdam Ballal speaks about his abduction
0:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAz0ETOZubs
Stories include:
*Oscar Winner #HamdanBallal, director of #NoOtherLand, released
* #WarPlans, #Signal and the oopsie.
Comment: What I'm hoping for is all the MAGA jackasses responsible will end up in prison. The more MAGA in prison or sacked, the better for everyone everywhere.
...and progressive entertainment reporter Dave Neal responds to #centrists and #rightwingers who have unfollowed him as they kvetch about his political content
‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Says U.S. Academy ‘Refused’ to Issue Statement in Support of Hamdan Ballal: They Were ‘Silent When a Filmmaker They Honored Needed Them the Most’
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #HamdanBallal #NoOtherLand #YuvalAbraham
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/no-other-land-us-academy-1236347390/
Update: Ballal is set to be released.
"In IDF custody, he and two others were beaten by soldiers and left outside overnight in freezing temperatures"
Report Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, was brutally attacked by West Bank settlers and then detained by the Israeli military.
He has since been released
Basel Adra, another co-director, witnessed the detention: “We came back from the Oscars and every day since, there is an attack on us."
https://aje.io/k016y8?update=3600244
#NoOtherLand #israelicrimesagainsthumanity #westbank #ethniccleansing #uspol .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAUUnAuqjIY
#NoOtherLand #StopSettlerTHUGS!
#FREEPALESTINENOW 
#HalmdanBallal
He is now free and home with his family, but he was badly beaten up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSGz7YfZAHU
Stories include the assault and kidnapping of #HamdamBallal director of #NoOtherLand , along with group chat oopsie.
Again, I post this, because this is a show that you can forward to friends and family members people who are allergic to #DemocracyNow, #TurnLeft, #AlJazeera, #Zeteo and all the other channels you and I like.
Dave Neal is an entertainment reporter but also a progressive and will talk about news stuff.
Still 6 days for UK residents to watch this year's Oscar-winner for best documentary, No Other Land, free via Channel 4.
One of its directors has been attacked.
According to Al Jazeera Hamdan Ballal was released by the soldiers after being held for 24 hours.
They did not tend to his wounds and kept in freezing conditions while the made fun of his injuries all night.
@nullagent Still 6 days for UK residents to watch his film for free via Channel 4: Seen 'No Other Land'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/no-other-land?cntsrc=social_share_ios_no_other_land
