No Other Land

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 of Masafer Yatta, 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, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, 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.

Written, directed, edited by: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
Cinematography: Rachel Szor
Music: Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Sound: Bård Harazi Farbu
Producers: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
Production: Antipode Films, Yabayay
Festivals and Awards: Berlinale: Panorama Audience Award; Best Documentary Award (2024), CPH:DOX: Audience Award (2024), ZagrebDox: Audience Award (2024), Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon: Audience Award (2024)

About the authors:

Basel Adra is a Palestinian lawyer, journalist and filmmaker from Masafer Yatta. He has been an activist and documentarian since 15, fighting against Israel’s mass expulsion of his community.
Hamdan Ballal is a Palestinian photographer, filmmaker and farmer from Susya, and has worked as a researcher for several anti-occupation human rights groups.
Yuval Abraham is an Israeli filmmaker and investigative journalist from Jerusalem.
Rachel Szor is an Israeli cinematographer, editor, and director from Jerusalem.