The Film Comment Letter: Together and Apart 👥

March 29, 2024 The Film Comment Letter: Together and Apart 👥 View in browser   |   filmcomment.com March 29, 2024 WEBSITE   |   PODCAST   |   LATEST Dear Readers, The CPH:DOX festival wrapped in Copenhagen last week, and among the prizewinners was No Other Land , a documentary directed by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli journalists, including Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham. Having already won the Best Documentary Film Award last month at the Berlinale, No Other Land is a stirring portrait of the yearslong violent expulsion of the people of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank by the Israeli Army, as well as of the friendship between two young men who are separated by the occupation but united in solidarity. Soon after the film's premiere at the Berlinale, Devika sat down with Adra and Abraham for an in-depth conversation about the making of the movie, their transition from journalism to cinema, and finding the right balance between images of incon... read