Palestine, Norway

Winner European Documentary 2024
Nominated for European Documentary 2024, European Film 2024

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. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while developing an impossible friendship. 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 that region, as an act of creative resistance to apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.

Written & directed by: Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal
Produced by: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal
Cinematography: Rachel Szor
Editing: Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal
Original Score: Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Sound: Bård Farbu

Statement of the directors:
We’re making this film together, as a Palestinian-Israeli group of activists and filmmakers, because we want to stop the ongoing expulsion of the community of Masafer Yatta and resist the reality of the apartheid we were born into – from opposite, unequal sides. Reality around us is becoming scarier, more violent, more oppressive, every day – and we are very weak in front of it. We can only shout out something radically different with this film which at its core is a proposal for an alternate way Israelis and Palestinians can live in this land – not as oppressor and oppressed, but in full equality.

Production:
Antipode Films
www.antipodefilms.com

World Sales:
Autlook Filmsales GmbH
www.autlookfilms.com

Press:
Claudia Tomassini International Film Publicity
www.claudiatomassini.com