No Other Land (2024) Palestine

No Other Land is a documentary/drama about life in Palestine. This is the second in our films about Palestine. The intention here is to open up discussion based on the power of cinema to portray the lives of ordinary people in their struggles in the face of oppressive forces.

We know the debate about whether the films of Leni Riefenstahl in WW2 were propaganda or art. Great cinema paints a picture of people whose lives become real in front of our eyes. We are forced to make decisions as to to whom we relate and what we will do.

"A combination of hand-held footage and intimate scenes of ordinary Palestinian life among extraordinary instability are woven together at an artful pace. Not one of the 95 minutes feels wasted. Given the work that Adra and Abraham do during years of filming to record and share the truth, this is a film that asks, both out-loud and implicitly: if people knew, would things change? No Other Land is both an invitation and a wero, a generous offering that demands to be seen and discussed. — Nadia Abu-Shanab." (reviewer for the NZ International Film Festival)