
No Other Land
Seen it?2024 | 92 min | Documentary
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (100% on Rotten Tomatoes) and it won an Oscar. Make plans for this one.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious. Critics rate it higher than audiences do, so it rewards patience more than it chases thrills.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 32 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Audiences were cooler on it than critics.
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
100% on Rotten Tomatoes, 93 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
8.0 out of 10
- AwardsVery strong
Won 1 Oscar: Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature Film. Won 2 Berlin awards: Berlin International Film Festival: Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film, Berlinale Documentary Film Award: Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film. Also nominated for 1 BAFTA. Plus 29 other awards.
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$4 million worldwide; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 217K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra
- Basel AdraSelf
- Yuval AbrahamSelf
- Farisa Abu AramSelf
- Nasser AdraSelf
- Harun Abu AramSelf
- Kifah AdaraSelf