Palestine: Last News

Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired Middle East and North African rights for Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, by Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” has found a distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, where it is bound to have special resonance. Prominent Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired MENA rights from Austrian outfit Autlook for the timely film, which is directed by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists: Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Basel Adra.

The mayor of Miami Beach, FL, is threatening to shut down an arthouse movie theater for showing the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, branding the film as “antisemitic.”

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor The mayor of Miami Beach is asking the city to end a lease agreement and withdraw financial support from an independent theater that is screening the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” Mayor Steven Meiner characterized the film as “a false one-sided propaganda attack on the Jewish people that is not consistent with the values of our City and residents” and has introduced legislation to terminate the O Theater’s lease for the city’s old City Hall building. Despite winning the Oscar and numerous other awards, “No Other Land” has faced controversy for its depiction of Palestinian homes and villages in the West Bank destroyed by the Israeli military.

Some of the best-known figures in the UK media sphere have signed a letter requesting a meeting with King Charles over the Royal Television Society‘s (RTS) decision to scrap a special recognition award for journalists in Gaza.

Donald Trump rally last year, has landed a deal with Netflix, prompting some subscribers to consider a boycott.The streaming platform announced on Monday (March 10) that it will air three comedy specials hosted by the comedian starting on April 7, based on his popular podcast Kill Tony, plus a standalone one-hour standup special.Hinchcliffe drew criticism last year when he spoke at a rally for then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump, held at Madison Square Garden in New York last October. During his segment, he performed the joke: “There’s a lot going on, like, I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now.

EXCLUSIVE: Watermelon Pictures has announced the completion of documentary The Encampments, chronicling the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment and the international wave of student activism it ignited.

Christopher Vourlias There is a moment deep into “Coexistence, My Ass!” — director Amber Fares’ heartrending, trenchant, often side-splittingly funny documentary about Israeli comedian and activist Noam Shuster Eliassi — when a fellow comic lobbies Eliassi to soften her barbed political comedy in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. “Our mission as comedians is to bring people together.

David Arquette‘s Dewey Riley will reportedly be making a comeback in Scream 7.According to a Deadline report, Arquette’s character – who was killed in 2022’s soft-reboot Scream (also known as Scream 5) – will be returning for the upcoming seventh instalment in the meta slasher film.Deadline reports that while Dewey Riley will return, details surrounding the film’s plot and how the character will be revived – if at all – are being kept under wraps. Dewey Riley will reportedly be one of three presumably deceased characters being brought back for Scream 7.Most recently, it was reported that Matthew Lillard, who played Stu Macher – one of the two original Ghostface Killers – will be returning for Scream 7, despite his character presumably being killed off at the end of the first film.Should Arquette’s return be confirmed, he will mark the third protagonist from the original Scream film to come back for Scream 7, following in the footsteps of Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox – the latter of whom is Arquette’s real-life ex-wife.

The long and winding road to the Oscars culminated in triumph for as Best Documentary Feature and The Only Girl in the Orchestra as Best Documentary Short.

Khalid Abdalla is being interviewed by police.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent While best documentary Oscar winner “No Other Land” has been struggling to get visibility in the U.S., the Palestinian-Israeli doc is having a robust run overseas. And, at least in international markets, being crowned with an Academy Award is already giving the film considerable boost. However, the timely doc — which chronicles the gradual demolition of Palestinian houses and villages in the Masafer Yatta region of the West Bank by Israeli military bulldozers — still does not have a U.S.

Khalid Abdalla, who played Princess Diana’s lover Dodi Fayed in The Crown, says he has been summoned to a police interview after attending a pro-Palestine protest in London in January.

Donald Trump is once again threatening colleges and university campuses, which have seen pro-Palestinian protests of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza following the October 7 Hamas attack.

Alex Ritman Khalid Abdalla, the British actor best known recently for playing Dodi Fayed in “The Crown,” has said he’s been summoned by London’s Metropolitan police to a “formal interview” over his participation in a pro-Palestine march that took place in the U.K. capital earlier this year.

The Dublin International Film Festival came to an end at the weekend after one of its most varied programs yet. Guests visiting the event included deep-dive documentary-maker Alexandre O. Philippe, attending with his Texas Chain Saw Massacre meditation Chain Reactions; director Jason Buxton, there with his acclaimed Ben Foster-starring thriller Sharp Corner, soon to be released by Vertical; Albert Serra, supporting his surprise San Sebastian winner Afternoons of Solitude; Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, honored by a curated retrospective; and British ’60s pop-culture icon Twiggy, subject of Sadie Frost’s film of the same name. From closer to home, director Lorcan Finnegan and writer Thomas Martin brought their cult Cannes hit The Surfer, and the UK’s Polly Steele came with Four Letters of Love starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan.

Gal Gadot’s presenting at the Oscars has sparked speculation online, after the Wonder Woman star switched categories for an unknown reason.The Israeli actor presented Best Visual Effects alongside her Snow White co-star Rachel Zegler at the awards on Sunday (March 2) in Los Angeles. However, she had originally been listed to present Best Documentary Feature, which Samuel L.

J. Kim Murphy The Oscars ceremony Sunday evening kept within the mold of prior awards ceremonies this year, steering clear of politics and avoiding even name-dropping Donald Trump.

The Oscars went without any mention of Donald Trump, but there was plenty of pushback to the first five weeks of the president’s tenure.

No Other Land have received praise for their powerful acceptance speech after winning the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.The film, which is made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective and focuses on the displacement of Palestinians from a region in the West Bank, took home the award during tonight’s (March 2) ceremony.Upon accepting the award, co-director Basel Adra said: “About two months ago I became a father and my hope to my daughter that she will not have to live the same life I’m living now, always fearing surveillance, home demolitions and forced displacements that my community is living and facing every day under the Israeli occupation.“No Other Land reflects the harsh reality that we’ve been enduring for decades and still resist as we call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”The team behind #NoOtherLand accepts the #Oscar for best documentary and speaks about the Iraeli-Palestinian conflict pic.twitter.com/3ilRwmdkzf— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 3, 2025Fellow director Yuval Abraham added: “We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together our voices are stronger. We see each other, the atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people which must end.

The Palestinian and Israeli directors of No Other Land, the documentary set in the occupied West Bank, criticized America’s foreign policy in the region as they accepted the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature tonight.