Basel Adra
Basel Adra is a Palestinian lawyer, journalist and filmmaker from Masafer Yatta. He has been an activist and documentarian since 15, fighting against Israel's mass expulsion of his community.
Basel, 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 family homes. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. 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 the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Palestine, Norway 2024, '95
DIRECTOR: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
SCENARIO: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
CAMERA: Rachel Szor
MONTAGE: Basel Adra, Hamdan Billal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
MUSIC: Julius Pollux Rothlaender
PRODUCERS: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
PRODUCTION: Antipode Films, Yabayay
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
Berlinale: Panorama Audience Award; Best Documentary (2024)
CPH:DOX: Audience Award (2024)
Basel Adra is a Palestinian lawyer, journalist and filmmaker from Masafer Yatta. He has been an activist and documentarian since 15, fighting against Israel's mass expulsion of his community.
Saturday 20.04. / 19:30 / Kaptol Boutique Cinema / Hall 1
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