"No US distributor for Oscar-winning film When "No Other Land" won the Oscar for best documentary this year, the victory should have ensured worldwide release. Instead, the film about the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank failed to secure a US distributor. The filmmakers, a collective of Israeli and Palestinian activists, eventually self-released. The US screenings faced protests and political pushback, but the movie played to sold-out houses and earned more than $2 million at the box office."
"Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has run into similar barriers with "The Voice of Hind Rajab," a dramatization of the true story of a five-year-old girl killed in Gaza by Israeli forces and the desperate attempt by Red Crescent emergency workers to save her. The film drew a 24-minute standing ovation in Venice and won the festival's Silver Lion. It also has celebrity backing, with Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix signing on as executive producers to promote the movie."
A peace plan unveiled in Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump may not mark a turning point in the Gaza war. Filmmakers from Israel and Palestine face high barriers to international release as debates over Gaza polarize markets like the US and Germany. Even films that win major festival prizes or Oscars struggle to find theatrical distributors. When "No Other Land" won best documentary but lacked a US distributor, its creators self-released; screenings faced protests yet sold out and grossed over $2 million. Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab also won Venice awards and celebrity backing but still encounters distribution obstacles.
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