Israeli-made film about Gaza civilian deaths to debut in Venice
The documentary uses testimony from 24 Israeli officers to examine AI, surveillance and targeting practices that the filmmakers say helped drive civilian deaths in Gaza.
- On Thursday, Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor premiered their new documentary "NAZA" at the Venice Film Festival, promising fresh revelations about the bombing of Gaza based on testimony from Israeli forces.
- The film's title, "NAZA," is an acronym Israeli intelligence uses to indicate expected civilian deaths in airstrikes; the documentary features revelatory interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli military intelligence officers involved in surveillance and remote killing operations.
- Produced by British newspaper The Guardian and the Oscar-winning team behind "The Zone of Interest," Jim Wilson and Jonathan Glazer, the documentary involved three years of secret work to document these systemic military operations.
- Several films focusing on the Gaza conflict joined this year's Venice Film Festival program, including "Citizen Osama," which premiered last week and is competing for a 2027 Academy Award nomination.
- While Israel denies deliberately targeting civilians, blaming Hamas for hiding among the population, actress Susan Sarandon noted this week that the narrative regarding Western military support for Israel has "completely changed.
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Israeli whistleblowers detail Gaza civilian toll in Venice film
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Documentary about killing of civilians in Gaza to premiere at Venice Film Festival
'NAZA,' directed by Israelis Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, explores alleged 'systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing'; based on reporting some of which has been challenged by IDF
Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor Lift Lid On Bombshell Doc ‘Naza’ Exposing Israel’s Deliberate Targeting Of Civilian Homes In Gaza – Venice
Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor hit the Venice Film Festival on Thursday with bombshell late competition addition Naza. Based on interviews with 24 Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, the documentary exposes the AI, phone surveillance and crude points-based systems deployed by the Israeli military in Gaza to decide targets, Hamas-related or otherwise, […]
‘No Other Land’ Co-Directors on Their New Hot-Button Doc ‘NAZA’ and Interviewing 24 Israeli Soldiers in ‘Total Secrecy’: ‘There Is Still So Much Denial of What Is Happening’ in Gaza
Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor — who are two of the four co-directors of 2025’s Oscar-winning doc “No Other Land” — are at the Venice Film Festival with new hot-button documentary “NAZA.” Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film shows “in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing […]
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