Venice Adds ‘Naza,’ Documentary From ‘No Other Land’ Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, to Competition

Home Film Festivals Aug 24, 2026 2:20am PT Venice Adds ‘Naza,’ Documentary From ‘No Other Land’ Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, to Competition By Ellise Shafer Plus Icon Ellise Shafer Latest Meghan Markle in Talks to Join ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 3 3 days ago Trump’s White House Blasts Rosie O’Donnell After ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Hosting Run: A ‘Nasty Woman’ and ‘Total Slob’ 3 days ago Edward Bluemel Suits Up as Detective Poirot in First Look at BBC and BritBox Series ‘Hercule’ 3 days ago See All Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival has made a last-minute addition to its competition lineup: “Naza,” a new documentary from “No Other Land” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. The doc, which was shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, Israel, shows “in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,” according to its official synopsis. “Naza” is produced by The Guardian and James Wilson of JW Films, and is executive produced by Jonathan Glazer. Wilson and Glazer also worked on 2023’s “The Zone of Interest” together, which won the Oscar for best international feature. Abraham and Szor are two of the four co-directors of 2025’s “No Other Land,” which won the Oscar for best documentary feature. That film, which premiered at Berlin Film Festival, showed the destruction of Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community in the West Bank. Popular on Variety “Naza” will screen at Venice Film Festival on Sept. 10 at 5:15 p.m. in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema, in the presence of the directors, producers and Guardian journalists. More to come… Read More About: Naza, No Other Land, Venice Film Festival Jump to Comments More from Variety Emmys 2026 Voters’ Guide: Breaking Down the Early Frontrunners Disney Entertainment TV Chairman Debra OConnell on Emmy Noms, Recognition for ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and the New FX/Hulu Setup Can Jean Smart Become the First Woman in Emmy History to Sweep Every Season of Her Series? Emmys to Move Five Categories Out of NBC Telecast In a Bid to Revamp the Ceremony (EXCLUSIVE) Michael J. Fox Will Be Honored With TV Academy’s Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys Why a Reunion Between the Two Rival TV Academies Is Long Overdue Loading comments...