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Naza (12+)

Naza, by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor – two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary * No Other Land* – is a revealing film about the systems behind the large-scale civilian deaths in Gaza.

On the rooftops of Tel Aviv, far from the war zone, Israeli soldiers hold secret talks at night. Step by step, it becomes clear how decisions are made within the army and the intelligence services regarding who is to be targeted, which technologies and procedures are employed, and how many civilian casualties an attack is deemed acceptable to incur. Dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of Palestinian civilians may be regarded as an acceptable price to pay for eliminating a single target. The film thus poses the painful question: how can the killing of innocent civilians become so normalised within a military apparatus that it is no longer seen as a moral or legal problem?

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Naza, by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor – two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary * No Other Land* – is a revealing film about the systems behind the large-scale civilian deaths in Gaza.

On the rooftops of Tel Aviv, far from the war zone, Israeli soldiers hold secret talks at night. Step by step, it becomes clear how decisions are made within the army and the intelligence services regarding who is to be targeted, which technologies and procedures are employed, and how many civilian casualties an attack is deemed acceptable to incur. Dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of Palestinian civilians may be regarded as an acceptable price to pay for eliminating a single target. The film thus poses the painful question: how can the killing of innocent civilians become so normalised within a military apparatus that it is no longer seen as a moral or legal problem?

The title refers to Nezek Agavi, ‘collateral damage’, the Israeli military term for the expected number of civilian casualties resulting from an air strike. The term thus symbolises the dehumanisation that is deeply ingrained in the system: civilian deaths are not a tragic side effect, but a foreseen and accepted part of military operations. Naza premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where the film won the Special Jury Prize.

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  • Regular € 10,00
  • Youth € 8.00 up to 29 years
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