No Other Land: Oscar-nominated West Bank feature director says films 'can be part of change'

The film by a Israeli-Palestinian group follows the fight over home demolitions by the Israeli army.

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They wonder aloud whether Basel will ever be able to freely visit Yuval's home in Israel, whether Basel's village will get building permits, and whether they will one day have stability.

For years, the friends have been filming the destruction of houses, a well and a school by the Israeli army after a court order declared Basel's community illegal. They tell each other they hope they will change that reality.

Now, that scene has reached some of the world's biggest stages.

The film it is in, No Other Land, has been nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta for best documentary feature.

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