FRONT ROW, which was filmed on Entertainment, has acquired the Rights of the Middle East and North Africa of an Academy Award Documentary Film No other landBy Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Ibrahim.
Elie Toma shocked the Middle East and North Africa deal in the face of the front row and Stephanie Fox at the Austrian sales company Velocalis, which oversees international sales.
This announcement comes amid a new reaction against the documentary in the United States, where Mayor of Miami was accused of censorship after he threatened to close the arthouse cinema that shows the work.
It was filmed between 2019 and 2023, No other land The struggle of people who live in the Palestinian villages of Masifer Yata in the West Bank picks up attempts by the Israeli authorities and settlers to erase their homes and history from the map. Israeli settlers have continued to attack the region since Oscar won the film on March 2.
The documentary follows the ADRA trip, where he documented his hometown, after his appointment to Israeli military training. His efforts to raise awareness gained momentum with the support of Israeli journalist Yuval Ibrahim, who broke his novel.
The work world was presented for the first time in 2023 in Berlinali, where he won the Audience Award and the Berlinale Documentary Award, with Ibrahim's controversy after criticizing the “racist chapter” in Israel and called for a ceasefire in Gaza in a letter of acceptance.
Ibrahim later received death threats and accused the anti -Semitism. The journalist and film director, who is from a family destroyed in the Holocaust, has categorically refuted these accusations.
Since the first show, No other land He won 68 cinematic festivals and annual awards, including European Film Awards, Bostham Independent Film Awards.
However, the film was not able to secure a distributor in the United States, and the best documentary victory category in the 2025 Academy Awards, which was the first time that a documentary of an Oscar was wrapped without attaching a distribution company.
Instead, filmmakers have chosen self -distribution in partnership with contextual media, which facilitated theatrical reservations.
The documentary was first shown on February 2 on one screen, with a total of $ 26,000, and continued to prosper for an additional four weeks, exceeding a mark of $ 1.2 million and expanded to 120 screens.
The front row is not strange to deal with difficult movies. Earlier this year, the company issued the second Netflix Origelal, Sand CastleWhich explored the topics of displacement and post -traumatic disorder under the guise of horror narration in the atmosphere, to achieve the 10 best cases on Netflix for two weeks in more than 77 countries.
Other modern versions include their list Articleand traineeand Emilia PerezAnd Bibi files.
The front row also contains a history of working with politically charged films. He supervised the first theatrical release of a documentary in the cinema in Mina with Michael Moore Fahrenheit 9/11While other acquisitions include films such as 20 days in MariolpolAli Abbasi Sacred spiderAnd Nadine Labaki's Where do we go now?.
Gianluca Chakra, CEO of FRON ROW, stressed the importance of presentation There is no other landO masses of the Middle East and North Africa.
“In a world full of dominant novels, it is necessary to look at various views. He said that this film presents a unique perspective, as United filmmakers bring together Adel's vision.” The shots presented are striking and in advance. We have an obligation to make sure it reaches the masses. Through the lens of these directors, the camera turns into a powerful tool for truth and resistance, and protecting the history of their village. “
Front Row plans to release the theatrical film in the selected cinemas, followed by a distinguished VOD version across the Middle East and North Africa.
