A special screening of this Oscar winning documentary, showing in collaboration with Amnesty International and Orkney Friends of Palestine. There will be a live introduction before the film, alongside a display of information and Palestinian Fairtrade products for sale in the cinema foyer.

For half a decade, a Palestinian activist films his community being destroyed by Israel's occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community's mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free.

This film, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice. Directed by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor.

Winner of the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, nominated for the Best Documentary BAFTA, as well as winning and receiving nominations for multiple other awards.

Reviews:

"Essential Viewing" 5 Stars The Guardian

"a stirring vision for what could be – Israelis and Palestinians working together in the name of justice, collaborating toward a world where both are free." 5 Stars The Guardian

“could open eyes and change minds.” Variety

“shattering” Variety

“A frank, devastating protest against Israel’s West Bank occupation” Variety

“A devastating portrait” THR

“A sobering offering for the politically urgent moment” THR

“Vital and wrenching” Indiewire

“[a] must-see documentary” Indiewire

“[a] harrowing and unforgettable portrait of endurance” Indiewire

“Concise, powerful and damning” Indiewire

“Urgent and eye-opening” Screen Daily

“The filmmakers offer a shred of hope in this transnational act of solidarity and resistance” Cineuropa

“Tightly wound, elegantly composed” “In the hands of these filmmakers the camera becomes a weapon for truth and resistance” “A vital documentation of a people under siege” RogerEbert.com

"Powerful" “It is a story about power and it needs to be told” The Film Stage

“Searing as raw as the emotions it captures” Slant Magazine

“With exceptional lucidity, No Other Land reminds us of the human stakes of Israel’s resettlement of the West Bank” Slant Magazine

“No Other Land is a case study in the labor of activism and methods of resistance.” Hyperallergic

“The film is a harrowing document of life under Israeli occupation and expulsion” Financial Times

“This is the film to watch” “No other Land exemplifies the bravery and patience of activists and journalists” “captures inhumanity with humanity” 5 Stars Little White Lies

“eye-opening” 4 Stars The Skinny

“No Other Land is a work of tremendous bravery” Indiewire

“No Other Land is the year's most powerful documentary” Vulture