Gaza documentary produced by the Guardian to receive world premiere at Venice film festival
The Guardian • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The documentary NAZA, directed by Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival and is the only documentary competing for the Golden Lion this year.
- Produced by the Guardian with Jim Wilson and executive produced by Jonathan Glazer, NAZA investigates Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza, focusing on the calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians.
- The film’s title, NAZA, is an Israeli military acronym used by intelligence to euphemistically denote the expected number of civilian casualties in an airstrike.
- NAZA is based on investigative reporting conducted between 2023 and 2025 by Israeli-Palestinian publication +972, Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, and the Guardian.
- Directors Abraham and Szor previously co-directed the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, praised for its sober and sobering portrayal of the conflict.
