Israeli film about Gaza gets 25-minute ovation at Venice
(From L) Jonathan Glazer, Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham pose at the photocall of ‘Naza’ presented in competition at the festival.
A chilling new documentary about Israel’s AI-powered mass killing of civilians in Gaza from two Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers received a 25-minute ovation at its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 10.
The audience clapped continuously for Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after the screening, an AFP reporter witnessed, setting what is thought to be a new record in Venice after a 23-minute ovation for another film about Gaza last year.
In their film “NAZA,” Abraham and Szor used conversations with 24 different Israeli military or intelligence whistleblowers who spoke on condition that their identities be protected. “We are letting the soldiers and the officers speak about what they did,” Abraham told AFP.
