From The Hollywood Reporter · Scott Roxborough · · 1m 20s
Israel's culture minister targets 'NAZA' directors
A Venice prize-winner about civilian deaths in Gaza has Israel's culture minister calling for the filmmakers' citizenship.
In brief
A Venice prize-winner about civilian deaths in Gaza has Israel's culture minister calling for the filmmakers' citizenship. An Israeli cabinet minister is trying to strip two Oscar-winning filmmakers of citizenship over a documentary, turning a film award into a loyalty test. Originally reported by The Hollywood…
A minister goes after filmmakers
Israel's Culture Minister said he will work to revoke the citizenship of Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor over their documentary NAZA.
The word he used was treason
Writing on X, Zohar called the film "vile" and said it amounts to treason. That is the charge behind the citizenship threat.
“constitutes treason”
Venice gave it a prize
NAZA won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, days before the minister's post.
Twenty-four officers on camera
The film features testimony from 24 Israeli military officers describing the systems and protocols they say Israel uses to target and kill civilians in Gaza.
The title is army shorthand
NAZA comes from an acronym the Israeli military uses for civilian casualties. The filmmakers took the internal term and made it the name.
Oscar winners, now on notice
Abraham and Szor already hold Oscars. The response to their new film is not a review but a proposal to take away where they belong.
The essence
An Israeli cabinet minister is trying to strip two Oscar-winning filmmakers of citizenship over a documentary, turning a film award into a loyalty test.
