A documentary examining the Israeli military systems behind the mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza received a record-breaking standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.

NAZA, directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, drew a record-breaking 24-and-a-half-minute standing ovation at its world premiere, the longest at Venice, according to Variety.

The reception surpassed the 22-minute ovation given last year to Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab, which tells the story of the six-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in January 2024.

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[–] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago

Is this another limited hangout slopumentary?

Like an IDF "whistle blowers" or whatever talking about "the really bad stuff" but it's just normal bad stuff and the tip of the iceberg like "I saw a soldier shoot a guy but it turns out he was unarmed... starts crying" and the reporter is looking concerned and empathetic.

We had some docuslop here in Sweden trying to make nerfed version of that UK Killzone Gaza. They gave children cameras (don't worry Israel don't shoot children or reporters) so they could film the day to day of just... running around trying to get food and water or visiting someone in a temporary hospital or whatever... No gore or interview with any IDF hostage survivor or people with missing limbs.

Supposedly to "humanize" Palestinians and "giving them a voice" but the vibe I got was more of a "war is bad and it really makes you think".

shrug-outta-hecks