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“We Had No Choice But to Comply”: Unseen Cinema on Cancelling Screenings of Venice-Winning Gaza Documentary 'NAZA'
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“We Had No Choice But to Comply”: Unseen Cinema on Cancelling Screenings of Venice-Winning Gaza Documentary 'NAZA' Sinema Focus
“We Had No Choice But to Comply”: Unseen Cinema on Cancelling Screenings of Venice-Winning Gaza Documentary 'NAZA'
This page is our briefing, not a reprint of the Sinema Focus report. We logged the item because it sits in the public record around Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, and NAZA.
Context already on this site: NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, premiered in Venice’s 2026 main competition, drew a record standing ovation, and was followed by ministerial attacks, a citizenship-revocation threat, and solidarity letters.
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On Nov 6, 2026, Sinema Focus published: “We Had No Choice But to Comply”: Unseen Cinema on Cancelling Screenings of Venice-Winning Gaza Documentary 'NAZA'. That is the item we summarise on this page — not a reprint of their article.
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The Venice record Sinema Focus is writing about does not vanish because a minister is angry. Abraham said Israelis should watch the film. We keep that line. Cite Sinema Focus for the news. Cite this desk only for the position — we are with the filmmakers, dated Nov 6, 2026.
Unofficial. We support Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. We do not reprint the outlet and we do not invent a donation page.
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