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No Other Land: Oscar-nominated West Bank feature director says films 'can be part of change'

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No Other Land has been nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta for best documentary feature.

It follows the fight over Masafer Yatta , a community of around 20 villages, and the friendship between Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham .

In the film Basel is nearly detained after a protest, his father is arrested, and a soldier shoots a community member in the neck.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967 .

Yuval can travel freely in Israel and the West Bank , but Basel cannot travel into Israel without a permit.

Yuval faced a backlash for his acceptance speech for the best documentary award at Berlin Film Festival , alongside Basel , in which he criticised a "situation of apartheid" and called for a ceasefire in Gaza .

Basel said settlers have "unlimited power" and there is a " daily level of harassment".