Los Angeles Times

Film academy apologizes to ‘No Other Land’s’ Hamdan Ballal after members decry ‘indefensible’ response

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors has issued an apology to Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” following backlash surrounding ...
Deadline.com

Academy Apologizes For Not Naming ‘No Other Land’ Or Its Co-Director In Statement Denouncing Attacks On Artists

The top brass at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued an apology today for not mentioning Oscar-winning No Other Land co-director Hamdan Ballan or the film by name in its initial ...
Deadline.com

‘No Other Land’ Director Says “US Academy Declined To Publicly Support Hamdan Ballal” Following Attack And Detainment

Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham at the 2025 Oscars Kelsey McNeal/Disney via Getty Images No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham has claimed that the “US Academy, which ...
IndieWire

‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Yuval Abraham Claims the Academy ‘Refused’ to Publicly Support Hamdan Ballal After Attack

"Several US Academy members — especially in the documentary branch — pushed for a statement, but it was ultimately refused," Abraham said. Abraham and Ballal co-directed “No Other Land,” which showed ...
Variety

Academy Stirs Outrage After Not Mentioning ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal in Statement Condemning ‘Harming or Suppressing Artists’

Ballal was released by Israeli authorities on Tuesday after his co-director Yuval Abraham wrote on X the day prior that he had gone missing after being attacked. “A group of settlers just lynched ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Academy “Refused” to Publicly Support Hamdan Ballal, Says ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director

Yuval Abraham called out the organization's silence after an Oscar winner was detained: "We were told that because other Palestinians were beaten up in the settler attack, it could be considered ...
Variety

‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Says U.S. Academy ‘Refused’ to Issue Statement in Support of Hamdan Ballal: They Were ‘Silent When a Filmmaker They Honored Needed Them ...

Yuval Abraham, one of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” has criticized the Academy for not commenting on the attack of his Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal.