Gaza documentary ‘NAZA’ beating ‘Avengers Endgame: Encore’ at box office

'NAZA', the award-winning documentary which examines "the systems behind the mass killing of Palestinian civilians", is currently beating the recently re-released Marvel film ‘Avengers Endgame: Encore’ at the Italian box office. The documentary is set to be released globally this month.

NAZA , the Venice-winning documentary about the Israeli attacks on Gaza, is currently beating Marvel’s Avengers Endgame: Encore at the Italian box office.

Directed by Oscar-winners Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the Israeli filmmakers behind No Other Land , NAZA shows “in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,” according to its official synopsis.

Shot in secrecy at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv during the ongoing Gaza war, it features interviews with 24 Israeli military intelligence officers, soldiers and whistleblowers. They describe how Palestinians are targeted and how strikes are carried out using AI and automated surveillance in military targeting systems - despite Israel being aware that civilians are present in targeted areas. The participants' faces and voices were digitally altered to protect their identities.

The 80-minute hot-button doc builds on reporting between 2023 and 2025 published by the Israeli-Palestinian +972 Magazine, the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, and The Guardian. It left this year's Venice Film Festival with the Special Jury Prize and received a record-breaking 25-minute standing ovation at the festival.

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