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NAZA: Film exposing systematic killing in Gaza gets record 24-minute standing ovation at Venice
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<p>A documentary examining the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> military systems behind the mass killing of <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>civilians in Gaza received a record-breaking <a href="https://x.com/Variety/status/2098100091613831627?s=20" target="_blank">standing ovation</a> at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.</p>
<p><em>NAZA</em>, 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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