Venice Film Festival Adds “Naza,” a Documentary From ‘No Other Land’ Directors

The Venice Film Festival has added a new documentary, Naza, to its Competition lineup, according to Deadline. The festival’s selection places the film among the slate of projects vying for top honors during the festival’s run. The announcement underscores how international festivals are continuing to build programs around issues tied to the Israel-Gaza war and its humanitarian consequences.

Deadline reports that Naza is directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the same directing team behind No Other Land. The earlier film is cited in the announcement in connection with this new project, indicating continuity in creators and approach as the filmmakers move to another documentary subject.

The Deadline synopsis says Naza was “shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv,” and it describes the film as revealing “in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.” The language is presented as part of the film’s own description, not as a determination by the festival or filmmakers’ critics, and it frames the documentary’s central premise around institutional or operational mechanisms tied to the conflict.

In addition to Abraham and Szor, Deadline ties Naza to The Guardian and to Jonathan Glazer, who are named in the announcement alongside the film’s core creative team. The report does not specify the exact production or commissioning roles for each party in the published summary, but it identifies them as part of the project’s broader backing or involvement.

The Competition slot matters for filmmakers and for audiences because it typically brings increased attention from major media outlets and industry buyers, and it can shape how quickly a documentary’s distribution prospects move from festival presentation to later releases. Venice’s selection also means the film will be screened publicly to an international audience during the festival period.

For viewers concerned about public standards and the role of documentary in wartime coverage, Naza’s promotional framing is likely to be a focal point for debate. The synopsis emphasizes alleged “systems” and “calculated” killing, a characterization that will almost certainly be contested by different sides of the conflict and may affect how the film is received by audiences with differing perspectives.

Deadline’s announcement does not provide further confirmed details in its summary about the documentary’s runtime, release plan beyond Venice, or the presence of specific on-the-record interviewees. It also does not include statements from Israeli officials or other security authorities in the portion of the report describing the selection and synopsis.

As Venice prepares to screen Naza, the film’s Competition inclusion will place its wartime claims and visual material in front of international critics and festival-goers. The next step for confirming how the documentary frames its subject will be the film’s premiere and the availability of further festival materials, including credits and any expanded synopsis published by the festival organizers.