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Academy Apologizes for Not Naming ‘No Other Land’ Director Hamdan Ballal Amid Outcry From More Than 700 Voters
Mark Ruffalo, Penelope Cruz, Alfonso Cuaron and more than 500 Oscar voters sign letter criticizing Academy's response to Hamdan Ballal kidnapping.
In addition to numerous documentarians including Alex Gibney, Laura Poitras, Liz Garbus and Roger Ross William, members from the Academy’s Actors, Directors and Writers branches lent their names to the letter. Actors such as Olivia Colman, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed, Penélope Cruz, Emma Thompson, Natasha Lyonne, Javier Bardem, Sandra Hüller, Richard Gere, Andrea Riseborough, and Susan Sarandon have signed in solidarity, emphasizing how Ballal’s treatment raises broader concerns about freedom of expression and artistic safety. The Oscar-winning “No Other Land” was made by an Israeli-Palestinian team including Abraham, Ballal, Basel Adra and Rachel Szor and chronicles the fight of a Palestinian community in the West Bank facing displacement by Israeli forces.
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