{"id":207742,"date":"2025-10-18T01:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/207742\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T01:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:08:07","slug":"no-other-land-to-be-self-released-on-us-platforms-after-unethical-mubi-deal-rejected-no-other-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/207742\/","title":{"rendered":"No Other Land to be self-released on US platforms after \u2018unethical\u2019 Mubi deal rejected | No Other Land"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land<\/a> is to be self-released on US streaming platforms next week after a rejection of a Mubi offer.<\/p>\n

The film, which follows the forced displacement of Palestinians from their homes in Masafer Yatta by Israeli forces, was self-released in US cinemas after it could not find distribution. It won the best documentary Oscar and made $2.5m at the US box office.<\/p>\n

No Other Land will be made available to watch at home for the first time in the US on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian<\/a>–Israeli<\/a> collective behind the film rejected a deal from Mubi, the company behind hits such as The Substance, after controversy over its ties<\/a> to an investment firm linked to the Israeli military.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis film shows the reality of Israeli occupation and oppression against Palestinians \u2013 but that truth apparently didn\u2019t fit the narrative that big US streamers wanted to promote,\u201d said co-director Basel Adra.<\/p>\n

Co-director Yuval Abraham added: \u201cIn addition to being unethical, it made no sense to us that they would take our film showing Israel\u2019s oppression of Palestinians, and then also partner with a company contributing to that oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film-makers have also announced that 100% of the proceeds will go directly to Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta.<\/p>\n

Mubi faced backlash earlier this year when it was announced it had secured $100m in funding from Sequoia Capital. The firm is linked to Kela, a defense tech firm founded in July 2024 by four veterans of the Israeli military. Kela is currently developing a battlefield operating system enabling militaries to integrate AI<\/a> with commercial technology.<\/p>\n

A list of film-makers, including Joshua Oppenheimer and Miguel Gomes, called on Mubi<\/a> to cut ties with the firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beliefs of individual investors do not reflect the views of Mubi,\u201d a statement read in defence of the relationship. \u201cWe take the feedback from our community very seriously, and are steadfast in remaining an independent founder-led company.\u201d<\/p>\n

At this year\u2019s Venice film festival, the drama The Voice Of Hind Rajab<\/a>, about a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, won a number of awards, including the Grand Jury prize. It since garnered celebrity support from executive producers Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix, yet it remains without US distribution.<\/p>\n

A source claimed to Deadline<\/a> that \u201cbuyers are passing out of fear\u201d.<\/p>\n

The recent Gaza ceasefire agreement comes after the deaths of about 66,000 Palestinians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land is to be self-released on US streaming platforms next week after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-207742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}