NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, opened in U.S. theaters on September 30 at the IFC Center in New York City. The film, which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, arrives in America without a traditional studio or independent distributor.
The rollout is led by The Guardian and French company mk2, who assembled a team of U.S. and international partners to manage the release themselves. The film expands to Los Angeles and other markets on October 9, with a national rollout to follow. It is also set for theatrical release in more than 50 territories globally.
Abraham and Szor previously co-directed No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary about displacement in the West Bank. NAZA, produced by The Guardian and James Wilson’s JW Films and executive produced by Jonathan Glazer, documents the systems behind Israeli military operations in Gaza through testimonies gathered in secret in Tel Aviv.
According to Variety, the IDF described the film as presenting a “distorted picture” of events. Israeli Americans protested outside its New York Film Festival premiere. The film drew a standing ovation at its Venice premiere regardless.
The Guardian will make NAZA available free on its website in late November, after the theatrical run concludes. For a documentary of this scale and contention, no paywall is the most radical choice of all.
