NAZA, the new documentary film directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and produced by The Guardian, has been added to the Main Slate of the 64th New York Film Festival.
Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 64th New York Film Festival will take place from September 25 through October 12, 2026.
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, NAZA reveals the systems behind Israel’s bombing of Gaza and its mass killing of Palestinian civilians.
The film is directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors of the 2024 Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land (NYFF62), and produced by the Guardian and James Wilson (JW Films) and executive produced by Jonathan Glazer. Wilson and Glazer are the Oscar-winning team behind The Zone of Interest (NYFF61).
NAZA is a military acronym euphemistically used by Israeli intelligence to indicate the number of civilians that it expects will be killed in an airstrike. The film builds on revelations first published by the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine, Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, and the Guardian between 2023 and 2025.
It will have its world premiere in competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim said, “NAZA is an important investigative documentary about one of the gravest catastrophes of our time. The film brings critical information to light and, through its singular cinematic language, prompts broader questions of individual and societal complicity and accountability, especially in a time of intersecting global conflicts and endless wars. Like many films in this year’s NYFF slate, it demonstrates cinema’s enduring ability to reflect and engage with the world around us.”
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