“No Other Land,” a buzzy movie co-directed by an Israeli-Palestinian filmmaking collective about the destruction of a West Bank village, takes home the Best Documentary prize at the Spirit Awards.
The win puts the film in strong contention for an Oscar at next week’s Academy Award, though the movie still does not have a distributor.
The filmmakers are not in attendance at the awards ceremony in a beachside tent in Santa Monica, California. The Spirit Awards is the shaggier, more irreverent sister to the Academy Awards, celebrating the best in independent film and television.
Even as it remains in cinematic purgatory, “No Other Land” is still making its way to independent arthouse theaters in more than 20 cities. It is also available to stream for free for residents of Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Also at the awards, Kieran Culkin, considered an Oscar favorite, wins the supporting performance award for “A Real Pain,” about two cousins embarking on a Holocaust tour in Poland.
His director, co-star and writer Jesse Eisenberg wins best screenplay for the film.
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