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Petition · Global Filmmakers call for the release of Hamdan Ballal [1]
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Date: 2025-03
We, members of the global film community urgently appeal for the immediate release and safety of filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, the recipient of this year's Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us. Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech—core values vital to democratic societies.
We urge immediate intervention to secure Ballal's safety, prompt release, access to his family, and legal counsel.
Signed,
Roger Ross Williams, Alex Gibney, Christine Vachon, Liz Garbus, Ezra Edelman, Dan Cogan, Kristi Jacobson, Julie Goldman, Lee Hirsch, Joslyn Barnes, Fisher Stevens, Dawn Porter, Rory Kennedy, Yance Ford, Laura Nix, Marjan Safinia, Julia Bacha, Simon Kilmurry, Jean Tsien, Jihan Robinson, Sandi Dubowski, Yoruba Richen, Lisa Valencia-Svensson, Ryan Werner, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Daniel Chalfen, S. Leo Chiang, Heidi Ewing, Ivy Meeropol, Maite Alberdi, Beth Levison, Nanfu Wang, Doug Blush, Smriti Mundhra, Steve Maing, Doug Block, Marie Therese Guirgis, Wendy Ettinger, Sonya Childress, David Teague, Susan Margolin, Ferne Pearlstein, Geralyn Dreyfous
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