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NAZA is a filmmaking collective whose documentary won Venice's Special Jury Prize and received the festival's longest standing ovation on record. The filmmakers behind the work, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, have faced political backlash in Israel, with officials proposing measures to strip them of citizenship.
Mike Leigh's Tender Loving Care won the Golden Shell, Best Screenplay and a shared Best Lead Performance prize for Kate O'Flynn at San Sebastián, while La Bola Negra and NAZA took the festival's audience awards.
Benjamin Netanyahu says he will introduce legislation to revoke citizenship from those who criticise Israeli soldiers, directly following NAZA's Venice win and a wave of official condemnation of its filmmakers.
Israel's Culture Minister Miki Zohar says he will move to revoke the citizenship of NAZA directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after their Gaza documentary won a Special Jury Prize at Venice.