Anastasia<p>If anything our teachers wanted us to learn in my not-so-flawless art academy is that being a filmmaker, like being a journalist, comes with significant social responsibility. Every frame you choose is a political act.</p><p>That is why I have immense respect for filmmakers who stay authentic to their truth regardless. This is the only way to justify the existence of this art.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/24/oscar-winning-palestinian-director-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-and-arrested" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/mar</span><span class="invisible">/24/oscar-winning-palestinian-director-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-and-arrested</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filmnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filmmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoOtherLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoOtherLand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HamdanBallal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamdanBallal</span></a></p>