Naza

Naza is screening at The QUAD in Derby from 1 November to 7 November, with the final showing on the 7th at 15:15. It's a documentary shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, and it works its way into the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, told through secret conversations with the people who designed and operated them.

The title itself comes from a military acronym used by Israeli intelligence to indicate the number of civilians they expect will be killed in an airstrike. That's the starting point for the whole thing: the cold, bureaucratic language used to describe death on a mass scale. The film runs 77 minutes and is presented in Hebrew, English and Arabic with English subtitles. It's directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the same filmmakers behind No Other Land, and Sight & Sound called it 'an essential, devastating documentary'.

It's worth remembering where this is playing, too. The QUAD is a registered charity and the cinema of Derby, and it does more than just run screenings. They aim to nurture talent by showcasing regional filmmakers and they hold regular introductions, Q&As and film courses. They also run accessible cinema with descriptive subtitled screenings and Audio Description, so it's a place that thinks about who's in the room as much as what's on the screen.

Tickets are £10.50 standard and £8.50 concession. The run goes until 7 November, with that last showing at 15:15.