NAZA

Naza opens at Phoenix Picturehouse on Tuesday 20 October, and it's staying for a long run. It's an 80-minute documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, and it's one of the most vital releases of 2026.

The film was shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv. It records secret conversations in which the people who designed and operated the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza reveal what happened. Much of what the film brings to light was published almost immediately by The Guardian — one of the film's producers — in collaboration with +972 Magazine and Local Call following the October 7th attacks.

Abraham and Szor were two of the four co-directors of the 2024 Oscar winner No Other Land. Between them, they're an investigative journalist and a cinematographer, and they describe making Naza out of a sense of obligation to examine these systems from their position as Israelis. That background informs the whole thing: the secret recordings, the focus on the people inside the machine, and the way it works from the inside out.

It's running at the Phoenix for nearly two weeks, so there's plenty of room to fit it in. The first screening is Tuesday 20 October at 5.45pm, followed by Wednesday 21 October at 4.00pm, Thursday 22 October at 5.45pm, Friday 23 October at 3.50pm, Saturday 24 October at 3.45pm, Sunday 25 October at 2.55pm, Monday 26 October at 3.35pm, Tuesday 27 October at 2.30pm, Wednesday 28 October at 8.15pm, and Thursday 29 October at 8.45pm. If you miss that window, it's also screening at Oxford's Ultimate Picture Palace in early November: Monday 2 November at 8.30pm, Tuesday 3 November at 6.30pm, and Wednesday 4 November at 3.45pm. The Phoenix is at 57 Walton Street, OX2 6AE.