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NAZA’s 25-Minute Venice Standing Ovation: What Happened

Reports from the Venice Film Festival described a roughly 25-minute standing ovation after NAZA’s premiere.

The premiere reaction

The Guardian reported that the audience in the Sala Grande in Venice stood and applauded the film-makers for 25 minutes after the screening.

What an ovation tells us

It shows the strength of the festival-room reaction; it does not substitute for audience data, critical consensus or factual verification.

October 7 context

NAZA examines the war that followed the Hamas-led October 7 attack. Explore documented footage and evidence from the events that preceded the military campaign.

See all October 7 footage

Looking for Naza: The Real Story?

That is a separate 49-minute documentary by Roi Danino, Ariel Averbuch and Hagay Gutman. The full film is free to watch on its official site.

Watch Naza: The Real Story