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Israel, Palestine and the Films No One Will Buy

The Hollywood Reporter · September 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Israel, Palestine and the Films No One Will Buy

In the space of a single week, the Toronto International Film Festival will premiere an Israeli drama about Oct.

7 — Avi Nesher’s Our Loves and Hosam Abu Dan’s Thirteen in Gaza , a portrait of a father and his teenage daughter navigating life as refugees, shot entirely in Gaza during the ongoing war.

Both screenings are sold out.

Both will likely struggle to find a U.S. buyer. (Gersh and Other Angle Pictures are handling sales on Our Loves at TIFF; MAD World has Thirteen in Gaza .)

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Israel, Palestine and the Films No One Will Buy

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