By Thursday morning, a letter began circulating among AMPAS members, criticizing leadership’s failure to defend Ballal publicly ...

Hamdan Ballal was released on Tuesday by Israeli officials after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

The Academy released a statement on Wednesday condemning "harming artists," but did not name Palestinian director Ballal in it who was detained by the Israeli forces.

“The recent attack on Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal proves that even winning the most prestigious award, an Oscar, does ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized following criticism for its failure to support detained ...

The Academy has apologised to 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal after criticism for failing to address his violent ...

Hamdan Ballal spoke to ABC News on the ... say Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank, and he was ...

we sent a letter in response to reports of violence against Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, connected to his artistic expression. We regret that we failed to directly ...

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Basel Adra, from left, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham accept the award for best documentary feature film for ...