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NAZA

Naza (HKAFF)

殺戮代號︰NAZA (HKAFF)

A window into systems of mass killing.

8.1/10 Great 54 votes

Released
06 Oct 2026
Runtime
80 min
Original title
NAZA
Language
en

Documentary

The verdict

Audiences rate it 8.1 out of 10 on TMDB across 54 votes — a strong score. It is playing 41 times at 3 cinemas across 3 districts, from HK$60 to HK$130 depending on cinema and time. The cheapest seat is at Broadway Cinematheque in Yau Ma Tei, HK$60. 80 minutes.

What it is about

Under the cover of night on Tel Aviv rooftops, Israeli intelligence operatives break their silence to expose the chilling mechanics behind modern warfare. Filmed in secret over three years, this unflinching investigation confronts the lethal deployment of artificial intelligence in Gaza, where black-box algorithms systematically reduce living families into cold data points. As automated surveillance turns airstrikes into an assembly line of calculated destruction, what remains of human conscience when life and death are outsourced to code?

 

Special Jury Prize, Venice International Film Festival
 

What to expect

Shot in secret across three years, Naza (HKAFF) listens to Israeli intelligence operatives on Tel Aviv rooftops as they describe how artificial intelligence is used to select targets in Gaza. The movie is built almost entirely around these interviews, and the talk is precise, technical, and quietly horrified — ex-soldiers explaining how a black-box algorithm turns a family into a data point, and how that data point becomes an airstrike. It won the Special Jury Prize at Venice. Playing as part of the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, it has 14 screenings over the next seven days across two cinemas in two districts; tickets start at HK$60. The movie runs 80 minutes, is in English with English and Chinese subtitles, and is for adults who can sit with a grim, testimony-driven documentary about automated warfare.

Trailer

Cast

  • Yuval Abraham Self

Crew

  • Director Yuval Abraham
  • Director Rachel Szor
  • Director of Photography Rachel Szor
  • Editor Yuval Abraham
  • Editor Rachel Szor
  • Executive Producer Jonathan Glazer
  • Producer James Wilson
  • Executive Producer Harriet Gugenheim
  • Executive Producer Joseph Schull
  • Executive Producer Wendy Vanden Heuvel
  • Producer Lindsay Poulton
  • Producer Harry Davies

Where to watch it

40 screenings at 3 cinemas over the next week, from HK$60.

Cinema District Formats Screenings Next Price
Broadway Cinematheque Yau Ma Tei — 18 Fri 10:40 HK$60–100 cheapest
PALACE ifc Central — 12 Fri 10:30 HK$80–130
PREMIERE ELEMENTS (Kowloon Station) Tsim Sha Tsui — 10 Fri 10:45 HK$60–110

Prices and times are as published by the cinemas and can change. Cinema names link through to the full timetable and booking.

What viewers said

You can simply find a person, sit them down in the dark, and declare that the absence of evidence is an artistic device. And there you are - Venice applauds you.

ohd45 · read in full

Pure propaganda against all the evidence showing the opposite. It's what the leftist extremists love to see and it helps propagating hamas' fake narrative. Watch it for the trash that it is. Then have a look at all the real footage from hamas that that was made by hamas self on October 7th.

Puffypoofy · read in full

Common questions

How long is the movie?
80 minutes.
What language is it in, and are there subtitles?
English, with English and Chinese subtitles.
Is it suitable for children?
No. The subject is automated killing and mass-casualty warfare, described in detail by former operatives.
Where is it playing in Hong Kong this week?
14 screenings over the next seven days, at two cinemas in two districts. Tickets from HK$60.

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