“On Wednesday, 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 acknowledge Mr. Ballal and the film by name,” read an email sent to Academy members Friday by Academy chief executive Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang. “We sincerely apologize to Mr. Ballal and all artists who felt unsupported by our previous statement and want to make it clear that the Academy condemns violence of this kind...

The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has apologised for not acknowledging Hamdan Ballal by name after facing criticism following its initial response to the violent attack on the Oscar-winning No Other Land co-director. As reported by news agency AP, their statement condemned "violence of this kind anywhere in the world". (Also Read | No Other Land director slams US Academy for ‘no public support' to Hamdan Ballal while he was beaten by Israeli soldiers) Hamdan Ballal's No Other Land chronicles the situation in Masafer Yatta. In a...

Academy apologises for statement on attack on Palestinian Oscar winner Earlier this week, Mr Ballal said he was attacked by Israeli settlers before being detained by the Israeli military. He was later released. Mr Ballal is one of the co-directors of the documentary No Other Land, which won an Academy Award earlier this month . The academy apologised for not "directly [acknowledging] Mr. Ballal and the film by name" after nearly 700 voting members, including multiple A-list actors, signed on to a letter critiquing them. The Academy of Motion Picture...