NAZA ranks third in Italy’s all-time cinema documentary tally, producer says

NAZA is Italy’s third most-watched documentary in cinemas of all time, with 717,517 admissions, its producer the Guardian says. Only Fahrenheit 9/11 and The March of the Penguins rank ahead of it. Admissions count cinema visits, not box-office revenue.

The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2026 and won its Special Jury Prize. I Wonder released it in Italy on 29 September, and it was still playing in 379 Italian cinemas when the November 11 admissions figures were published, so its run was continuing.

The investigation and its audience

Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, co-directors of the Oscar-winning No Other Land, directed NAZA. Based on interviews with Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, the film investigates the Israeli military’s use of superintelligence (SI), phone surveillance and scoring systems to identify targets in Gaza, including strikes on homes where family members could also be killed, Deadline says.

Figures compiled by producers the Guardian and JW Films put worldwide theatrical admissions at 1.55 million across 47 territories as of 6 November 2026. The Italian tally was nearly half that worldwide total. Separately, Deadline says the film grossed $13.5 million outside the United States and more than $1 million in the US.

The Guardian plans to stream NAZA free worldwide on theguardian.com in early December 2026. The producer says it is preparing the online release for an audience in multiple languages.