At the 2nd International Conference that it is organizing on June 10 at the Athens Concert Hall, the Alexis Tsipras Institute will award the 2025 Prespa Peace Award to the four directors of the award-winning documentary “No Other Land”.

By awarding this documentary, which constitutes an act of resistance and hope by four brave young creators – two Palestinians and two Israelis – the Institute honors all those who fight for freedom and peace, all those hundreds of thousands of people who have sacrificed themselves and all those who lose their lives in regional conflicts.

The award of the 2025 Prespes Peace Prize to Basel Adra, a Palestinian filmmaker living in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian photographer and activist, Yuval Abraham, an Israeli journalist, and Israeli filmmaker Rachel Szor, comes at a time when the global public is watching with anger, sadness, and despair as the killing of civilians continues in Gaza.

And it is precisely at this moment that the world needs this testimony of truth from Basel, Yuval, Hamdan, and Rachel.

A truthful account of what it means to live under the constant threat of being uprooted and losing all you have. A truthful account that shows us the faces of those who are the victims of geopolitical games and interests. A truthful account of their history, their feelings, their memories, their life – suspended in a void.

The four creators, with their collaboration, gave us a great gift and opportunity with “No Other Land”. The opportunity to both understand and believe that the two peoples can meet, communicate and create together, beyond the massacres and the terror, the differences and exclusions, on the basis of their own strength and frankness.

“My people can be truly safe when the people of Basel Adra are truly free and safe.” There is no other way,” said Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham in his emotional speech during their awarding of the 2025 Best Documentary Oscar.

A statement that encapsulates a unique but uncomfortable truth for many. A truth captured by the brave creators, making us participants in the story of a Palestinian family evicted from their home in the West Bank by the Israeli government. An area that has been designated a military zone, where evictions and violent displacement is constantly taking place.

And there, amidst destruction, violence, death, and a tragic impasse, Adra and Abraham open their minds and hearts and experience together the true dimensions of conflict. They see light and hope amidst the rubble and darkness. They realize what the only answer is. And they challenge us to realize that even in one of the most difficult geopolitical environments on the planet, they can walk together towards peace, on the basis of truth.

The four brave creators were threatened, physically abused, and labeled “traitors” because, despite being “eternal enemies.” Yet they found the “invisible” path that brought them face to face with the truth and proved that there is hope and that peace and solidarity among nations can be achieved.

It is no coincidence that “No Other Land” was widely received with strong emotions and enthusiasm and the effort of the four creators of this Palestinian and Israeli collective received many important awards.

At the 2024 Berlin Film Festival, “No Other Land” won the Best Documentary Award and the Audience Award for Best Documentary in the Panorama section.

These distinctions marked the beginning of an impressive path that culminated in winning the 2025 Oscar for Best Documentary.

The Peace Award – which will be received by Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra at the Institute’s 2nd International Conference- signifies an effort by The Alexis Tsipras Institute for Peace, Justice and Sustainable Growth, to contribute in highlighting the importance of truth, empathy, solidarity, and courage.

Because there is no other path to peace.