Interview With "Children No More: Were And Are Gone" Filmmaker Hilla Medalia

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

"Children No More: Were And Are Gone" is a documentary short film directed by Hilla Medalia. It follows activists in Tel Aviv who gather weekly to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Gaza with a silent vigil for the children killed in Israeli attacks. The film had its world premiere at DOC NYC, where it received positive reviews, and has since been nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Medalia was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her experience and work on the film, which you can listen to below. We hope you'll be able to check out the film one day, which currently has no U.S. distributor. It is up for your consideration for this year's Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Imagine a breakfast wrap.
0:03.1	You know the one, because there really is only one.
0:07.6	Sausage, egg, cheese, bacon and a potato rusty all wrapped together.
0:13.2	Yep, there it is.
0:15.4	I think my work here is done.
0:18.5	Serve them until 11 a.m.
0:20.1	You are listening to The next Best Picture podcast,
0:23.0	and this is Daniel Howitt's interview
0:24.4	with the director for Children No More,
0:26.6	We're and are gone, Gila Medalia.
0:29.0	You'll beaishu to you.
0:30.5	You're all of you're boucho the country.
0:33.9	You're sitting here and there are d'amattel.
0:36.3	Go to Gaza.
0:39.3	Go to Gaza. Yeah. We're sitting here and they're having from that Israel, go to Aza! Lachu'll go to Aza! We're nother!
0:40.3	We're not atah!
0:43.3	We're not in a Shepard.
0:46.3	We're not in shock at least
0:48.3	and insook of death
0:51.3	the attack the Uttah
0:53.3	the Uttah. There's a lot of
0:56.0	it's
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