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HOLDING LIAT

 2025〡USA〡97 MINS〡ENGLISH, HEBREW 

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Berlinale Forum Laurel
Berlinale Documentary Award
Tribeca Laurel
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SYNOPSIS

After Liat Beinin Atzili is kidnapped on October 7th, her Israeli-American family faces their own conflicting perspectives to fight for her release and the future of the places they call home.

TRAILER

CREDITS

DIRECTOR: Brandon Kramer
PRODUCERS: Darren Aronofsky, Lance Kramer, Yoni Brook, Ari Handel, Justin A. Gonçalves
CO-PRODUCER: Hilla Medalia
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Elliott Joseph, Janine Frier, Alexandra Shiva, Ted Haddock, Albert Wenger, Gigi Danziger, Sarena Snider
CONTRIBUTING PRODUCERS: Matthew Sirovich, Jim & Susan Swartz, Hallee Adelman, Margaret & Daniel Loeb, Diane Naughton, Marni Grossman
STORY CONSULTANTS: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, Carol Dysinger, Gordon Quinn
CONSULTING PRODUCERS: Marilyn Ness, Libby Lenkinski
CINEMTOGRAPHERS: Yoni Brook, Omer Manor
EDITOR: Jeff Gilbert
COMPOSER: Jordan Dykstra
SOUND DESIGNER: Tristan Baylis

STATUS

Released
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PRESS

“Emotionally rich, politically thought-provoking… intimate, empathetic… This timely film should find receptive audiences everywhere, and help bring nuance and understanding to a continuing crisis. This profoundly revealing documentary is structured and edited in such a way as to emphasise narrative clarity and the emotional content of its family portraiture.”
– Screen International

"A heartbreaking journey with unexpected humor"
– IndieWire

“Politically potent and emotionally gripping… a lucid portrait… Brandon Kramer does an impressive job revealing the personal and geopolitical aspects of a heartbreaking true story…Kramer’s movie certainly merits attention."
– The Hollywood Reporter

"Helps bring nuance and understanding to a continuing crisis"
– ScreenDaily

“Moving… it shows the possibility of remaining human.”
– Die Tagesspiegel

“The film... writes itself into history.”
– Die Zeit

“Kramer's film succeeds where other documentaries made after October 7th have been less successful — it walks the fine line between very complex psychological and political positions… Its human statement is almost incomprehensible in its nobility but also in its simplicity…”
– Haaretz

“[A] powerful and moving film… Intimate and unobtrusive style.”
– Ynet 

“Impossible not to be moved.”
– Next Best Picture

SELECT FESTIVALS

Berlinale 2025 – Best Documentary Film Award〡Hong Kong International Film Festival 2025〡ZagrebDox 2025〡It's All True 2025〡Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2025〡Docaviv 2025 – Opening Night Film〡Tribeca 2025〡Jewish Film Festival Berlin-Brandenburg 2025 – Best Documentary Award〡DC/DOX 2025〡San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2025〡Woods Hole Film Festival 2025〡Melbourne International Film Festival 2025〡Deauville American Film Festival 2025〡Hamptons International Film Festival 2025 〡Chesapeake Film Festival 2025〡Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2025 〡Chicago International Film Festival 2025 〡Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival 2025〡Rome Film Festival 2025〡Woodstock Film Festival 2025〡Vienna International Film Festival 2025〡Jewish International Film Festival 2025〡Windsor International Film Festival 2025〡Film Festival Globale Mittelhessen 2025〡Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival 2025〡Other Israel Film Festival 2025〡St. Louis International Film Festival 2025〡Israeli Film Festival Brazil 2025〡Verizo International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2025〡Doc NYC 2025〡Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2025〡Hamptons Doc Fest 2025

WORLD PREMIERE - BERLINALE 2025

WORLD PREMIERE - BERLINALE 2025

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE - TRIBECA 2025

FILMMAKER Q&As

MARILYN NESS

in conversation with Protagonist Yehuda Beinin, Director Brandon Kramer, and Producer Lance Kramer

JEHANE NOUJAIM

in conversation with Director Brandon Kramer and Producer Lance Kramer

JUDITH HELFAND

in conversation with Director Brandon Kramer and Producer & Director of Photography Yoni Brook

PETRA COSTA

in conversation with Director Brandon Kramer and Producer Lance Kramer

ONDI TIMONER

in conversation with Director Brandon Kramer and Producer Lance Kramer

STACEY REISS

in conversation with Director Brandon Kramer and Producer & Director of Photography Yoni Brook

SANDI DUBOWSKI

in conversation with Director Brandon Kramer and Producer Lance Kramer

DAN COGAN

in conversation with Producer Lance Kramer and Impact Producer Libby Lenkinski

BRENDA ROBINSON

in conversation with Director Brandon Kramer and Producer Lance Kramer

JUSTINE NAGAN

in conversation with Producer Lance Kramer

MARSHALL CURRY

in conversation with Director Brandon Kramer and Producer Lance Kramer

DIANE BECKER

in conversation with Producer & Director of Photography Yoni Brook and Editor Jeff Gilbert

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