Holding Liat
2026 • 1h 37m • Documentary
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Meridian Hill Pictures
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About the film
In the weeks unfolding after Liat is kidnapped, her father resists efforts to use her captivity to justify escalating violence in Gaza, exposing political and emotional rifts within his family as they struggle to find a way to bring her home.
Director
Brandon Kramer
Producer
Lance Kramer, Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Justin Gonçalves
Crew
Yoni Brook, Hilla Medalia, Jeff Gilbert, Jordan Dykstra
Awards & recognition
Berlin International Film Festival
Best Documentary Award
Hamptons International Film Festival
Conflict & Resolution Award
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Critics Grand Jury Award
Festival 2 Valenciennes
Priz du Jury - Compétition Documentaires
Berlin Jewish Film Festival
Best Documentary
Chesapeake Film Festival
Best Documentary
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Nominee, Golden Firebird Award
Doc Aviv Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Best International Film
Exground Film Festival
Courageously Utopian Audience Award
La Baule Festival de la Fiction et du Documentaire Politique
Prix Du Jury Documentaire
DOC NYC
Winners Circle
Academy Awards Oscars Shortlist
Best Documentary Feature
What people are saying
‘"A disarmingly candid portrait of a family for whom unimaginable crisis becomes a source of self-examination, candor and growth."‘
Anne Hornaday
‘"A valuable work...complicates any simple view of the Israel-Gaza war in its portrait of one family’s agonizing divisions."‘
Peter Bradshaw
‘"An extraordinary film about an extraordinary woman...intimate and utterly revealing"‘
Christiane Amanpour
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