United States 2025, 97 min, Hebrew and English, Hebrew & English subtitles
On the morning of October 7, Liat and Aviv Atzili, a couple from Kibbutz Nir Oz, went missing. When it became clear that Liat was alive and being held captive by Hamas, her family’s lives turned into a race against time to bring her home. Her father, Yehuda, her sister, Tal, and her young son, Neta, become advocates in a struggle spanning continents. Throughout this struggle, Yehuda never gives up on the courageous, complex, yet profoundly logical message that he and Liat believe in: The only possible solution lies in recognizing the humanity of those on the other side of the conflict. Berlinale Documentary Film Award winner Holding Liat sensitively portrays the deep fracturing of an entire society through the experiences of a family desperately clinging to shreds of hope as war rages on around them.
Previous Festivals: Berlinale (Berlinale Documentary Award)
