{"product_id":"holding-liat","title":"Holding Liat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca title=\"Community Screenings Form\" href=\"https:\/\/www.collectiveeye.org\/pages\/host-a-screening\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0133\/2562\/files\/WebsiteButton_3bb924f4-b7af-47a7-98d9-8c2765d50eb0_480x480.jpg?v=1718641924\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; float: start;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDirected by:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Brandon Kramer\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026 (educational)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear of Production:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRunning Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 97 min\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e English, Hebrew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubtitle Options:\u003c\/strong\u003e English Closed Captions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects: \u003c\/strong\u003eJewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e      \u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kt_xTj352tw?si=X1XOxaUeVhLXN68y\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e      \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of October 7, 2023, Israeli-American Liat Atzili and her husband Aviv were at home when Hamas attacked their kibbutz. By nightfall, Liat and Aviv are captives in Gaza along with 250 other people - 12 of whom, like Liat, are American citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaught between international diplomacy and a rapidly escalating war, their family must face their own uncertainty and conflicting perspectives in the pursuit of Liat and Aviv’s release. This agonizing process, and the ultimate fate of their loved ones, challenges how the members of the family understand themselves and their place in the conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the intimate lens of a family’s experience, HOLDING LIAT poses complex questions of identity across generations, as the family is thrust into the epicenter of a global conflict rapidly unfolding in real-time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn independent production of Protozoa (BLACK SWAN) and Meridian Hill Pictures (THE FIRST STEP).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e       \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 World Premiere at Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) where it won both the Berlinale Documentary Film Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Winner of the Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution (Best Film) at Hamptons International Film Festival, and Official Selection at 2025 Tribeca Film Festival, DX\/DOX Film Festival, and DocAviv Film Festival\u003cspan class=\"citation-30 citation-end-30\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e      \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-center\"\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Romney - Screen International (UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-center\"\u003e“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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter (US)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-center\"\u003e“Moving… it shows the possibility of remaining human.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Ide - Die Tagesspiegel (Germany)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the filmmaker \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e      \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrandon Kramer is a Washington, DC-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures. Brandon directed HOLDING LIAT, which was shortlisted for the 2026 Academy Awards, won Best Documentary at the Berlin International Film Festival, was selected for the Winner’s Circle at DOC NYC, and was broadcast on BBC Storyville. He also directed THE FIRST STEP, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival; CITY OF TREES, which was distributed by PBS and Netflix; and the Webby Award-winning documentary series THE MESSY TRUTH, which aired on CNN. Brandon’s work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Film Independent, Jewish Story Partners and the National Endowment for the Arts. 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