Holding Liat

In the organizer's words:

• US 2025
• 97 min
• Director: Brandon Kramer
• FSK: not specified
• Documentary: Original version with German voiceover and subtitles where applicable

Screenings:

• Thurs., November 20, 2025 - Mon., November 24, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.
• Wed., November 26, 2025 - Wed., November 26, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.

More understanding, intimacy and depth beyond the media spotlight.

A movie, truly shot in the open, following connections, although - when it was started - the events cannot be foreseen. Liat is forcibly abducted from her kibbutz by members of Hamas on October 7, 2023, shortly after which Brandon Kramer shoots with her family. He is there, very close, when the parents Yehuda and Chaya try to deal with their fear - or to influence the fate of their adult daughter and that of her husband in exchange with the authorities. As a US citizen, Yehuda flies to the USA, accompanied by Liat's son, who is not only burdened by the public attention, and Liat's sister, who will try to intercept Yehuda's temper and anger. Because polarization also exists in this family: despite his pain, the father takes a critical view of Israel's role in the Middle East conflict, is a pacifist and will not be dissuaded from the path of reconciliation, even in the geopolitical epicentre of diplomacy and trauma. He persistently swims against the tide, takes on himself and everyone else and berates the Israeli government. An open movie of the hour. Insights do not come from politics, but from Liat's family.