Holding Liat

2025 • 97’ • USA

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.

Director:
Brandon Kramer

Producer:
Darren Aronofsky, Lance Kramer, Yoni Brook, Ari Handel, Justin A. Gonçalves

  • Documentary Award – Winner
    Berlinale 2025
    Zagrebdox 2025
    It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival 2025
    Hong Kong International Film Festival 2025
    Millenium Docs Against Gravity 2025
    DocAviv 2025
    Tribeca Film Festival 2025
    DC/DOX Film Festival 2025

  • “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.”
    Screen International

    “Politically potent and emotionally gripping… a lucid portrait.”
    The Hollywood Reporter

Filmmaker’s Biography

Brandon Kramer is a Washington, D.C.-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures with his brother Lance. Brandon directed The First Step (Tribeca, AFI DOCS); City of Trees (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, PBS, Netflix); and the Webby Award-winning independent documentary series The Messy Truth (CNN). Brandon is a Film Independent Fellow, a D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellow, a regular collaborator with Kartemquin Films, and a teacher for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Brandon holds a BA in film and cultural anthropology from Boston University.