“One of the best movies of the year”
The Washington Post
“Profoundly revealing”
Screen International
Academy Award® Shortlisted
Holding Liat
2025 • 97’ • USA
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:
Darren Aronofsky, Lance Kramer, Yoni Brook, Ari Handel, Justin A. Gonçalves
TRAILER
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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
CPH:DOX 2026 -
“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.