HOLDING LIAT

Q&A with director Brandon Kramer and producer Lance Kramer on:
- Fri, Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m., moderator TBA
- Sat, Feb. 7, 6:15 p.m., moderated by Sky Sitney, co-founder and festival director, DC/DOX
- Sun, Feb. 8, 3:30 p.m., moderator TBA

On 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 were captives in Gaza along with 250 other people — 12 of whom, like Liat, were American citizens. Caught between international diplomacy and a rapidly escalating war, their family must face their own uncertainty and conflicting political 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. Through 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. DIR Brandon Kramer; PROD Darren Aronofsky, Lance Kramer, Yoni Brook, Justin A. Gonçalves, Ari Handel. U.S., 2025, color, 97 min. In English and Hebrew with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Run Time: 97 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, February 06, 2026

Genre: Documentary