Directed by Lior Chefetz
Narrative Feature | Israel | 2023 | 113 min | Hebrew

PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE
Sinai Desert, Yom Kippur War, 1973. In a remote outpost, a company of Israeli soldiers are overwhelmed by a sudden Egyptian onslaught. After a week of ceaseless assaults, the survivors face imminent doom. With lives hanging by a thread, a young lieutenant and an army doctor confront a soul-shattering choice: a desperate last stand or a perilous gamble that could betray everything they stand for.

Preceded by A GREAT BIG SECRET
Directed by Yoav Potash
Documentary Short | USA | 2024 | 13 min | English

In this lovingly crafted profile, Dutch-born Holocaust survivor and retired teacher Anita Magnus Frank narrates her story from childhood trauma to adult healing, when she finally opened up to the world as one of World War II’s “hidden children,” dramatized with a collage-like combination of interviews, archival footage, and animation.

Director’s Bio

Lior Chefetz is an award-winning writer/director whose films have screened in various film festivals around the world. His family adventure film, Sky Raiders (2019), won the Israeli Film Fund production grant, was produced by UCM-United Channels Movies, and released in Israeli theaters in summer 2019 by United King Films. Lior co-wrote The Doorman (2020), a female-driven action-thriller starring Ruby Rose (The Meg, Batwoman) and Jean Reno (Leon: The Professional) and directed by Ryûhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train). For television, he wrote screenplays for The Cops (2021), a crime drama directed by Rotem Shamir (Fauda), season two of The Grave (2019), a sci-fi drama directed by Omri Givon (Hostages, When Heroes Fly), and Split (2015-16), a sitcom television series created by Daniel Lappin. Lior’s short film, The Godmother (2010), screened in 40 international film festivals, winning multiple awards including “Best Director” in the Shanghai International Film Festival, “Audience Award” in Beijing, First Look, “Best Film” in Methodfest, NYC Soho International, FirstGlance, and the Festivus Film Festival, to name a few. Lior’s Coca-Cola commercial Presto! was nominated for the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker’s Award. His other shorts, such as Night in Shenkin St. (2003) and Diesel Vampire (2013), became viral hits. Lior’s education includes a degree in graphic design and visual effects from Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design and MFA in directing from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.

Yoav Potash is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and social justice advocate. For his work in producing and directing Crime After Crime (2011), Yoav has earned many awards including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, The National Board of Review’s Freedom of Expression Award, The Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism, and over 20 other top honors for documentaries in the US and abroad. Crime After Crime and the accompanying outreach campaign that Yoav founded have helped spark Free from Abuse, a project to change criminal justice legislation in multiple US states. The film is now available on Amazon Prime. Yoav’s other recent work includes the documentary Food Stamped (2010), winner of the Jury Prize at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival and an official selection of Whole Foods Market’s online film festival, Do Something Reel. Food Stamped was nationally broadcast on Pivot, Participant Media’s cable/satellite network. Yoav also produces content for many top corporations including Apple and Neutrogena, as well as for leading nonprofit foundations and social services agencies. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley where he earned the university’s top prize in creative writing. He is currently writing a screenplay for a dramatic motion picture based on Crime After Crime.

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