Filmmaker Tom Shoval crafts a personal cinematic letter to David Cunio, who was abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and has been held hostage in Gaza ever since. Ten years ago, David and his twin brother Eitan starred in Shoval’s award-winning debut feature film Youth (Berlinale 2013), which focused on the powerful bond between brothers and, in a tragic and unimaginable twist of fate, revolved around a kidnapping. Through unedited behind-the-scenes footage and audition tapes from Youth, Shoval builds a multi-layered documentary that explores the inexplicable connections between life and cinema, memory and reality, and the catastrophic consequences of war.

Tickets: General admission: $20 IFF members: $16 (sign up for free here). Promo code will be sent to members.

This screening is brought to the Philadelphia audience in cooperation with Philadelphia Jewish Film + Media, Kaiserman JCC, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia , and the Philadelphia Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.

Country:	Israel
Release Date:	2025
Time:	74 minutes
Genre:	Documentary
Language:	Hebrew with English subtitles
Director:	Tom Shoval
Topics:	Family, October 7th, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict