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Jeers for Israel and a top award for a doc about hostages at Berlin film festival

JL;DR SUMMARY The Berlin International Film Festival awarded the top documentary prize to "Holding Liat," a poignant film about an Israeli family dealing with the aftermath of a Hamas attack that led to the abduction of Liat Beinin Atzili and the murder of her husband. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasProtestsDocumentaryHostagesEmpathyBerlin International Film FestivalHolding LiatTricia TuttlePolitics In Film

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Berlin, Germany
"A powerful film about an Israeli familys ordeal since the Hamas terror attack of Oct. 7, 2023 has won the top documentary prize at this years Berlinale film festival, one year after a film about West Bank Palestinians took home the same award."
Kibbutz Nir Oz, Southern District, Israel
"follows the family of Liat Beinin Atzili after Hamas terrorists abducted her from Kibbutz Nir Oz."
Hong Kong
"And Hong Kong director Jun Li, whose film had nothing to do with Israel, chanted From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free a phrase that is against the law here in some circumstances from the stage."
Central District, Israel
"Last years winning documentary, No Other Land, by an Israeli-Palestinian team, skewered Israel for its treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank."

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