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Holding Liat · LeviOsa

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2025·15

Holding Liat

Documentary1h 37m

🍅95%

🍅

95%

Tomatometer

6.6

TMDB

Storyline

Liat Atzili was kidnapped from her kibbutz on October 7. What begins as a chronicle of her parents, sister, and children's efforts to secure her return, becomes a portrait of conflicting impulses towards anger, indifference, and compassion straining the bonds of one grieving family.

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Details

DirectorBrandon Kramer

ReleasedSep 12, 2025

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide15GB

Studios

Meridian Hill Pictures

Protozoa Pictures

Kartemquin Films

Common Pictures

Gigantic Studios

Cast

Yehuda Beinin

Yehuda Beinin

Self

Chaya Beinin

Chaya Beinin

Self

Tal Beinin

Tal Beinin

Self

Joel Beinin

Joel Beinin

Self

Liat Beinin Atzili

Liat Beinin Atzili

Self

Aviv Atzili

Aviv Atzili

Self (archive footage)

Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell

Self

Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Self

Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen

Self

Ahmed Mansour

Ahmed Mansour

Self

Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu

Self (archive footage)

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Self (archive footage)

Where to watch(NG)

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Apple TV Store

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YouTube

Reviews

9 reviews · 7 critics · 1 fan

7 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Illuminating a conflict that demands change, Holding Liat weaves personal anguish and geopolitical complexity into a powerful, deeply soulful documentary that humanizes an unthinkable ordeal.”

95% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

S

Sonia Rao

RTWashington PostFeb 5, 2026

A way into exploring the fraught emotions and generational divides that exist among the Beinin and Atzili families. The resulting film offers a unique and revealing — but fundamentally incomplete — perspective on the ongoing war in Gaza.

K

Kimber Myers

RTCrooked MarqueeJan 13, 2026

Holding Liat can be viewed as a microcosm of the differing, dividing opinions amongst Jewish people (and the world as a whole) on Gaza, but it’s also simply about a single family at the worst time imaginable.

M

Matt Zoller Seitz

RTRogerEbert.comJan 13, 2026

The movie itself tends more towards the force majeure approach, though it can’t help but get specific when it focuses on Yehuda.

Z

Zachary Goldkind

RTIn Review OnlineFeb 11, 2026

Kramer flimsily offers us a thought experiment, one where the suffering of Palestinians remains on the margins.

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Information

Title

Holding Liat

Released

Sep 12, 2025

Rated

15

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Status

Released

Studios

Meridian Hill Pictures, Protozoa Pictures

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