Horizons / Michtav Le'David / Israel, USA 2024
In 2013, director Tom Shoval was present at the Berlinale with Youth, a drama about twin brothers whose strong bond is tested by the dramatic events of a kidnapping. By a twist of fate, one of the actors, David Cunio, was kidnapped by Hamas ten years later during the October 7 massacre and has been held captive ever since. Shoval’s documentary A Letter to David is half remembrances and half a message to David from his family, friends, and the director himself. Working with a large number of archival materials and heart-rending testimony about the events of that day, the film had its premiere this year as part of the Berlin film festival’s prestigious Berlinale Special section.
Marek Čermák
74 min / Color, DCP
Director Tom Shoval
/ Screenplay Tom Shoval
/ Dir. of Photography Yaniv Linton
/ Music Asher Goldschmidt
/ Sound Itzik Cohen
/ Editor Margarita Linton, Maya Kenig
/ Producer Alona Refua, Maya Fischer, Roy Bareket, Nancy Spielberg
/ Production Green Productions, Playmount Productions
/ Sales Go2Films Distribution & Marketing
Tom Shoval (1981, Israel). Selected filmography: Youth (2013), Hatzaka (2016, short), Shake Your Cares Away (2021), A Letter to David (Michtav Le'David, 2024, doc.), Life Without Credit (2025).
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