Guests:
Brandon Kramer: Director of Holding Liat. Washington, DC-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures with his brother Lance.Lance Kramer: Producer of Holding Liat. Washington, DC-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures with his brother Brandon.
Libby Lenkinski: founding President of Albi, a new fund, institute and lab that uses cultural vehicles to establish paradigm-shifting narratives by and about Palestinians and Jews.
Brandon, Lance and Libby discuss Holding Liat, which premiered in at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, where it won the Berlinale Documentary Award for Best Documentary. It recently had its North American premiere at the Tribeca Festival.
As the filmmakers ready the Trailer for “Holding Liat,” please have a look at the following two clips:
Clip #1 (Tal & Yehuda)
Clip #2 (Going to DC)
Articles mentioned in the episode:
Liat Beinin Atzili’s guest essay, “Choosing Rebirth Over Revenge After My Release From Gaza” in the Opinion section of The New York Times.
Liat Beinin Atzili’s conversation with Hanna Rosin of The Atlantic.
Film Festivals
WORLD PREMIERE
Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), GERMANY
Feb. 13 - 23, 2025
ZagrebDox, CROATIA
Mar. 30 - Apr. 6, 2025
It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival, BRAZIL
Apr. 3 - 13, 2025
Hong Kong International Film Festival, HONG KONG
Apr. 10 - 21, 2025
International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin, GERMANY
Apr. 15 - Jul. 6, 2025
Jewish Film Festival in Berlin & Brandenburg, GERMANY
May. 6 - 11, 2025
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Warsaw, POLAND
May. 9 - 18, 2025
Docaviv Film Festival, ISRAEL
May. 22 - 31, 2025
Die Linse Münster Film Series, GERMANY
May. 25, 2025
Berlin Center for Political Education in association with Hashomer Hatzair in Germany, GERMANY
Jun. 4, 2025
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Tribeca Festival, USA
Jun. 4 - 15, 2025
DC/DOX, USA
Jun. 12 - 15, 2025
Martha’s Vineyard Jewish Film Festival, USA
Jul. 13, 2025
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA
Jul. 17 - Aug. 3, 2025
Woods Hole Film Festival, USA
Jul. 26 - Aug. 2, 2025
Hashomer Hatzair World Movement, AUSTRIA
Jul. 28, 2025
MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival Portugal, PORTUGAL
Jul. 28 - Aug. 3, 2025
Har Mishpacha: The Jewish Congregation on Steamboat Springs, USA
Aug. 2, 2025
Melbourne International Film Festival, AUSTRALIA
Aug. 7 - 24, 2025
The film has many festival engagements both in the U.S. and internationally scheduled for Fall 2025, but those lineups have yet to be announced. Please visit the film’s website for more information.
