Ahead of its exclusive streaming premiere on Paramount+ planned for this fall, the documentary We Will Dance Again examining Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel has been slated for a two-day theatrical run nationwide in partnership with Iconic Events Releasing.
The film will first open at Laemmle Encino in Los Angeles for a week-long Oscar qualifying run beginning on August 23, ahead of the advanced event screenings on Friday, August 29 and Sunday, September 1 in select theaters across the country. Watch a trailer above.
As recounted in the forthcoming documentary from director Yariv Mozer (The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes), the Nova Music Festival was supposed to be a celebration of life, love and music for thousands of young people but became one of the first targets when Hamas launched the deadliest terror attack in Israel’s history on October 7th of last year. Told through the eyes of more than a dozen survivors, many of whom videotaped their experiences as the massacre unfolded, the film weaves together eyewitness accounts from more than a dozen survivors along with footage captured by both the victims and Hamas.
Pic is a co-production of See It Now Studios, SIPUR and factual producer Bitachon 365 in collaboration with MGM Television, a division of Amazon MGM Studios, and HSCC. Other co-producers include BBC Storyville, which will broadcast the documentary in the UK, and Hot Channel 8, which will air it in Israel.
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Exec producers of the doc include Sheldon Lazarus, Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Ben Turner and Gabe Turner for Bitachon 365; Emilio Schenker, Michael Peter Schmidt and Gideon Tadmor for SIPUR; Dari Shay, Rinat Klein, Haim Slutsky and Dorit Hessel for HSCC; Lucie Kon for BBC Storyville; Arturo Interian; and Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong for See It Now Studios.
States Susan Zirinsky, President of See It Now Studios, “The human cost of the Hamas attack in Israel and the war that followed in Gaza has been catastrophic for both Israelis and Palestinians. It is a painful story of unfathomable tragedy, but also of bravery, sacrifice, and heroism. This film is a document of history, of one of the attacks that began on October 7th at 6:29 in the morning.”
Iconic Events Releasing’s President Steve Menkin added that the company “is proud to partner with Paramount+, See It Now Studios and SIPUR to give audiences the opportunity to hear these personal accounts and provide insight into exactly what happened on that harrowing day. The importance and profound impact of this extraordinary documentary cannot be doubted and we are honored to bring it to movie theatres nationwide.”
Chris Grant’s Osmosis Global holds worldwide television sales rights to We Will Dance Again.