Film Festival

Savoy

Dates : May 12, 2024 — May 14, 2024

Winner of Best Director and the Best Editor Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival, this is the gripping true story of Kochava Levy, a young housewife who becomes a fearless hostage mediator. The forgotten heroine of the deadly 1975 Savoy Hotel terror attack in Tel Aviv, Levy transforms herself from a mother and hostage into a negotiator using her fluent Arabic to save countless lives over the course of one night.

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Winner of Best Director and the Best Editor Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival, this is the gripping true story of Kochava Levy, a young housewife who becomes a fearless hostage mediator. The forgotten heroine of the deadly 1975 Savoy Hotel terror attack in Tel Aviv, Levy transforms herself from a mother and hostage into a negotiator using her fluent Arabic to save countless lives over the course of one night.

May 12 screening followed by a conversation with Sephardic Heritage International (SHIN-DC) Director Franz Afraim Katzir and Founder of Mosaic Visions Dee Sanae, moderated by JxJ Artistic Director Yael Luttwak.

Co-Presented with Sephardic Heritage International (SHIN-DC) and MJAM.

In partnership with the Embassy of Israel in Washington DC.