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.
Overview
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.
Co-Presented with Sephardic Heritage International (SHIN-DC) and MJAM.
In partnership with the Embassy of Israel in Washington DC.
- Dir. Zohar Wagner | 78 min
- Narrative | Israel | 2022
- Hebrew and Arabic with English Subtitles
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