SAVOY

In a new hybrid documentary, fiction-docu film, Zohar Wagner tells the story the deadly 1975 Hotel Savoy terror attack in Tel Aviv from the perspective of a forgotten heroine. Savoy tells the story of Kochava Levy, a young woman of Yemeni descent, who served as mediator between PLO terrorists and the IDF while being held hostage in Tel Aviv – during the night of the deadly 1975 Hotel Savoy terror attack. Over the course of one night, she transformed herself into a fearless heroine. The film intertwines rare archival materials that were never released as well as re-enacted scenes from the night of the attack.

Official Screenings:

• Best Editing Award, Best Art Direction Award: Ophir Awards 2022 (Israel Film Academy) 
• Best Documentary Director Award, Best Editing Award: Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel 2022
• International Competition: Fipadoc Biarritz, France 2023
• International Competition: Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA 2023
• International Competition: IMPACTE! Human Rights Film Festival Of Catalonia, Spain 2023
• As If In A Mirror: Krakow Film Festival, Poland 2023
• Documentary Competition: Israeli Film Festival of Paris, France 2023
• Pitigliani Kolnoa Festival: Israeli & Jewish Film Festival of Rome, Italy 2023
• San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA 2023
• Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, USA 2023
• Seattle Jewish Film Festival, USA 2023
• Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, USA 2023
• FIPADOC 2023 (International Documentary Selection)

Financial Support & Awards:

• Docs Barcelona 2020 – Public Pitch Event – winner of “Outstanding Pitch”
• CoPro 2020 Tel Aviv
• IFP Week 2020 New York
• FIPADOC 2021 – Public Pitch Event – Winner of “Outstanding Pitch”
• WEMW 2021 Trieste – Public Pitch Event
• CoPro 2021 Tel Aviv – Public Pitch Event