The documentary, Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre, which was produced by Kan, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation, won the German Television Academy Award for Best Documentary on Wednesday.
Supernova was created by Yossi Bloch, Noam Pinchas, and Duki Dror, together with the German production company Gebrueder Beetz, recently renamed Beetz Brothers.
In his acceptance speech, Dror dedicated the award to the nearly 400 victims of the Supernova massacre and mentioned the 101 abductees still held in Gaza by Hamas. About 40 of those among the 240 people taken hostage almost a year ago on October 7 were abducted at the music festival.
Supernova was screened before members of US Congress and was broadcast in dozens of countries worldwide including BBC2 in England, Italy’s RAI 3, and RTVE in Spain. It has also been screened in the presence of survivors at film festivals around the world.
The film presents testimonies from the survivors, which were taken a few days after the massacre. It also shows videos taken by them and by other young people who were at the party, many of whom were killed or kidnapped.
The creators made the film to raise awareness of the shocking massacre, especially in light of the voices around the world denying – and actually justifying – the killings. The film has been screened at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania, where dozens of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel demonstrations were held.
Not the only documentary on Oct. 7 to gain traction
Another documentary on the events of October 7, known as We Will Dance Again, was shown on the Israeli channel Hot 8 the same day Dror’s film won the award.
The director of We Will Dance Again, Yariv Mozer, said he had agreed with the BBC not to describe Hamas as a terrorist organization if he wanted it to air, despite the UK designating Hamas as such.
Mathilda Heller contributed to this report.
This article was originally published at www.jpost.com
