We Will Dance Again
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| We Will Dance Again | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Yariv Mozer |
| Written by | Yariv Mozer |
| Produced by | Michal Weits[1][2] |
| Cinematography | Shahar Reznik Nir Maman |
| Edited by | Yasmin Novak Roi Belbirski |
| Music by | Tal Yardeni |
| Distributed by | Paramount+ (United States) BBC (United Kingdom) Hot 8 (Israel) |
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Running time | 90 mins |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom Israel |
| Languages | Hebrew English |
We Will Dance Again is a 2024 documentary film written and directed by Yariv Mozer. It focuses on the Nova music festival massacre and abductions to the Gaza Strip during the Hamas-led attack on Israel, on 7 October 2023. It is an international co-production between the United States (Paramount+), the United Kingdom (BBC) and Israel (Hot).
The film received mostly positive reviews and in 2025 won the News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary.
On 7 October 2023, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist political organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As part of the attack, 364 individuals, mostly civilians, were murdered and many more wounded at the Supernova Sukkot Gathering, an open-air music festival during the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret near kibbutz Re'im. Hamas also took 40 people hostage, and men and women were reportedly subject to sexual and gender-based violence.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Synopsis
The film reconstructs the October 7 attack through a series of interviews with survivors of the massacre at the Nova Festival.[10] Phone videos and footage taken by Hamas is also used to create a timeline of the massacre. The killing of Aner Shapira and the abductions of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Shani Louk are also told in the film.[11][12][13]
The film begins in the evening of 6 October in the Negev Desert, where thousands gather for the music festival. Rockets mistaken for fireworks begin to appear in the sky as the party continues at 6.30 am. Confusion reigns and fear mounts as Hamas arrive at the festival and begin to murder the festival-goers.[14]
Release
In the United States, the film had a two-day theatrical run at select theaters nationwide on 29 August and 1 September.[15] In addition it received a week-long theatrical run in Los Angeles.[15] The film was released by streamer Paramount+ in the United States on 24 September 2024.[12]
Executive producer Susan Zirinsky favored a streaming release over broadcast television: "Ultimately, I thought we could not [run it on CBS] because there's no way possible to break for commercial," continuing "With streaming, you're making a conscious choice to put this on."[16]
In Israel, the film premiered on 25 September on Hot 8.[17] It received its premiere at the National Library of Israel.[18]
In the United Kingdom, the film was broadcast on BBC Two on 26 September 2024, before becoming available for streaming on iPlayer.[14]
The film has also been broadcast in other territories, such as Australia, where it became available for streaming through the Nine Network.[19][20] The film premiered in Germany on 2 October on the RTL network.[21][16]
The film has also received a number of special screenings. It received its London premiere at the JW3 Jewish community centre. Emma Barnett, a BBC journalist, hosted a post-screening panel with Mozer and festival survivors, as well as the father of murdered festival-goer, Aner Shapira, whose story is featured in the film.[11]