Official Selection - Out of Competition
Golda
Guy Nattiv
Festival Pops
Human Rights & Society
Politics & War
2022
United Kingdom
Synopsis
Israel’s iron lady
On the day it celebrates Yom Kippur in 1973, Israel is confronted with a surprise attack by the joint military forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Known as the Iron Lady of Israel, the country’s only female prime minister, Golda Meier, is faced with high-stakes decisions as the war rages over the following three weeks.
Cast/Avec
- Helen Mirren
- Camille Cottin
- Liev Schreiber
- Rami Heuberger
- Lior Ashkenazi
- Ellie Piercy
- Ed Stoppard
Screenplay
- Nicholas Martin
Cinematographer
- Jasper Wolf
Sound
- Tom Sayers
Music
- Dascha Dauenhauer
Production
- Embankment Films
- New Native Pictures
Screenings
Date
Hour
Place
Language
Subtitles
Screening
Friday 10 March 2023
19:00
Lieux :
Kinepolis Kirchberg
Audio :
English
Subtitles :
Screening :
Public Screening
Trailer and photos
Guy Nattiv
Born in Tel Aviv in 1973, Guy Nattiv graduated from his home city’s Camera Obscura film school, having previously worked in advertising for Publicis Groupe. He made several award-winning short films, including 2018’s racial Skin, a tale of racial hate crime, which won the 2018 Academy Award for best live short. His feature film of the same name was also released in 2018. Golda, his biopic about Golda Meir, is selected for the Festival in 2023, and he is back in 2024 with a new biopic about the Iranian judoka Leila Hosseini.
