Documentary about the attack at the Nova Music Festival on October 7th will be released in selected cinemas nationwide

A still from the documentary film “We Will Dance Again”. Photo: Provided

From Thursday to Sunday, a documentary film containing first-hand videos and eyewitness accounts of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack at the Nova Music Festival will be shown in select cinemas across the country.

A week-long Oscar-qualifying run of “We Will Dance Again,” which began August 23, is also currently playing at the Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles, and the documentary will stream exclusively on Paramount+ in September. Tickets for all screenings are available online, and the screenings have been organized by Paramount+ in partnership with the Iconic Events Releasing platform.

To be considered for the Oscars, the documentary must meet the eligibility requirements set by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, including a one-week run in a commercial theater in a qualifying region.

The award-winning film “We Will Dance Again” features interviews with more than a dozen young festival-goers who tell the harrowing stories of how they survived the deadly massacre at the music festival in Re'im, Israel, in which Palestinian terrorists led by Hamas killed nearly 400 people and kidnapped about 40 more. Their testimonies are combined with footage they filmed themselves with their cell phones, as well as videos recovered from the terrorists' body cameras. The documentary was directed by Yariv Moser, whose award-winning works include “The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes.” “Ben Gurion: Epilogue” and “My First War”.

We Will Dance Again is an original documentary from See It Now Studios. It is a co-production with global entertainment studio Sipur and producer Bitachon 365 in association with MGM Television, a division of Amazon MGM Studios, and Israeli television content company HSCC. BBC Storyville will broadcast the documentary in the UK and Israel's Hot Channel 8 will broadcast it in Israel.

“The human toll of the Hamas attack in Israel and the war in Gaza that followed has been catastrophic for Israelis and Palestinians alike,” said Susan Zirinsky, president of See It Now Studios. “It is a painful story of unfathomable tragedy, but also of bravery, sacrifice and heroism. This film is a document of history, of one of the attacks that began at 6:29 a.m. on October 7.”

Steve Menkin, president of Iconic Events Releasing, said “We Will Dance Again” gives audiences “the opportunity to hear these personal accounts and gain insight into exactly what happened on that horrific day.”

“The importance and profound impact of this extraordinary documentary are beyond doubt and we are honored to bring it to theaters nationwide,” he added.

“We Will Dance Again” won two awards at Doc Edge in June, including Best International Editing and the award in the “In Truth We Trust” category.

Watch the trailer for “We Will Dance Again” below.