A Letter to David

Filmmaker Tom Shoval (June Zero, Dead Language) crafts a personal cinematic letter to David Cunio, who was abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. Ten years ago, David and his twin brother Eitan starred in Shoval’s award-winning debut feature film Youth, which focused on the powerful bond between brothers and, in a tragic and unimaginable twist of fate, revolved around a kidnapping. Through unedited behind-the-scenes footage and audition tapes from Youth, Shoval builds a multi-layered documentary that explores the inexplicable connections between life and cinema, memory and reality, and the catastrophic consequences of war. After David was released, Shoval added a new ending to his movie.