24.11.2023 – 09:10

GEBRUEDER BEETZ DOC PRODUCTIONS UNVEIL THE HAMAS FESTIVAL ATTACK

GEBRUEDER BEETZ FILM PRODUCTION UNVEILS

THE HAMAS FESTIVAL ATTACK IN LARGE-SCALE DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTIONS FOR ZDF AND ARTE

BERLIN/HAMBURG (NOVEMBER 24th, 2023) – THE AWARD-WINNING FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY, GEBRUEDER BEETZ, HAS COMPLETED PRODUCTION ON A 32 MINUTE SPECIAL ON THE OCTOBER 7TH, NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL MASSACRE AND ARE FINALIZING A 50 MINUTE VERSION WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE.

Launching as an ARTE Re: feature on Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 at 10:10 PM in Germany and 10:50 PM in France on ARTE, the special called "Hamas’ Festival Attack – The Survivors of the Desert Rave" features interviews with the survivors of the massacre, first responders and real time footage collated from multiple sources. As part of a special program on ARTE, interviews will be aired before and after the film, with survivors of the attack, director Duki Dror, and producer Reinhardt Beetz.

A 50-minute version of the film titled “Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre” is currently being finalized and will be distributed worldwide within the next few weeks.

In addition, the production company is working on "One Day in October", a large international 90-minute high-end documentary covering the massacre and its aftermath, which will be completed in October 2024.

Produced by Reinhardt Beetz and Duki Dror (“Inside the Mossad" Netflix and WDR/ARTE) the team includes award-winning filmmakers and producers Yossi Bloch (Netflix's "The Devil Next Door"), Noam Pinchas (VPRO's "Murky Skies"), and EP/producer Danna Stern ("Fauda", "The Devil Next Door", "The Oslo Diaries").

"Our team on the ground documented the event in real time. We knew we had to act fast and capture these unbelievably harrowing stories which will resonate for years to come," says Reinhardt Beetz, CEO of Gebrueder Beetz film production. "The special program, which will be broadcast on November 28th, is just the beginning and we are in development on longer productions that will tell the story of the terrible attacks by Hamas with journalistic depth."

"We knew we had to start filming the survivors, document their experiences, and collect a wide variety of materials as quickly as possible," explains Israeli producer and director Duki Dror (Zygote Films). “The story of the massacre at the festival is unique not only due to the staggering number of victims and the brutal terrors they endured, but the fact that these events were captured in real-time by multiple sources on a massive scale, including the Hamas’ own cameramen and GoPros attached to the perpetrators, by the victims on their mobile phones, CCTV footage, dash cams and the first responders on site."

The coordinated and planned attack by Hamas on the festival, which was attended by over 3,500 revelers from multiple countries, was part of a series of raids on numerous Israeli targets carried out by the terror group in the early hours of a holiday weekend. Over 365 people were murdered, hundreds more wounded with at least 40 more victims kidnapped and taken into Gaza. More than 1,200 people were killed by Hamas on October 7th and nearly 5,000 were wounded.

Gebrueder Beetz has already produced many films in the region, such as the award-winning documentary "Gaza" (Sundance 2019, ZDF/ARTE) or recently "In the Shadow of Beirut" (ZDF/ARTE), which enters the Oscar race and was co-produced with Hillary Clinton's company Hidden Light Productions, among others.

All films are united by a deeply human approach, far removed from politics - and yet, they are highly political.

ABOUT GEBRUEDER BEETZ

Since its foundation in 2000, Gebrueder Beetz film production has already produced more than 250 high-quality documentaries, series and cinema documentaries for the national and international market and is listed among the 200 most important production companies worldwide by the leading industry magazine "Realscreen". Current productions include the internationally acclaimed and award-winning Sky Original documentary series JUAN CARLOS - LIEBE, GELD, VERRAT.

The productions are regularly shown in competition at major international A-list festivals and have received more than 100 awards, including the Grimme Prize, the Cinema for Peace Award, the International Documentary Award, the Prix Europa, the German Film Prize, the HotDocs Filmmakers Award, the British Independent Award, the Business Film Prize of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, the Rockie Award and the Special Jury Award of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.

Gebrueder Beetz film production stands for committed films, captivating storytelling and a wide range of topics from gripping crime documentaries to touching biographies, spectacular nature and adventure series to contemporary music and cultural productions. Between 12 and 15 selected films and documentary series are produced each year.

AIRTIME & PROGRAM

PRIOR TO THE FILM

Interview with director Duki Dror

Duration: 6 minutes

ARTE Re: Hamas’ Festival Attack – The Survivors of the Desert Rave

Duration: 32 minutes

Airtime: Nov 28th, 2023, 10:10 PM on German ARTE

The massacre at the Supernova festival in southern Israel marks a historic turning point for Israel: on October 7th, 2023, at 06:30 AM, Hamas terrorists break through the borders from Gaza into Israel and turn the nearby electronic music festival into a scene of horror: more than one in ten of the festival attendees were murdered (365) with more than 40 that were taken hostage. In this moving film, five survivors reveal their deeply traumatic experiences and their struggle to find their way back to life. They are among the few people able to recount their stories today - narratives marked by resilience, loss, and the indescribable horror witnessed on the festival grounds.

AFTER THE FILM

Interview with survivors of the attack and producers of the film

Duration: 10 minutes

CONTACT

Margarita Dreiling (Producer)

m.dreiling@gebrueder-beetz.de

Tel. +49 40 4194 5720

Mob. +49 1577 23 91 769

Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion GmbH

Eppendorfer Weg 93a

20259 Hamburg, Germany

+40 41494570

Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion Lüneburg GmbH • Sitz der Gesellschaft: Auf der Hude 88, 21339 Lüneburg • Amtsgericht Lüneburg • HRB 204363 • Geschäftsführer: Reinhardt Beetz