Of Dogs and Men

Of Dogs and Men (2024)

על כלבים ואנשים

As day breaks, 16-year-old Dar sets out for her kibbutz in search of her dog, lost in the October 7th massacre. Along the way, as she encounters voices of rage, grief, and faith in humanity, she struggles to find her own. Filmed in November 2023 along the border with Gaza and the neighboring kibbutzim, the story features local residents and testimonies from both sides of the border.

Date of release
2024-09-06
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Drama
Director
Dani Rosenberg

Casting

Interesting facts

Of Dogs and Men is a 2024 Israeli docudrama directed by Dani Rosenberg, focusing on the aftermath of the 7 October attacks.

Production

Filming took place at Kibbutz Nir Oz only weeks after the October 7 attacks. The kibbutz was the scene of the Nir Oz attack on October 7, where an estimated 180 out of 400 residents died or taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip. Kibbutz survivors were also filmed for the project and speak directly to the camera. The dialogue in the film is mostly improvised and there was no set construction.

It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2024 in the Orizzonti section. Artists For Palestine Italia launched an unsuccessful petition campaign to pull Israeli films, including Of Dogs and Men and Amos Gitai's Why War, from the festival. Producer, Alexander Rodnyansky criticised the petition as "misguided and shortsighted".

It was also part of the lineup of the New York Jewish Film Festival, where it was screened on 23 January 2025.

It will also screen at the Woodstock Film Festival on 17 October 2025.

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