Paramount has become the first major Hollywood studio to condemn a boycott of Israeli film institutions supported by more than 4,000 actors and directors.

Director Salvador Litvak drew inspiration from the 2019 Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting in California, where a gunman killed one worshipper and injured three others on the last day of Passover.

Footage has emerged of filmmakers provoking IDF soldiers behind the scenes of what was presented in their award-winning film as 'settler violence and IDF cruelty.'

The American film revolves around Liat Atzili, a civics and history teacher kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, and held captive in the Gaza Strip until she returned to Israel in the first ceasefire and hostage-release deal in November 2023.

Black and white cinematography symbolizes their yearning for freedom amid political tensions and human connections between Israelis and Iranians.