The documentary "Shooting," directed by filmmaker Netali Braun, will screen at the Telluride Film Festival, it was announced Thursday.
For the film — winner of the Jury Prize at the 2025 Docaviv Festival and a nominee for the Ophir Award — the screening will mark its international premiere. It will also be the only Israeli film featured at the prestigious festival, which takes place annually in Colorado and attracts numerous Hollywood stars. The 52nd edition of the festival will open this weekend.
“I am very excited and proud to present "Shooting" in its international premiere at Telluride, and to engage with audiences about the complexities of Israeli reality and its cinematic representation,” Braun told Ynet. “In such a tragic, extreme and violent period, I hope to foster a genuine and profound dialogue about cinema, war and ethics, as well as about resistance, protest and hope.”
"Shooting" consists of three stories examining the relationship between Israel’s film and television industry and the country’s security establishment — the army and the police. Through these narratives, director Braun seeks to understand how this connection shapes Israeli ethos, culture and morality, while also questioning the ethical dimensions of cinematic reenactment.
Braun is a veteran filmmaker in Israel’s documentary scene and has been directing since the early 2000s. In 2017, she won both the Ophir Award and the Jury Prize at the Docaviv Film Festival for her film "Hope I’m in the Frame."
In July, Braun received the Best Narrative Feature award at the Jerusalem Film Festival for her film "Oxygen," starring Dana Ivgy.