Long Island Jewish
Film Festival
A LETTER TO DAVID
Saturday, April 18th at 7 PM
& Monday, April 20th at 4 PM
$20 Public | $13 Members
Featuring a pre-recorded Q&A with director Tom Shoval
Programmed by David Schwartz,
Independent Curator & Writer
David Cunio was
abducted from Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and held captive by Hamas for more
than two years. Ten years earlier, David starred with his twin brother Eitan in
Tom Shoval’s powerful Israeli film Youth, a drama about regional
violence and the bond between brothers that, in an incredible twist of fate,
revolved around an abduction. By intercutting between the present-day story and
behind-the-scenes footage and audition tapes from the earlier film, A Letter
to David breaks the boundaries between art and life to create an intimate,
deeply moving film that immerses us in a personal perspective on the October 7
tragedy and the long period of grief, hope, and uncertainty that followed. (Israel/USA, 2025, 74 mins, Hebrew | Dir.
Tom Shoval)
“The movie’s focus on one family’s tragic predicament
gives A Letter to David an innate emotional force.” - The Hollywood
Reporter
