High Israeli director Talya Lavie (“Zero Motivation,” “Honeymood”) is growing “Seven Eyes,” a characteristic movie primarily based on the gripping story of the feminine lookout troopers who have been primarily based on the Israel-Gaza border on Oct. 7, when Hamas killed greater than 1,200 Israeli civilians.
Totally staffed by ladies, that IDF “lookout” unit is stationed by the Nahal Oz Outpost in Southern Israel, close to the village which was decimated by Hamas. Within the months previous the assault, these feminine troopers persistently reported suspicious actions, indicating that Hamas terrorists have been getting ready for an assault, stated Lavie, an alumna of the Sundance Administrators and Screenwriters Lab.
Of the 24 lookout troopers who have been stationed in Nahal Oz on Oct. 7, 15 have been killed throughout the assault, seven have been kidnapped by Hamas into Gaza and two survived. Lavie stated the movie will comply with fictional characters however can be primarily based on true occasions.
In “Zero Motivation,” considered one of Israel’s largest B.O. hits of all instances, the director had additionally portrayed feminine Israeli troopers however via the prism of darkish comedy.
Spiro Movies, the well-established Israeli banner behind Omri Givon’s “When Heroes Fly,” Yuval Adler’s “The Operative” and Samuel Maoz’s Venice Silver Lion-winning movie “Foxtrot,” will produce “Seven Eyes.” The challenge is presently on the script stage. Lavie is amassing essential testimonies and photographs and compiling all of the analysis materials right into a filmed archive.
Lavie beforehand gained greatest director on the Israeli Academy Awards for “Zero Motivation,” a blockbuster which obtained a number of worldwide awards, together with greatest movie at Tribeca and the Nora Ephron Prize. The film was additionally tailored to a profitable theatrical musical in Israel.
Her earlier movie, “Honeymood,” additionally performed at Tribeca and the BFI London Movie Competition and was nominated for seven Israeli Academy Awards.
Lavie’s TV work contains the sequence “Screens” and “Unhappy Metropolis Ladies,” which performed at Canneseries in 2022.
