AWAKENING
The Fight for Israel's Democracy
A film by Yuval Lion · Yoav Leshem · Noam Pinchas
100 min · Israel / Germany · 2026
European broadcast premiere — BR/ARTE · 20 October 2026
Synopsis
In early 2023, a government plan to weaken Israel's judiciary brought hundreds of thousands of people into the streets. Citizens who had never sought public roles became organizers and leaders of an unprecedented protest movement.
After October 7, the infrastructure created to oppose the government became an emergency network filling the vacuum it had left behind. The same volunteers who organized demonstrations began locating the missing and distributing food, medicine and essential support.
Filmed from within this movement, Awakening follows the transformation of civic protest into civic responsibility - and asks what democracy demands from citizens when the institutions meant to protect them fall short.
Trailer
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Principal Credits
A film by Yuval Lion · Yoav Leshem · Noam Pinchas
Producers: Yuval Lion, Yoav Leshem, Arik Tal
Executive Producers: Antje Boehmert, Tina Leeb, Noam Pinchas
Cinematography: Shai Scherf, Avner Shahaf
Editing: Gal Goffer, Maya Stark, Noam Pinchas
Original Score: David Klemes
In co-production with: BR / ARTE, DOCDAYS Productions
Contact
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