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The Parents Circle - Families Forum is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization made up of over 850 bereaved families, including Liat Atzili. Their common bond is that they have lost a close family member to the conflict. But instead of choosing revenge, they have chosen a path of reconciliation. As a joint Israeli-Palestinian peace organization, the Parents Circle models constructive dialogue around shared values. Even since October 7th, 2023, its staff, members, and thousands of participants are still committed to peace and a way forward that centers around empathy and humanization. The Parents Circle focuses on the shared value of the sanctity of human life. This conversation brings our attention to the values that Palestinians and Israelis can agree upon even in the darkest of times.

Albi is a cultural institute and film fund dedicated to supporting Israeli and Palestinian storytellers whose work reflects complexity, shared humanity, and the realities of entanglement across lines of power and identity. Through film production, impact campaigns, and artist support, Albi helps bring nuanced narratives to audiences around the world, fostering dialogue beyond binaries. Albi is the overall impact partner for HOLDING LIAT.

Brandon Kramer is a Washington, DC-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures with his brother Lance. Brandon directed THE FIRST STEP (Tribeca, AFI DOCS); CITY OF TREES (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, PBS, Netflix); and the Webby Award-winning independent documentary series The Messy Truth (CNN). Brandon is a Film Independent Fellow, a DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellow, a regular collaborator with Kartemquin Films in Chicago, and has served as a media teaching artist for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Brandon holds a bachelor’s degree in film and cultural anthropology from Boston University.

Lance Kramer is a Washington, DC-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures. Lance produced THE FIRST STEP (Tribeca, AFI DOCS); CITY OF TREES (Full Frame, PBS, Netflix) and the Webby Award-winning series The Messy Truth. Lance is a Film Independent Fellow and has been selected to participate in the Film Independent Fast Track program, Sundance Creative Producers Summit, Impact Partners Documentary Producers Fellowship cohort, was named to the DOC NYC “40 Under 40” list, and received the DC Mayor’s Arts Award, the highest honor given to working artists in the Nation’s Capital. Lance is a former Board Member of Docs in Progress, a member of the Documentary Producers Alliance, and currently serves on the board of the Foundation for the Augmentation of African Americans in Film (FAAAF).

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