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‘One Eye Open’ Wins $50K Weil-Bloch Award, Docs Premiere

5/26/2026

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One Eye Open won the 2026 Weil-Bloch Film Award and a $50,000 prize.
The film will premiere at Docaviv 2026 from May 28 to June 6.
Director Tom Giat, a 2025 Bezalel graduate, filmed over 400 days of duty in Operation Swords of Iron from October 7 onward.
With support from the New Fund for Cinema and Television, the Kadar Foundation and Mifal Hapayis, the film won Docaviv’s DOCLAB Outstanding Project Award.

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One Eye Open won the 2026 Weil-Bloch Film Award and a $50,000 prize.
The film will premiere at Docaviv 2026 from May 28 to June 6.
Director Tom Giat, a 2025 Bezalel graduate, filmed over 400 days of duty in Operation Swords of Iron from October 7 onward.
With support from the New Fund for Cinema and Television, the Kadar Foundation and Mifal Hapayis, the film won Docaviv’s DOCLAB Outstanding Project Award.