Hannibal Protocol

Feature Film, adolescence drama, 90 min.

David Danzanashvili

13 year old Yonatan takes on a quest to prove that his childhood hero, 21 year old Yoav, did not commit suicide and discovers a shocking truth about the army, the society and the values that we are educated by.

SYNOPSIS

13 year old Yonatan witnesses the death of 21 year old Yoav, a young army deserter who falls from his window on the sixth floor while hiding from Military Police.

Yonatan takes on a quest to prove that his childhood hero did not commit suicide . He discovers that Yoav, a very valued Paratroopers officer, had to act according to “Hannibal Protocol”*, and prevented an attempt to kidnap a soldier. This resulted in the loss of the life of Daniel, his platoon sergeant and best friend, and changed his life completely.

Yonatan’s journey will lead him to a painful and quick maturing having to accept the truth he so passionately quested.

*Hannibal Protocol is a semi-official and questionably legal IDF protocol whose purpose is to avoid at all costs a soldier kidnapping attempt from using a cold instrument to giving permission, when moderate means are exhausted, to shoot the soldier being kidnapped.

TRIGGER

As a Paratroopers Captain in reserves I know the protocol well. This protocol reduces the supreme value

of life sanctity, disrupts the trust between warriors and their commanders and has a real potential to create a trauma in a warrior who acts according to the protocol.

This situation demands an artistic expression that will expose this issue to public discussion.

FILMMAKER

David Danzanashvili / Writer, director and producer. Graduate of Tel Aviv University’s Film Division. Two-time winner of the America Israel Culture Fund scholarship. His first feature film “Maftir” won Best Cinematography Award at Haifa FF 2007, received acclaim and shown at festivals around the world.

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