In August of 2024, I came across a photo of two Israeli soldiers in a home in Khan Younis (Gaza) that they were occupying. I don't know what happened to the people who lived there. Both were from Israel's 603 Battalion. Sergeant Shalev Xinbar and Sergeant Roee Ben Abu. For more than a year we had seen soldiers dressing up in Palestinian women's lingerie and underwear. That wasn't new. What stood out most for me was the world that these soldiers had created for themselves. Teenage sergeants. Zits and all. I thought to myself, nothing encapsulates Israel better at this most than these two gleeful and maniacal little boys with their murderous machinery hanging off their bodies. I immediately began to zoom in and talk about what I was seeing. After putting it up on Instagram, the executive director of the Lausanne Film Festival saw it and asked me to submit the film for festival consideration. A couple weeks later, TikTok's Israel soldiers became Official Selection of the festival. I headed to Switzerland with the film. I don't know where these two depraved degenerates are today but I'd love for them to see the film.
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