Gut Feeling

Gilad Inbar, Benny Fredman

Producer

Benny Fredman

Lab Edition

2025

Production

Red Films LTD, United King Films, Amir Gedalia Productions

Country

Israel

SYNOPSIS

Iris, a skilled operative in Israel’s Secret Service, faces an unexpected pregnancy by her partner, Dotan, a SWAT officer. The pregnancy exposes long-buried trauma that interferes with her ability to do her job. Despite Dotan’s pleas, she schedules an abortion. During a mission, a panic attack stops her from apprehending one of her informants. When he takes hostages, Iris insists on tracking him down. But Dotan, fully aware of her condition, is determined to pull her out of the field—even at the cost of their relationship. Iris must choose between her identity as a fighter and the instincts of a mother awakening within her.

DIRECTOR'S NOTE

Iris grew up in the shadow of her father, a heroic soldier killed in action. That grief convinced her never to bring children into a world of loss. But an unexpected pregnancy forces her to choose between her identity as a fighter and the instinct urging her to protect her unborn child. Framed as a thriller, our story follows a female fighter in today’s Israel, searching for hope amid darkness. We both have daughters in the army. The panic that grips Iris is the sum of our daughters’ fears and our own, as their parents. How do you raise a child in a reality where everything can shatter in an instant?

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

○ Gilad Inbar is a director & editor. His directing credits include ”Shlomo Bar– A Musical Documentary” (2022), screened at Docaviv and Krakow, and ”The Hungarian Cube – A Journey with Andre Hajdu” (2013), broadcast on Channel 8. As an editor, Inbar’s credits include Benny Fredman's ”Home” - nominated for Best Editing at the Ophir Awards; Amichai Greenberg's ”The Testament”- screened at Venice IFF and Benny Fredman’s ”Suicide”- distributed by Netflix. Inbar graduated with honors from the Sam Spiegel School.

○ Benny Fredman is a writer & director known for “Home” (2023), winner of multiple Ophir Awards; the suspense miniseries “Suspect” (2015, Channel 10); the provocative series “Everything is Judgeable” (2015, Israel Broadcasting Authority); the feature thriller “Suicide” (2014), The Jerusalem Film Festival. Distributed by Netflix; and the short film “Leak” (2012), screened at festivals in Las Vegas, Miami, and Tacoma.

PRODUCER

Benny Fredman

Red Films is a production company known for producing TV series such as ”Suspect”, and feature films including the Netflix film ”Suicide” and the Ophir Award-winning ”Home”. The company also produces documentaries, such as ”Moving the Embassy”, broadcast on TBN, and ”Poogy’s Last Festival”.

PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE

○ Red Films LTD / Jerusalem
○ +972543474448
○ benif123@gmail.com

PRODUCTION BUDGET

○ Total budget: 2,100,000 USD
○ Confirmed budget and source: 285,000 USD (Amir Gedalia productions, SE productions)

LANGUAGE

Hebrew, Arabic

GENRE

Drama, Thriller

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