Our Everyone's Child: "I Realized I Needed to Save This Family from the Monster"

An interview with Yair Mazor, the young star of the film "Atzmaut" (Independence), which won ten Ophir Awards. Mazor, 14, talks about his role as Boaz, a boy who discovers his father's difficult secret and tries to save his family. He describes working with director Moshe Rosenthal, preparations for complex dance scenes, and the feeling of receiving an Ophir nomination. The film has been submitted to represent Israel at the Oscars.

An interview with Yair Mazor, the young actor starring in Moshe Rosenthal's film "Atzmaut" (Independence), which won ten Ophir Awards and tens of thousands of viewers. Mazor, 14, plays Boaz, a pre-bar-mitzvah boy in late-1980s Holon, who discovers his father is hiding a difficult secret and decides to "save this family from the monster." He describes working with the director, preparations for dance scenes (including a dance to Ilana Avital's "Strong Card" and a dramatic Greek dance at the bar mitzvah), and the feeling of receiving an Ophir nomination. Rosenthal calls Mazor a "secret director" who deeply understands cinema. The film has been submitted to represent Israel at the Oscars. Mazor talks about his love for films like "Zootopia" and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," and his future aspirations as a director.