"A masterful project!". IndieWire "A triumph!" Variety "One of the finds ... this year!” FilmForward "(a) brilliant performance ...!" Jerusalem Post

Where do a soldier’s loyalties lie? To himself, to the truth, to his fellow soldiers? Is use of force against Arab civilians in the West Bank ever justified in the name of security? These are some of the issues explored in newcomer Sharon Bar-Zvi’s feature film, Room 514. Room 514 refers to the interrogation room where this taut psychological drama unfolds. An outstanding Israeli Defense Force officer is accused of beating an Arab civilian. The IDF interrogator, Anna, is herself an outsider, a woman in a patriarchal military world, a Russian born Israeli in a country where Russian immigrants faced their own challenges integrating into society. When the moral code of conduct calls for restraints in action that are at odds with ingrained impulses and security concerns, what are the consequences of rattling the established order? As the young soldiers discover, good and evil, black and white don’t exist. An impressive debut film.