Valley of Tears
(Limited Series, 2020)
Valley of Tears is a harrowing, ten-episode limited drama series inspired by the true events of the 1973
Yom Kippur War in Israel. Leading up to the ultimate battle, the series follows young combatants thrust into
a war that was later revealed could have been avoided by leaders they blindly trusted.
An HBO Max Original directed by Yaron Zilberman and co-created by Ron Leshem (Euphoria), the series was co-produced by WestEnd Films, United King and Endemol Shine Israel. It first aired on KAN, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, and is now available for streaming exclusively on HBO Max.
The series earned Yonatan his second Israeli Academy Award nomination for Best Editing.
Its opening double-episode, edited by Yonatan, was accepted as one of ten contenders in Series Mania's prestigious International Competition.