Most of the country’s mainly liberal-minded filmmaking community is hoping the vote will sweep incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power for good after 19 nonconsecutive years in the top job since 1996. His current third term has seen the one of the most torrid periods in the nation’s history, including the horrific Hamas-led terrorist attacks in 2023. Against this backdrop, Israel’s film industry has found itself squeezed between censorship at home and an international boycott. “It’s like a horror film because I don’t know what is behind the door,” one director said.