September 5

In 1972, during the celebration of the Munich Olympic Games, American sports journalists from ABC had to cover the hostage crisis of Israeli athletes kidnapped by a terrorist group.

This film provides a fascinating reconstruction and recounts the frantic race against time of the hostage situation from the perspective of the ABC Sports press room, the American channel responsible for covering the Olympic Games at that time. Thanks to meticulous production design and a perfectly selected cast, the atmosphere of the 1970s is recreated in detail, including the journalistic spaces and the technological equipment of the era.

Directed and written by Tim Fehlbaum, along with Moritz Binder and Alex David on the script, 'September 5' offers an accurate representation of the tragic Munich massacre during the 1972 Olympic Games in Germany, an event that shook the world. The film features a notable cast led by John Magaro ('Past Lives'), Peter Sarsgaard ('Presumed Innocent'), Ben Chaplin ('Dark Seduction'), and Leonie Benesch ('Faculty Lounge'). With a captivating narrative and impeccable historical rigor, it has been nominated for Best Drama Film at the Golden Globes.