Image of Victory is a powerful and heart-wrenching war film from Israeli director Avi Nesher that grapples with the actual cost of war — and what price people are willing to pay for freedom.

The film includes a reenactment of the battle and subsequent loss of Kibbutz Nitzanim during Israel’s War of Independence and is based on real events. The story takes place between late 1947 and June 1948, focusing mainly on the days before the Battle of Nitzanim and on the battle itself (7 June 1948), at the end of which Nitzanim is successfully conquered and the surviving defenders are taken prisoners.

A young Egyptian journalist, Hassanein (Amir Khoury), accompanies an Egyptian volunteer fighting force heading to aid the Palestinian Arabs, as a director of a propaganda film to capture an "image of victory" of the Egyptian Army.

The film was nominated for fifteen categories in the 2021 Ophir Awards and won three of them: Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, and Best Costume Design. See the movie trailer here.