This marks the longest-ever standing ovation in he history of Venice Fest — besting the 22 minutes for The Voice of Hind Rajab last year.  It is apparently the longest at a major film festival, period.

With Venice coming to an end on Saturday, it will easily be the biggest ovation of this year’s edition.

The documentary was a late addition to Venice’s competition, being added a month after the initial lineup was announced in July.

The directors explained at a press conference earlier on Thursday that the last-minute nature was because they were finishing the movie, which they worked on for three years.

In an interview ahead of the premiere, Abraham said:

“As Israelis, we found ourselves wanting to use the kind of position that we have — the access that we have to people in our own society who went into the military — to look at that system as it carried out what all human rights organizations are saying is a genocide.”

Most notably, the film is the only documentary feature in this year’s Venice’s competition lineup, which is usually comprised of about 22 narrative features.

Complicating matters is the fact produced by a major British newspaper, The Guardian, as well as James Wilson (JW Films) and executive produced by Glazer. Wilson and Glazer are the Oscar-winning team behind the film “The Zone of Interest.”

Last year, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza-set The Voice of Hind Rajab, about the death of a 6-year-old girl killed by Israeli military fire while attempting to flee Gaza City with her family, elicited a 22-minute standing ovation, which stands as the fest’s longest.

This year, Ben Hania is part of Venice’s Maggie Gyllenhaal-led jury that will be selecting the award winners on Saturday, Sep 12.