Schocken on the Verge of Consensus
Image courtesy Schocken Institute.
שוקן, על גבול הקונצנזוס | Noemi Schory | Israel/Germany, 2020 | Hebrew/German/English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 82m | DCP | Distributor/Sales: Liran Atzmor | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | DocuShuk
The legacy of businessman and publisher Salman Schocken.
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Ric Burns | US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 110m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Zeitgeist Films | Festival marketing sample: New York Film Festival 2019 | Trailer
Oliver Sacks in his own words, mostly.
The House on Wannsee Street
La Casa de Wannsee | Poli Martinez Kaplun | Argentina, 2019 | Spanish (English subtitles) | Documentary | 70m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Poli Martinez Kaplun | Festival marketing sample: MJFF 2020 | Trailer
Poli Martinez Kaplun tells the epic story of her family’s displacement.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl | Caroline Link | Germany/Switzerland, 2019 | German/Swiss German/French/English (English subtitles) | Drama | 119m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Beta Films/NA: Greenwich Entertainment | Trailer
Anna Kemper becomes a refugee and leaves her toy rabbit behind.
Henri Dauman: Looking Up
Peter Kenneth Jones | US, 2018 | English/French (English subtitles) | Documentary | 86m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: House of Film | Festival marketing sample: UKJFF 2019 | Trailer
Photojournalist Henri Dauman seeks to control his image.
My Father and Me
Nick Broomfield | United Kingdom, 2019 | English | Documentary | 97m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Lafayette Films | Festival marketing sample: UKJFF 2019 | Clip
Nick Broomfield’s loving portrait of his father, the photographer Maurice Broomfield.
Chichinette - the Accidental Spy
Nicola Hens | Germany/France, 2019 | English/French (English subtitles) | Documentary | 86m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Kino Lorber | Festival marketing sample: Haifa 2019 | Trailer
Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany.
Winter Journey
Vinterejse | Anders Østergaard | Denmark/Germany, 2019 | English/German (English subtitles) | Docudrama | 90m | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Plus Pictures | Festival marketing sample: IDFA 2019 | Trailer
An Arizona retiree recalls his participation in the Jüdischer Kulturbund.
Persian Lessons
Vadim Perelman | Russian Federation/Germany/Belarus, 2019 | French, German (English subtitles) | Drama | 127m | 2K DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Cohen Media Group | Festival marketing sample: Berlinale 2020 | Trailer
A Belgian Jew evades execution by teaching Farsi to an officer in a concentration camp.
It Takes a Family
De skygger vi arver | Susanne Kovacs | Denmark, 2019 | Danish (English subtitles) | IMDB | Documentary | 59m | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Tarkovski Films | Trailer
The trauma of 2nd generation Danish Holocaust survivors.
Shalom Allah
David Vogel | Switzerland, 2019 | French/Swiss German (English subtitles) | IMDB | Documentary | 99m | Distributor/Sales: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion | Festival marketing sample: Locarno Film Festival 2019 | Trailer
Swiss converts to Islam are profiled by a Jewish radio journalist.
The Last of Them
La Dernière d’entre elles | Pierre Goetschel | France, 2018 | French (English subtitles) | Documentary | 72m | Distributor/Sales: Les films de l'œil sauvage | Festival marketing sample: Crossing Europe Film Festival 2020 | Trailer
The story of the remarkable Rosette Levy, the last of a group of French women holocaust survivors.