What She Lost What She Lost is the second episode of a documentary series in which the stories of the Holocaust are shared by the 2nd and 3rd Generations.
Nina’s Children Nina’s Children tells the story about a Jewish orphanage in Oslo during World War II, and Nina Hasvoll Meyer, the woman who rescued the children and became like a mother to them. The children came to Oslo in 1938 and 1939 from Austria and Czechoslovakia. One of the children is the film directors father, Berthold...
The Long-lost Cheiderbook When eight-year-old Lily, arrives at her weekly cheider school – where she learns about Jewish religion and traditions, she meets up with the mysterious priest, Arne, who has found something peculiar to be returned. But entering the Jewish community, as an outsider, is not easy. Soon the two of them are locked up in the...
In His Image Does a dead man have the right to become a father? Do parents who have lost their son have the right to become grandparents after his death? In Israel, the drive to procreate has taken on an extra dimension. In His Image follows the bereaved parents of three young Israeli men as they attempt to...
Give it Back! Olivia is a 12 year old immigrant from New York. She is trying to find her place in the new world she just landed in, Israeli society. Instantly she connects with Alem, an Ethiopian boy who sits next to her in class. It doesn’t take long for her to realize that their friendship is social...
Give it Back! Olivia is a 12 year old immigrant from New York. She is trying to find her place in the new world she just landed in, Israeli society. Instantly she connects with Alem, an Ethiopian boy who sits next to her in class. It doesn’t take long for her to realize that their friendship is social...
Precious Children A spiritual home is not always a safe space. Two young boys find this out when their religiously observant parents split because of their father’s inappropriate behavior. The boys are left to navigate the familial and the divine on their own.
CAPTURED In the film Captured, filmmakers Arnoud Holleman and Batya Wolff show how photography and film are intertwined with the after-effects of the Holocaust in Batya’s family. Her father Max Wolff (1926) bought a camera after the war and now preserves tens of thousands of “moments” in an enormous image archive. Photography was his coping mechanism...
THROUGH THE DARKNESS THROUGH THE DARKNESS illuminates the relationship between two Jewish Austrian artistic geniuses: a story that would change their lives and modern culture forever. In 1907, the aspiring composer Arnold Schoenberg made friends with the brilliant and unknown painter Richard Gerstl. Gerstl and Schoenberg not only shared a passion for art, but also a love for...
Out of Exile – The Photography of Fred Stein “Out of Exile– the Photography of Fred Stein” asks the question: How can these iconic photographs be so familiar, yet no one knows the name of the photographer? It begins in upheaval: exiled from Nazi Germany, Fred Stein finds himself in 1930s Paris, destitute. He looks for a way to support himself – photography. And...