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Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is the largest film festival of any kind in the Georgia (U.S. state), state of Georgia and is the largest Jewish film festival in the world. The 23-day festival is held in late winter at multiple venues in Atlanta, Georgia and in the suburbs of Alpharetta, Marietta, Georgia, Marietta and Sandy Springs. Contemporary and classic independent Jewish film from around the world feature at the festival. History The festival was founded in 2000 by the Atlanta regional office of American Jewish Committee and continues to grow each year, with an estimated 20,000 attendees by 2010. In 2015, more than 38,600 attended the festival. The festival was incorporated as an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2014. Kenny Blank (son of Atlanta businessman Arthur Blank) serves as the executive director of the organization. AJFF has honored Lawrence Kasdan (Screenwriter, Director, Producer) in 2016 and Itzhak Perlman (World renowned Israeli-American musician) in 2019 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the core of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to more than 6.1 million people, making it the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an elevation of just over above sea level, it features unique topography that includes rolling hills, lush greenery, and the most dense urban tree coverage of any major city in the United States. Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad, but it soon became the convergence point among several rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rape Of Europa (book)
''The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War'' is a 1994 book by Lynn H. Nicholas and a 2006 documentary film. The book explores the Nazi plunder of looted art treasures from occupied countries and the consequences. It covers a range of associated activities: Nazi appropriation and storage, patriotic concealment and smuggling during World War II, discoveries by the Allies, and the extraordinary tasks of preserving, tracking, and returning by the American Monuments officers and their colleagues. Nicholas was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by France. Despite the regular accounts of impending destruction of art works, Nicholas also recounts a veneration for art on the part of people of all sides of the conflict, and what amounts to desperate and sometimes heroic activity. The villains, unsurprisingly, are often the Nazis, particularly Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring; the activities of Western art dealers are often questionable, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here We Are (film)
''Here We Are'' ( he, הנה אנחנו, translit. ''Hine Anachnu'') is a 2020 Israeli-Italian drama film directed by . An official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, the film premiered as part of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. It was nominated for nine Ophir Awards including Best Feature Film. Cast * Shai Avivi * Noam Imber Noam ( he, נועם) is a Hebrew name which means "pleasantness", and although it started as the male version of the female ''Na'omi'' (English: "Naomi" or "Noémie"), today, it is a very common Hebrew name for both males and females alike. The co ... * * References External links * 2020 films 2020 drama films Israeli drama films 2020s Hebrew-language films Films set in Israel Films shot in Israel Films about autism Films about father–son relationships {{2020s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Keeper (2018 Film)
''The Keeper'' (aka ''Trautmann'') is a British-German biographical film directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller and starring German actor David Kross as the footballer Bert Trautmann. Although the subject of the film was an athlete, the film has been described as "not primarily a sports film" but instead a drama. The film premiered at the 2018 Zurich Film Festival, and was released in Germany under the title ''Trautmann'' on 14 March 2019. It was released in the UK and Ireland on 5 April 2019. Plot In 1945, German paratrooper Bert Trautmann (David Kross) is captured while fighting in the forests near Kleve. Transferred to a British POW camp in Lancashire, he and his comrades are kept under strict conditions and made to work to repair the damage their country has caused to the surrounding area. Jack Friar (John Henshaw), a local tradesman and manager of non-league side St Helens Town, spots Trautmann keeping goal against other POWs during a trip to deliver treats to the camp co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Suit
''The Last Suit'' ( es, El último traje; pl, Ostatni garnitur) is a 2017 Argentine-Spanish-Polish dramatic film written and directed by , starring Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina and Martín Piroyansky. The film tells a story that explores old age, generational differences, judaism and the wounds that remain open from World War II. Plot Abraham Bursztein, an 88-year-old Jewish tailor, who even has great-grandchildren, found out his daughters' intention to sell his apartment and send him to a nursing home. Later he decides to travel from Buenos Aires to Łódź in Poland, where he sets out to find his old friend Piotrek, who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II, and then helped him escape to Argentina. Abraham intends to keep his promise of returning one day and to also give him the last suit he ever made, to which the film title alludes. What follows is a series of entanglements with road-movie elements that in its heart hides important themes. Despite h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe's Violin
''Joe's Violin'' is a 2016 American short documentary film directed by Kahane Cooperman, and produced by Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen, that follows a moment in the life of a Polish survivor of the Holocaust from the time he decides to drop off his 70-year-old violin during a local instrument drive through the violin's acquisition by a new owner, a 12-year-old girl from the Bronx, and recounts how the experience changes both their lives. Cast * Joe Feingold – as himself. Holocaust survivor. * Regina Feingold * Brianna Perez – as herself. School girl. * Kathleen Drohan Reception The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 14 April 2016. Awards * 2017: Academy Awards Best Documentary Short Subject – Nominated References External links Official website* ''Joe's Violin''at ''The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny's Journey
''Fanny's Journey'' (original title: ''Le Voyage de Fanny'') is a 2016 French-Belgian children's war drama film co-written and directed by Lola Doillon. The film is inspired by the autobiographical memoir ''Le journal de Fanny'' by Fanny Ben-Ami. Plot In Vichy France, 1943, a group of French Jewish children (who had been sheltered by the, in french: Œuvre de secours aux enfants or Children's Aid Society, for three years) must now flee to neutral Switzerland, separated from any adults they can trust. Cast * Léonie Souchaud as Fanny * Fantine Harduin as Erika * Juliane Lepoureau as Georgette * Ryan Brodie as Victor * Anaïs Meiringer as Diane * Lou Lambrecht as Rachel * Igor van Dessel as Maurice * Malonn Lévana as Marie * Lucien Khoury as Jacques * Cécile de France as Madame Forman * Stéphane De Groodt as Jean * Elea Körner as Helga * Alice D'Hauwe as Ethel * Jérémie Petrus as Julien Reception ''Variety'' described it as "a handsome, compelling period piece that d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked Among Wolves (2015 Film)
Naked Among Wolves (german: Nackt unter Wölfen) is a 2015 German drama film directed by Philipp Kadelbach. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Bruno Apitz, which was published in 1958 by the East German Publishing house. It was created for television, it is the third film version of the literary text after the 1963 version. Plot The film takes place in the years 1944 and 1945 towards the end of World War II in the Buchenwald concentration camp. Prisoners in the Nazi concentration camp risk their lives by taking in a young Jewish boy rescued from a ghetto in Poland. The camp commander hears about the boy and tightens up on the already cruelly treated prisoners. They whisk the boy away from being discovered, always staying one step ahead of the Nazi guards and the ireful commandant. The boy is eventually discovered and the prisoners who protected him now face certain death. They are freed by the Allies in a dramatic but altogether expected turn of events. Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Third Half
''The Third Half'' ( mk, Трето полувреме ) is a Macedonian-Czech-Serbian film that deals with Macedonian football during World War II, and the deportation of Jews from Macedonia. It is a story of love during wartime and a country's passion for soccer. The government of Macedonia considered the film of national interest and funded it with one million euros. ''The Third Half'' was selected as the Macedonian entry for Best Foreign Language at the 85th Academy Awards. Plot The film is set in what is today North Macedonia, then part of the Vardar Banovina, a province in Kingdom Yugoslavia, and follows the period shortly after the Tripartite Pact invasion of the region. The film begins with 2012, on the 70th anniversary of the Invasion of Yugoslavia, Nazi Invasion of Yugoslavia. An old lady watches the opening of the Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia, Holocaust Memorial Center in Skopje, Macedonia. She shows the city to her American granddaughter, Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süskind (film)
''Süskind'' is a Dutch war film directed by Rudolf van den Berg. The film is based on the life of Walter Süskind and is set in Amsterdam during the Second World War. The film was released in the Netherlands on 19 January 2012. Plot In Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands, a group of people, including Walter Süskind, try to help children escape the Holocaust. Cast * Jeroen Spitzenberger as Walter Süskind * Karl Markovics as Ferdinand aus der Fünten * Nyncke Beekhuyzen as Hanna Süskind * Katja Herbers as Fanny Philips * Nasrdin Dchar as Felix Halverstadt * Rudolf Lucieer as David Cohen * as Abraham Asscher * as * Tygo Gernandt as Piet Meerburg Reception Boyd van Hoeij of Variety magazine ''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based ... called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky's Family
''Nicky's Family'' ( cs, Nickyho rodina) is a 2011 Czech docudrama directed by Matej Mináč. It is based on the work of Nicholas Winton prior to the outbreak of World War II. Cast * Ben Abeles as himself * The Dalai Lama as himself * Klára Issová as Mother * Joe Schlesinger as himself * Michal Slaný as Sir Nicholas Winton * Nicholas Winton Sir Nicholas George Winton (born Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue children who were at risk of being murdered by Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to Britain at ... as himself References External links * 2011 films 2011 documentary films 2010s Czech-language films Documentary films about the Holocaust Documentary films about refugees Kindertransport Czech World War II films Czech documentary films {{hist-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime After Crime (film)
''Crime After Crime'' is a 2011 award-winning documentary film directed by Yoav Potash about the case of Deborah Peagler, an incarcerated victim of domestic violence whose case was taken up by pro bono attorneys through The California Habeas Project. Synopsis ''Crime After Crime'' tells the dramatic story of the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of domestic violence. She was wrongly convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriend and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Her story takes an unexpected turn two decades later when two rookie land-use attorneys step forward to take her case. Through their perseverance, they bring to light long-lost witnesses, new testimonies from the men who committed the murder, and proof of perjured evidence. Their investigation ultimately attracts global attention to victims of wrongful incarceration and abuse and becomes a matter of life and death once more. Production Potash produced ''Crime After Crime'' ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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