''Eddy's World'' is a 2020 American
documentary short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
directed and produced by filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb, Eddy's daughter. Eddy's World was streamed on
NewYorker.com.
[ There are two versions of ''Eddy's World'', an 18 minute version for festivals and streaming, and a 28 minute director's cut.][Inside the Workshop of a Classic-Toy Inventor, in ''Eddy's World'']
, by Ian Crouch, ''The New Yorker'', December 14, 2020 ''Eddy’s World'' premiered at Mountainfilm Festival in May 2020.
Premise
''Eddy's World'' is about Eddy Goldfarb
A. Eddy Goldfarb (born Adolph Goldfarb; September 5, 1921) is an American toy inventor. The creator of over 800 toys, he is best known for inventing Yakity Yak Talking Teeth, Battling Tops, KerPlunk, Stompers, and Vac-U-Form. He is the subj ...
, the 98 year old inventor of the Yakity Yak teeth and many other classic toys, including Kerplunk, Stompers, Vac-U-Form, and the Giant Bubble Gun. Goldfarb designed his first toys while serving in the navy in WWII.[The Man Who Gave Americans Their Toys]
Voice of America, February 16, 2020 ideo/ref> In 1949, he sold his first toy and went on to invent over 800 toys over the next 70 years and garner over 300 patents.[The Man Who Invented More Than Eight Hundred Iconic Toys]
, The New Yorker Documentary, Episode 25, December 14, 2020 He now lives in a retirement community, still designing new toys in his garage machine shop.[
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Awards
Eddy's World was licensed by the NewYorker.com;[ received a 2022 Emmy nomination, Television Academy (Los Angeles area); and a 2021 Silver Telly Award.
* 2022 Independent Programming, The Television Academy
* 2022 Jury Award, Best Documentary Short, Vero Beach Film Festival
* 2022 Best Short Documentary, ABQ Indie Film Festiva
* 2022 Robinson Shorts Finalist, Robinson International Short Film Festival
* 2021 Grand Jury Prize, Joyce Forum Jewish Film Festival
* 2021 Best Short Documentary, ]Port Townsend Film Festival
The Port Townsend Film Festival began screening independent films in 1999.
Today, PTFF has expanded to eight theatres and screens over 90 films, mid-September, in Port Townsend's walkable National Historic District. Port Townsend, Washington, Unit ...
* 2021 Runner Up, Best Documentary Short, Woods Hole Film Festival
The Woods Hole Film Festival was founded in 1991 by Judith Laster and Kate Davis.
Since its foundation, the festival has grown from a one-day invitational event to an eight-day event with films submitted from around the world. The Festival is hel ...
* 2020 Jury Award, Raw Science Film Festival. https://www.rawsciencefilmfestival.com/2020-films
* 2020 Finalist, CanadaShorts Film Festival https://canadashorts.com/2020.php
* 2020 Films With Class Shorts, RiverRun International Film Festival
The RiverRun International Film Festival is an annual Oscar-qualifying film festival held each spring in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The festival is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and presents a variety of feature-length and short films fro ...
Eddy's World was an official selection of more than 35 film festivals, including the 2020 Florida Film Festival, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festivals held annually in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The festival began in 1991, with a screening of ten Academy Award-nominated documentaries.
Overview
The festival screens 100 docume ...
and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the oldest Jewish film festival in the world, and currently the largest with a 2016 attendance figure of 40,000 at screenings in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, San Rafael, and Palo Alto. The three-week summe ...
.''Eddy's World'' Documantary
Jewish Film Institute
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, 11695514
2020 films
2020 short documentary films
Films based on toys
Biographical documentary films
Documentary films about men
American short documentary films
2020s English-language films
2020s American films
English-language documentary films