''Home Movie'' is a 2016 short documentary biographical film, written and directed by Caroline Pick.

Synopsis

For over 50 years, home movies filmed by Caroline Pick's father lay unnoticed in a wardrobe. Pick, now over 60 years old, finds them while clearing it out during a house move. Her father filmed the reels in

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and the UK, and when she does go through them, she is exposed to things her parents kept secret, hints about the family's past, lost relatives, and other things they were silent about. She embarks on a journey to fill in the gaps, as she compares and contrasts the happy images of the family in 1950s

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and 1930s Europe, which belie the tragedies that lie behind the smiles. What the film discovers and concludes is a dark and secret doom, relating to immigration, dislocation and death.

Awards

* 2015: Women Over 50 Film Festival – Best Documentary

Official festival screenings

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 ...

* Berlin Jewish Film Festival *

Toronto Jewish Film Festival The Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF) is an annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is described as the largest Jewish film festival in the world. The festival was founded in 1993. One of its founders, Helen Zukerman, is the f ...

* Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival * New York Jewish Film Festival *

London Short Film Festival The London Short Film Festival, founded in 2004, is a film festival held annually at various locations in London, in January. The festival celebrates short film production. Each year the festival appoints an international jury who award prizes wor ...

* Open City DocFest * UK Jewish Film Festival * Brighton Cinecity Film Festival

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 2016 short films 2016 films British short documentary films British biographical films Films about Jews and Judaism Holocaust films 2010s short documentary films 2010s biographical films Biographical documentary films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films