''Joe's Violin'' is a 2016 American short documentary film directed by

Kahane Cooperman Kahane Cooperman is an American documentary filmmaker and television director and producer, whose 2016 documentary ''Joe's Violin'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. Early life Cooperman was born Kahane Ra ...

, and produced by Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen, that follows a moment in the life of a Polish survivor of the

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

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 The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

, 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 The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive progra ...

on 14 April 2016.

Awards

* 2017:

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

Best Documentary Short Subject This is a list of films by year that have received an Academy Award together with the other nominations for best documentary short film. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are annou ...

– Nominated

References

External links

Official website
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