Shorts WJFF
LETTER TO A PIG
Tal Kantor, Israel, 2022, 17 min
Bored students sit in class with a Holocaust survivor. When the ridiculous old man reads out his letter to the pig that saved his life, the sensitive girl lets her imagination run wild. The boundary between animal and human nature blurs.
26.10, Thursday | 18:00 | Centrum Kultury Jidysz / Center for Yiddish Culture
MAZAL TOV
Amit Shamir, Israel, 2022, 13 min
A traumatic military event sent two friends on different life paths. One became the quintessential family man, while the other prefers plants to people. Child's innocuous birthday party incinerates any attempt of "normalcy" for both of them. Mazal Tov indeed!
25.10, Wednesday | 18:00 | Centrum Kultury Jidysz / Center for Yiddish Culture
MOISHE
Maya Katherine, United Kingdom, 2023, 19 min
‘Moishe’ is a short film based on the true story of Moishe Gralnick and of the Cantonists. This is the real history of a Ukrainian boy’s defiance to the Russian military’s attempts to erase his Jewish identity. We follow a 12 year old Moishe in a journey from his Jewish community in Ukraine to an institution with the goal of converting Jews to Christianity. Moishe struggles with his faith, friendships and fights for survival.
25.10, Wednesday | 18:00 | Centrum Kultury Jidysz / Center for Yiddish Culture
RADIADIO
Ondine Novarese, France, 2022, 20 min
Crazy Pesach celebrations of big French family in times of corona and Zoom. A French-Jewish family tries to keep her traditions alive in the modern world, despite of the succession of generations. From the 1950s grainy 8 mm film to the Zoom meetings during the lockdown, we watch the true essence of Pesach holiday unchanging through time.
26.10, Thursday | 18:00 | Centrum Kultury Jidysz / Center for Yiddish Culture
REQUIEM FOR A WHALE
Ido Weisman, Israel, 2022, 14 min
On a stormy night in early 2021, a whale’s body washed ashore at Nitzanim beach in Israel. Over the documentation of the encounter between people and the carcass, we hear the voices of several witnesses who were present at the rare occurrence. From the fabric of responses, a collective experience shines, regarding the dialogue between life and death.
26.10, Thursday | 18:00 | Centrum Kultury Jidysz / Center for Yiddish Culture
RUNAWAY
Eli Rudovsky, USA, 2023, 9 min
Set in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, a Jewish and Eastern European neighborhood where my family has roots, “Runaway” is a short fiction film that tells the story of a teenager and his estranged father. The idea for the film emerged from a deep interest in relationships between fathers and sons—in the wisdom that's shared, and in the secrets that are kept across generations. Writer, director, and editor: Eli Rudavsky.
AFTER THE SCREENING MEETING WITH FILMMAKER!
29.10, Sunday | 16:30 | Muzeum POLIN
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