Archive 2017
Monsieur Mayonnaise
, INSTYTUT FRANCUSKI, , min
Monsieur Mayonnaise is the adventure of artist and filmmaker Philippe Mora into his family’s secret past. Equipped with paints and easel, Philippe embarks on a journey to create an audacious comic book about his parents and their survival of the Holocaust. While Philippe grew up in Australia with his parents, he only discovers as an […]
01.01, Thursday | 00:00 | Muzeum POLIN
MOOS
, AMBASADA HOLANDII, , min
It is Hanukkah evening and everything is the way it has always been for Moos. Except one thing: her long time childhood friend, Sam, has arrived as a surprise guest from Israel. With Sam back, Moos realises her life has been on hold and she needs to follow her own dreams. To everyone’s surprise, she […]
01.01, Thursday | 00:00 | POLIN Museum
More Alive than Dead
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POLISH PREMIERE Some say he’s a genius: That he was a hundred years ahead of his time; That he released humanity from the shackles of oppression, religion and hypocrisy. Others say he swindled “his” theories from others; that he was a con-man and a greedy liar that actually polluted humanity’s moral values. This film exposes […]
01.01, Thursday | 00:00 | Muzeum POLIN
Mr. Bernstein
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Debbie Filler’s father Schaja is a Polish Jewish baker who loves music. As a girl Debbie was raised on the story of Schaja survival of the Nazi death camps, and a remarkable event that changed how he viewed the world—seeing Leonard Bernstein perform Rhapsody in Blue at a Displaced person’s Camp after the war. So […]
01.01, Thursday | 00:00 | Muzeum POLIN
Nana
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Vera Reiner was seized from her home and family in Budapest at a young age in World War II. Taken as a Jewish prisoner, she recounts the story of how she survived along with thousands of other women during the Nazi occupation of Austria and Hungary in 1944. Through the use of animated visuals, Vera […]
01.01, Thursday | 00:00 | Muzeum POLIN
Objector
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As a 19-year-old Israeli, Atalya is obligated to enlist in the armed forces. Refusing service as a public protest of Israeli policy means facing up to 6 months in prison. As Atalya anticipates this reality, she also worries about becoming a target for public vitriol. “Objector” offers a window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the […]