Foto cortometraje 40 Tableros

40 Tableros

Director: Alfonso Gastiaburo | Argentina | 2020 | Short / Documentary / History | Spanish / English subtitles | 18 min [su_spacer size="20"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Argentina 1939. While the World Chess Championship was taking place, breaking news shocked the participants: Germany had invaded Poland and World War II had erupted. Many great chess masters were stranded away from their home countries and began to organize exhibitions in order to make their living. One of these masters decided to search for something elsea| [su_spacer size="20"]...

The Ugly Swan

The Ugly Swan

Director: Rachel Levy | Israel | 2021 | Short | Hebrew / English subtitles | 12 min [su_spacer size="20"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: An ultra-Orthodox woman going out on a date is burdened with a terrible secret. [su_spacer size="20"]...

The Tatooed Torah

The Tattooed Torah

Director: Marc Bennett | USA | 2019 | Animated Short | EnglishA | 21 min [su_spacer size="20"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: An animated film based on the beloved childrenas book "The Tattooed Torah" by Marvell Ginsburg that has been educating young children about the Holocaust for generations. A powerful resource for Holocaust education for children all over the world, this film narrated by Ed Asner recounts the true story of the rescue and restoration of a small Torah from Brno, Czechoslovakia, and teaches the Holocaust not only as a period of destruction but also as an opportunity for redemption. [su_spacer size="20"]    ...

The Inspection

The Inspection

Director: Caroline Brami, FrA(C)dA(C)ric Bas | France | 2020 | Short / Drama | French / English subtitles | 16 min [su_spacer size="20"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Julia, a history teacher in a quiet high school, faces a school inspector. He wants to talk to her - but what about, exactly? Her heated debates with the principal? The freedom she takes with the school curriculum? Or is it the way she teaches the Holocaust? [su_spacer size="20"]...

Only Bibi

Only Bibi

Director: Rani Avidan | Israel | 2020 | Short | Hebrew / English subtitles | 14 min [su_spacer size="20"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: A concerned citizen encounters political writing on a public bus stop and decides to call city services. When they fail to respond, he decides to take the law into his own hands. [su_spacer size="20"]...

Neurim - credit Omer Weiss 2

Neurim

Director: Shaylee Atary | Israel | 2020 | Short / Drama | Hebrew / English subtitles | 31 min [su_spacer size="20"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: After an injury, an awkward relationship develops between Or, a 30-year-old wheelchair-bound patient, and her new physiotherapist. The new breezes of desire invigorate Oras daily rehabilitation routine at her mother's house. [su_spacer size="20"]...

Moshe Sneh with Begin

Moshe Sneh

Director: Amir Har-Gil | France / Israel | 2020 | Short / Documentary | Hebrew / English subtitles | 14 min [su_spacer size="20"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Moshe Sneh: Defense Minister, Chief of Staff in-the-making, and the man in command of bringing thousands of Holocaust survivors from Europe to Israel, in spite of British Mandate opposition. This film focuses on SS Exodus, a daring rescue operation on a vessel that became known as athe ship that launched a nationa. [su_spacer size="20"]...