800 Jews from our Town (2015)
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Country:
Poland
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Duration:
27 min
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Genre:
war
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Director:
Filip Luft
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Producer:
Filip Luft
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Cast:
Michał Wiśniowski, Aleksandra Rutkowska, Przemysław Jabłecki, Mateusz Kub
About film
A group of junior high school pupils from Bircza (a town at the foot of Bieszczady mountains) discovers a place where 800 local Jews were murdered during World War II. Today both the place and the tragic story that happened there are forgotten. In an attempt to reconstruct those events and honor the memory of the forgotten genocide victims, teenagers reach out to their last witnesses.
Rewards and nominations
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2016 (USA) — Official Selection
- Los Angeles CineFest 2016 (USA) — Official Selection
- The South African International Film Festival RapidLion 2016 (RSA) — Official Selection
- Golden Urartu 2016 (Armenia) — Official Selection
Director
director, screenwriter, film editor, and producer. He makes documentaries for television. In 2012, Luft made his short film debut with Searching for Stars, and in 2015 he filmed 800 Jews from Our Town.
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Director
director, screenwriter, film editor, and producer. He makes documentaries for television. In 2012, Luft made his short film debut with Searching for Stars, and in 2015 he filmed 800 Jews from Our Town.