#uploading_holocaust (2016)
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Country:
Israel
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Duration:
74 min
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Genre:
history
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Director:
Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir
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Producer:
Christian Beetz, Sagi Bornstein
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Cast:
Якоб Генч, Став Сварц
About film
Every year, a quarter of all Israeli high school students embark on a school trip to Poland to honor the memory of the Holocaust victims. One group usually includes 100 teenagers, who during eight days visit 3 mass graves, 2 ghettos, and 14 memorial services. After they return home, students upload videos of their journey to YouTube. The film is edited from those videos. As the last Holocaust survivors are nearing the end of their lives, young Israelis are eager to immortalize the collective trauma. Video sharing becomes a central tool in the commemoration efforts. Teenagers, teachers, and parents film every testimony, gas chamber, as well as their late-night gatherings. This film offers a unique point of view at the new generation, and a disturbing picture of how collective memory is formed in the age of the internet.
Rewards and nominations
- DOK Leipzig 2016 (Germany) — World Premiere
- DOK.fest Munich 2017 (Germany) — Official Selection
- International Documentary Film Festival DocAviv 2017 (Israel) — Official Selection
Director
Sagi Bornstein is a director, producer, and screenwriter for documentaries and reality shows. In 2011 he filmed Kafka's Last Story – a picture about heiresses of Max Brod, Kafka's close friend, who never burned Kafka's manuscripts despite the writer's will.
Udi Nir is a 30-year-old author, director, and producer. Together with Bornstein, he created #Uploading_holocaust, based on video recordings made by the Israeli high school students, who each year travel to Poland to commemorate the Holocaust. In 2019 they co-authored the film Golda – the portrait of Israel's only female Prime Minister.
Along with
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Speaker:
Valeriya Agafonova
Along with
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Speaker:
Valeriya Agafonova
Trailer
Director
Sagi Bornstein is a director, producer, and screenwriter for documentaries and reality shows. In 2011 he filmed Kafka's Last Story – a picture about heiresses of Max Brod, Kafka's close friend, who never burned Kafka's manuscripts despite the writer's will.
Udi Nir is a 30-year-old author, director, and producer. Together with Bornstein, he created #Uploading_holocaust, based on video recordings made by the Israeli high school students, who each year travel to Poland to commemorate the Holocaust. In 2019 they co-authored the film Golda – the portrait of Israel's only female Prime Minister.