Mr. Bernstein (2016)
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Country:
Canada
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Duration:
12 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Francine Zuckerman
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Producer:
Jessica Adams
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Cast:
Deb Filler, Kira Gelineau, Daniel Kash, Rebecca Liddiard, Alon Nashman
About film
Bernstein, who later became a renowned conductor, had once performed the Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, a composer of Jewish ancestry, with a concentration camp orchestra. All of the musicians were prisoners, and the father of the protagonist was an involuntary listener. Years later the spectator, who has grown old and became a baker in New Zealand, and the conductor accidentally find themselves in the same city, but do not cross paths. These accidental meetings that one remembers for the entire life are probably familiar to every Jewish family on the planet.
Rewards and nominations
- Canadian Cinema Editors Awards 2016 - Official Selection
- Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards 2017 - Official Selection
Director
Francine graduated from McGill University's film program and joined the National Film Board to co-produce and direct her first documentary film, Half the Kingdom. In addition to be a proud member of Film Fatales Canada, Zuckerman is also member of the Independent Film Project, New York; Directors Guild of Canada; has served as a jury member for the Ontario Arts Council, Media Arts Program; a jury chair for a Gemini Awards at The Academy of Film and Television and an early member of Femmes du Cinema de la Télévision et la Vidéo a Montréal.
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Director
Francine graduated from McGill University's film program and joined the National Film Board to co-produce and direct her first documentary film, Half the Kingdom. In addition to be a proud member of Film Fatales Canada, Zuckerman is also member of the Independent Film Project, New York; Directors Guild of Canada; has served as a jury member for the Ontario Arts Council, Media Arts Program; a jury chair for a Gemini Awards at The Academy of Film and Television and an early member of Femmes du Cinema de la Télévision et la Vidéo a Montréal.