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The Basketball Game
Canada, 2011, 5 min.
This autobiographical animated tale explores the ways in which the mindless prejudices a child confronts can be overcome through the simple act of confronting one’s fears.... more
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Ensemble
France, 2011, 17 min.
Set in occupied Paris in 1942, this striking live action short tells the little-known true story of a Muslim mosque led by an Imam who saved hundreds of Jewish children from the clutches of the Nazis during WWII.... more
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Folkswagon
USA, 2011, 21 min.
Anxious to be far from his just completed army service and grandmother's recent death, Gill leaves Israel for a new start in New York City. He accepts an invitation to live with Jacob, an elderly holocaust survivor whose odd habits may just open new doors for the young man.... more
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My Kosher Shifts
United Kingdom, 2011, 22 min.
At a small hotel in London that caters to orthodox Jews, the fascinating, informal conversations between the receptionist -- a young woman and atheist -- and a panoply of guests are captured by a “fly-on-the-wall” camera.... more
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Seven Minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto
Denmark, 2012, 8 min.
In this stunning animation, puppets and the eyes of real actors are used to tell the story of Samek, an eight-year-old Jewish boy living with his family in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942.... more
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