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JEWISH STORY PARTNERS ANNOUNCES
$500,000 IN NEW GRANTS TO
21 DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS
Reaches Milestone with 100th Project Funded
New slate meets the moment with intimate human stories of Israelis and Palestinians in a post-October 7th world.
Grantees include projects from award-winning producers Yoni Brook, Lori Cheatle, Bonni Cohen, Sigrid Dyekjær, Shlomi Elkabetz, Ina Fichman, Daniel Junge, and Justine Nagan
LOS ANGELES (Thursday, June 20, 2024) – Marking an important milestone, Jewish Story Partners (JSP), a leading non-profit film funding organization, announced its new grantees today, with $500,000 distributed among 21 feature documentary films. Launched with support from Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Persons Foundation, JSP works to stimulate and support the highest caliber independent films that expand the Jewish story. Since its inception, JSP has already awarded a remarkable $3 million in grants to 101 projects.
Established in 2021, JSP was founded to respond to a critical gap in funding for independent Jewish film, as well as to the pressing need for stories that reflect the broad and surprising spectrum of Jewish experiences, cultures, and encounters. Never could we have imagined, however, that three years later, JSP would be so urgently and profoundly needed.
Meeting the moment, the new group of JSP grantees includes several projects that tell intimate human stories of October 7th and the war in Gaza. Among these are: The Abstract and the Very Real, Issa’s House, Kramer Brothers Film Untitled, A Letter to David, Missing Silver, Noga, and A Rhino’s Tale. “We’re pleased to support a subset of films that center personal experiences at the heart of a painful and intractable conflict— stories that offer nuance and humanity in the face of propaganda and extremism. We are more committed than ever to our mission of championing Jewish films that build empathy and understanding across divides, and that fight against ignorance and hate— quiet voices that might otherwise never be heard through the shouting,” said JSP Co-Executive Directors Roberta Grossman and Caroline Libresco.
In this round of granting, JSP received over 200 applications from filmmakers, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, who are compelled to tell a sliver of the Jewish story. In addition to making grants to 21 excellent documentaries in this cycle, JSP provides awarded filmmakers with a Continuum of Support Program: advisory services at pivotal points in their process. And JSP’s Education-Impact Program, in partnership with distributor Good Docs, underwrites hundreds of free educational and community screenings of completed JSP-funded films.
Understanding the need to grapple with rising antisemitism, JSP’s new Holocaust Film Fund allows donors to designate their funding for documentaries on the Holocaust, while JSP’s Antisemitism and the Ecosystem of Hate Film Fund gives donors the chance to direct their support to projects probing antisemitism as well as the connections between antisemitism and other forms of group-based hate. These two new programs were first announced in late 2023, and today marks the first film projects receiving grants from these funds.
The new slate of JSP grants includes powerful documentaries from acclaimed directors Abner Benaim (Invasion), Rachel Boynton (Our Brand is Crisis), Tomer Heymann (Mr. Gaga), Brandon Kramer (The First Step), Hilla Medalia (Web Junkie), Dror Moreh (The Gatekeepers), Marlo Poras (The Mosuo Sisters), and Justin Schein (No Impact Man); as well as from award-winning producers including Judd Apatow (40-Year-Old Virgin), Yoni Brook (Philly D.A.), Lori Cheatle (Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart), Sigrid Dyekjær (The Territory), Ina Fichman (Fire of Love), Yael Melamede (Pay or Die), and Justine Nagan (America Reframed); and executive producers Bonni Cohen (An Inconvenient Sequel) and Simon Kilmurry (Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy). See below for a full list.
The jury for the Spring 2024 funding round was composed of Sarah Feinbloom, Founder and Executive Director, Good Docs; Keisha N. Knight, Director of Funds and Advocacy, International Documentary Association (IDA); and Jason Spingarn-Koff, former Director of Netflix Original Documentary Programming and current Professor and Knight Chair in Climate Journalism, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
The jury shared the following statement: “It was an honor for us to unpack these excellent projects that represent the multiplicity of Jewish voices at home and internationally. In these fraught and disorienting times, the diverse group of documentaries we selected share a common, universal theme: our deepest need as human beings to communicate and be understood. At the same time, they uplift voices for peace, and underscore the critical importance of dialogue.” New grantees are listed below.
Among the excellent projects supported in past JSP funding cycles are films from such celebrated filmmakers as Sandi DuBowski (Sabbath Queen), Paula Eiselt (Under G-d), David France (At The Barricades), Mark Harris (A Gift for Laughter), Luke Lorentzen (A Still Small Voice), Marilyn Ness (Post Mortem), Pratibha Parmar (My Name is Andrea), Maxim Pozdorovkin (The Conspiracy), Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell (This World is Not My Own), Joey Soloway (South Commons), and Dan Sturman (Four Winters, The Liegnitz Plot).
Twenty-five JSP-funded films are now complete and reaching audiences at festivals, in theaters, on television, and on streaming platforms. After premiering at Sundance 2023, where it won the U.S. Documentary Directing Award, Luke Lorentzen’s A Still Small Voice was shortlisted for an Academy Award. Cady Voge’s All We Carry made its world premiere in January 2024 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Called a “sumptuous piece of nonfiction” by Variety, Rachel Elizabeth Seed’s A Photographic Memory premiered at True/False Film Festival in March and screened at HotDocs this spring. Also premiering at HotDocs was Dan Habib and Samuel Habib’s The Ride Ahead. Justyna Gawelko and Tomer Slutsky’s Jews by Choice had its world premiere at the Krakow Film Festival in May. Sandi DuBowski’s Sabbath Queen recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Ilana Trachtman’s Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round premiered at the Maryland Film Festival before screening alongside Sabbath Queen, The Ride Ahead, and A Photographic Memory at DC/DOX this June. Paula Apsell’s Resistance - They Fought Back, Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell’s This World is Not My Own, and Kit Vincent’s Red Herring are launching theatrical runs this spring.
JSP currently accepts submissions via one open call per year, with applications opening in November and juried decisions made in May. The Fall 2024 Reprise Grant cycle is now open to current JSP grantees only, with a deadline on August 9th, 2024.
2024 NEW GRANTEES
Film descriptions provided by grantees.
The Abstract and the Very Real
Director Omer Shamir, Producers Galit Cahlon, Shlomi Elkabetz, and Libby Lenkinski
When the American-Israeli street-artist Know Hope suddenly faces a severe chronic illness, he begins collecting stories of personal struggles from Israelis and Palestinians. The lives of strangers become material for his artistic therapy and his political action.
The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks
Director and Producer Dempsey Rice, Producer Lori Cheatle
A newly uncovered trove of audio tapes and archive affords an intimate journey into the fantastical mind and groundbreaking work of beloved Jewish neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks– one of the most creative and influential thinkers of our time and the man who helped found the modern neurodiversity movement.
The Consequences of Truth
Director Denis Dobrovoda, Producers Betsy Laikin and Silvia Panáková
The Consequences of Truth tells the remarkable story of Alfred Wetzler, a Slovak Jewish hero who warned the world about the Nazi extermination machine, and yet was persecuted and erased from history by his own government after the war.
Death and Taxes
Director and Producer Justin Schein, Co-Director and Producer Bob Edwards, Producer Yael Melamede
Death and Taxes is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality and the American Dream, viewed through the lens of the estate tax and the very personal story of a father and son at odds over what kind of inheritance we want to leave our kids and our country.
The Escape
Director and Producer Marlo Poras, Producer David Sutherland
When filmmaker Marlo Poras' grandmother escaped Nazi-occupied Austria, she was stripped of citizenship and everything she owned. Now, Austria is offering descendants like Marlo citizenship as restitution, sending her on a journey deep into the Alps to unearth an unsettling history that challenges Austria’s selective memory and carries haunting lessons for today.
Father Figures
Director and Producer Emma D. Miller, Producer Florrie Priest
When a retired theater director begins creating internet videos featuring deeply intimate conversations with his growing collection of ventriloquist dummies—including several modeled after his Jewish relatives—his daughter attempts to understand his motivations, uncover family history, and repair their fraught relationship— using puppets.
Hitler Documentary Project Untitled
Director Dror Moreh, Producers Sigrid Dyekjær, Natalie Humphreys, Philippe Levasseur, and Harry Vaughn
A Berlin-based archive has recently been uncovered that gives chilling context to our understanding of Adolf Hitler and reveals the depths of visual ideology that metastasized within his inner circle.
Issa’s House
Director and Producer Tomer Heymann, Producer Leigh Heiman, Co-Producer Ahmad Amro
Issa Amro and his group of non-violent activists have dedicated their lives to protecting a Palestinian-owned home in Hebron. Israeli-Jewish filmmaker Tomer Heymann set out to give voice to their stories over two years ago, and continues to chronicle their struggle after October 7th— bearing witness to their seemingly insurmountable goal of peace, now more crucial than ever.
Kramer Brothers Film Untitled
Director Brandon Kramer, Producers Yoni Brook and Lance Kramer
An intimately observed story about the complex experience of a family in the aftermath of October 7th.
A Letter to David
Director Tom Shoval, Producers Roy Bareket, Maya Fischer, and Alona Refua
A cinematic letter to director Tom Shoval’s friend David Cunio, who was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7th, A Letter to David mines raw behind-the-scenes footage from Shoval’s earlier film, Youth, and present-day images to create a poetic, existential essay about a dire, unimaginable situation.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Director Shoshannah Stern, Producer Robyn Kopp, Executive Producers Bonni Cohen and Justine Nagan
In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and at the age of 21 was thrust into the national spotlight. For the first time, in her primary language of ASL, Marlee reveals the complexities of being the only Deaf child in her Jewish family to trailblazing a first of its kind career in Hollywood.
Missing Silver
Director and Producer Hilla Medalia, Producer Ina Fichman
On the morning of October 7th, renowned peace activist Vivian Silver was presumed abducted from her kibbutz near Gaza by Hamas. As Israel launches a devastating attack on the Gaza Strip, Vivian’s son, and beloved Jewish and Palestinian friends, struggle to hold onto Silver's vision and hope for peace.
Noga
Directors and Producers Jono Bergmann and Benji Bergmann
Israeli indie-pop sensation Noga Erez navigates political upheaval and personal challenges in the midst of a war at home, just as she is about to release her first U.S. studio album.
A Rhino’s Tale
Director Meital Zvieli, Producer Avigail Sperber
At the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, a Palestinian and an Israeli zookeeper must navigate the impending loss of a beloved, dying rhino named Shalom. In telling their story, the film wrestles with notions of captivity, personal and political relationships, and the wistful longing for peace in a region plunged into war.
Two Minutes of Hate
Director and Producer Rachel Boynton, Producers Yael Melamede and Tereza Simikova, Executive Producer Simon Kilmurry
With intimate access to one of the world’s leading groups tracking extremism, Two Minutes of Hate follows global trends in digital disinformation as they unfold, with particular emphasis on disinformation surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. Through three portraits of personal relationships, in three democracies worldwide, it reveals the human cost of disinformation.
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SPRING 2024 REPRISE GRANTEES
From time to time, Jewish Story Partners provides additional support, in the form of Reprise Grants, to previously awarded projects which have made significant progress. Film descriptions provided by grantees.
Judy Chicago Untitled
Directors Kate Amend and Tim Marrinan, Producer Lisa Remington
When Judy Chicago, a trailblazing Jewish feminist artist once dismissed by the establishment, steps into the limelight at 80-something, her iconic six decade fight against women’s erasure from the art world takes on new significance.
Landscapes of Memory
Director Leah Galant, Producer Elijah Stevens
Weaving personal essay and intimate character studies, Landscapes of Memory explores Germany’s remembrance culture--Erinnerungskultur—and the uses and abuses of collective memory.
My Friend Sam
Director Daniel Ryan, Producers Sarah Anthony, Judd Apatow, Jack Dishel, and Regina Spektor
Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor’s life changed forever when, as a child, she was taken under the wings of musicians Sonia Vargas and Samuel Marder. Now Marder, a widower and Holocaust survivor, is speaking out about his painful past, with Spektor at his side. Grounded in their profound intergenerational friendship, this inspirational tale shows how music can help us in the worst of times.
New Mistakes
Director Michel Franco, Producer Adam Schorin
A provocative meditation on the politics of memory surrounding World War II and the Holocaust, New Mistakes explores how competing interpretations of history are used to build cultural and political narratives today.
Paraíso Tropical
Director and Producer Abner Benaim, Producers Daniel Junge and Malu Zayon
A psychological docu-thriller, Paraíso Tropical investigates the mysteries and unsolved questions of a terrorist attack in Latin America— one that had profound reverberations among those the victims left behind.
Established in 2021, JSP was founded to respond to a critical gap in funding for independent Jewish film, as well as to the pressing need for stories that reflect the broad and surprising spectrum of Jewish experiences, cultures, and encounters. Never could we have imagined, however, that three years later, JSP would be so urgently and profoundly needed.
Meeting the moment, the new group of JSP grantees includes several projects that tell intimate human stories of October 7th and the war in Gaza. Among these are: The Abstract and the Very Real, Issa’s House, Kramer Brothers Film Untitled, A Letter to David, Missing Silver, Noga, and A Rhino’s Tale. “We’re pleased to support a subset of films that center personal experiences at the heart of a painful and intractable conflict— stories that offer nuance and humanity in the face of propaganda and extremism. We are more committed than ever to our mission of championing Jewish films that build empathy and understanding across divides, and that fight against ignorance and hate— quiet voices that might otherwise never be heard through the shouting,” said JSP Co-Executive Directors Roberta Grossman and Caroline Libresco.
In this round of granting, JSP received over 200 applications from filmmakers, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, who are compelled to tell a sliver of the Jewish story. In addition to making grants to 21 excellent documentaries in this cycle, JSP provides awarded filmmakers with a Continuum of Support Program: advisory services at pivotal points in their process. And JSP’s Education-Impact Program, in partnership with distributor Good Docs, underwrites hundreds of free educational and community screenings of completed JSP-funded films.
Understanding the need to grapple with rising antisemitism, JSP’s new Holocaust Film Fund allows donors to designate their funding for documentaries on the Holocaust, while JSP’s Antisemitism and the Ecosystem of Hate Film Fund gives donors the chance to direct their support to projects probing antisemitism as well as the connections between antisemitism and other forms of group-based hate. These two new programs were first announced in late 2023, and today marks the first film projects receiving grants from these funds.
The new slate of JSP grants includes powerful documentaries from acclaimed directors Abner Benaim (Invasion), Rachel Boynton (Our Brand is Crisis), Tomer Heymann (Mr. Gaga), Brandon Kramer (The First Step), Hilla Medalia (Web Junkie), Dror Moreh (The Gatekeepers), Marlo Poras (The Mosuo Sisters), and Justin Schein (No Impact Man); as well as from award-winning producers including Judd Apatow (40-Year-Old Virgin), Yoni Brook (Philly D.A.), Lori Cheatle (Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart), Sigrid Dyekjær (The Territory), Ina Fichman (Fire of Love), Yael Melamede (Pay or Die), and Justine Nagan (America Reframed); and executive producers Bonni Cohen (An Inconvenient Sequel) and Simon Kilmurry (Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy). See below for a full list.
The jury for the Spring 2024 funding round was composed of Sarah Feinbloom, Founder and Executive Director, Good Docs; Keisha N. Knight, Director of Funds and Advocacy, International Documentary Association (IDA); and Jason Spingarn-Koff, former Director of Netflix Original Documentary Programming and current Professor and Knight Chair in Climate Journalism, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
The jury shared the following statement: “It was an honor for us to unpack these excellent projects that represent the multiplicity of Jewish voices at home and internationally. In these fraught and disorienting times, the diverse group of documentaries we selected share a common, universal theme: our deepest need as human beings to communicate and be understood. At the same time, they uplift voices for peace, and underscore the critical importance of dialogue.” New grantees are listed below.
Among the excellent projects supported in past JSP funding cycles are films from such celebrated filmmakers as Sandi DuBowski (Sabbath Queen), Paula Eiselt (Under G-d), David France (At The Barricades), Mark Harris (A Gift for Laughter), Luke Lorentzen (A Still Small Voice), Marilyn Ness (Post Mortem), Pratibha Parmar (My Name is Andrea), Maxim Pozdorovkin (The Conspiracy), Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell (This World is Not My Own), Joey Soloway (South Commons), and Dan Sturman (Four Winters, The Liegnitz Plot).
Twenty-five JSP-funded films are now complete and reaching audiences at festivals, in theaters, on television, and on streaming platforms. After premiering at Sundance 2023, where it won the U.S. Documentary Directing Award, Luke Lorentzen’s A Still Small Voice was shortlisted for an Academy Award. Cady Voge’s All We Carry made its world premiere in January 2024 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Called a “sumptuous piece of nonfiction” by Variety, Rachel Elizabeth Seed’s A Photographic Memory premiered at True/False Film Festival in March and screened at HotDocs this spring. Also premiering at HotDocs was Dan Habib and Samuel Habib’s The Ride Ahead. Justyna Gawelko and Tomer Slutsky’s Jews by Choice had its world premiere at the Krakow Film Festival in May. Sandi DuBowski’s Sabbath Queen recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Ilana Trachtman’s Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round premiered at the Maryland Film Festival before screening alongside Sabbath Queen, The Ride Ahead, and A Photographic Memory at DC/DOX this June. Paula Apsell’s Resistance - They Fought Back, Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell’s This World is Not My Own, and Kit Vincent’s Red Herring are launching theatrical runs this spring.
JSP currently accepts submissions via one open call per year, with applications opening in November and juried decisions made in May. The Fall 2024 Reprise Grant cycle is now open to current JSP grantees only, with a deadline on August 9th, 2024.
2024 NEW GRANTEES
Film descriptions provided by grantees.
The Abstract and the Very Real
Director Omer Shamir, Producers Galit Cahlon, Shlomi Elkabetz, and Libby Lenkinski
When the American-Israeli street-artist Know Hope suddenly faces a severe chronic illness, he begins collecting stories of personal struggles from Israelis and Palestinians. The lives of strangers become material for his artistic therapy and his political action.
The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks
Director and Producer Dempsey Rice, Producer Lori Cheatle
A newly uncovered trove of audio tapes and archive affords an intimate journey into the fantastical mind and groundbreaking work of beloved Jewish neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks– one of the most creative and influential thinkers of our time and the man who helped found the modern neurodiversity movement.
The Consequences of Truth
Director Denis Dobrovoda, Producers Betsy Laikin and Silvia Panáková
The Consequences of Truth tells the remarkable story of Alfred Wetzler, a Slovak Jewish hero who warned the world about the Nazi extermination machine, and yet was persecuted and erased from history by his own government after the war.
Death and Taxes
Director and Producer Justin Schein, Co-Director and Producer Bob Edwards, Producer Yael Melamede
Death and Taxes is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality and the American Dream, viewed through the lens of the estate tax and the very personal story of a father and son at odds over what kind of inheritance we want to leave our kids and our country.
The Escape
Director and Producer Marlo Poras, Producer David Sutherland
When filmmaker Marlo Poras' grandmother escaped Nazi-occupied Austria, she was stripped of citizenship and everything she owned. Now, Austria is offering descendants like Marlo citizenship as restitution, sending her on a journey deep into the Alps to unearth an unsettling history that challenges Austria’s selective memory and carries haunting lessons for today.
Father Figures
Director and Producer Emma D. Miller, Producer Florrie Priest
When a retired theater director begins creating internet videos featuring deeply intimate conversations with his growing collection of ventriloquist dummies—including several modeled after his Jewish relatives—his daughter attempts to understand his motivations, uncover family history, and repair their fraught relationship— using puppets.
Hitler Documentary Project Untitled
Director Dror Moreh, Producers Sigrid Dyekjær, Natalie Humphreys, Philippe Levasseur, and Harry Vaughn
A Berlin-based archive has recently been uncovered that gives chilling context to our understanding of Adolf Hitler and reveals the depths of visual ideology that metastasized within his inner circle.
Issa’s House
Director and Producer Tomer Heymann, Producer Leigh Heiman, Co-Producer Ahmad Amro
Issa Amro and his group of non-violent activists have dedicated their lives to protecting a Palestinian-owned home in Hebron. Israeli-Jewish filmmaker Tomer Heymann set out to give voice to their stories over two years ago, and continues to chronicle their struggle after October 7th— bearing witness to their seemingly insurmountable goal of peace, now more crucial than ever.
Kramer Brothers Film Untitled
Director Brandon Kramer, Producers Yoni Brook and Lance Kramer
An intimately observed story about the complex experience of a family in the aftermath of October 7th.
A Letter to David
Director Tom Shoval, Producers Roy Bareket, Maya Fischer, and Alona Refua
A cinematic letter to director Tom Shoval’s friend David Cunio, who was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7th, A Letter to David mines raw behind-the-scenes footage from Shoval’s earlier film, Youth, and present-day images to create a poetic, existential essay about a dire, unimaginable situation.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Director Shoshannah Stern, Producer Robyn Kopp, Executive Producers Bonni Cohen and Justine Nagan
In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and at the age of 21 was thrust into the national spotlight. For the first time, in her primary language of ASL, Marlee reveals the complexities of being the only Deaf child in her Jewish family to trailblazing a first of its kind career in Hollywood.
Missing Silver
Director and Producer Hilla Medalia, Producer Ina Fichman
On the morning of October 7th, renowned peace activist Vivian Silver was presumed abducted from her kibbutz near Gaza by Hamas. As Israel launches a devastating attack on the Gaza Strip, Vivian’s son, and beloved Jewish and Palestinian friends, struggle to hold onto Silver's vision and hope for peace.
Noga
Directors and Producers Jono Bergmann and Benji Bergmann
Israeli indie-pop sensation Noga Erez navigates political upheaval and personal challenges in the midst of a war at home, just as she is about to release her first U.S. studio album.
A Rhino’s Tale
Director Meital Zvieli, Producer Avigail Sperber
At the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, a Palestinian and an Israeli zookeeper must navigate the impending loss of a beloved, dying rhino named Shalom. In telling their story, the film wrestles with notions of captivity, personal and political relationships, and the wistful longing for peace in a region plunged into war.
Two Minutes of Hate
Director and Producer Rachel Boynton, Producers Yael Melamede and Tereza Simikova, Executive Producer Simon Kilmurry
With intimate access to one of the world’s leading groups tracking extremism, Two Minutes of Hate follows global trends in digital disinformation as they unfold, with particular emphasis on disinformation surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. Through three portraits of personal relationships, in three democracies worldwide, it reveals the human cost of disinformation.
____
SPRING 2024 REPRISE GRANTEES
From time to time, Jewish Story Partners provides additional support, in the form of Reprise Grants, to previously awarded projects which have made significant progress. Film descriptions provided by grantees.
Judy Chicago Untitled
Directors Kate Amend and Tim Marrinan, Producer Lisa Remington
When Judy Chicago, a trailblazing Jewish feminist artist once dismissed by the establishment, steps into the limelight at 80-something, her iconic six decade fight against women’s erasure from the art world takes on new significance.
Landscapes of Memory
Director Leah Galant, Producer Elijah Stevens
Weaving personal essay and intimate character studies, Landscapes of Memory explores Germany’s remembrance culture--Erinnerungskultur—and the uses and abuses of collective memory.
My Friend Sam
Director Daniel Ryan, Producers Sarah Anthony, Judd Apatow, Jack Dishel, and Regina Spektor
Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor’s life changed forever when, as a child, she was taken under the wings of musicians Sonia Vargas and Samuel Marder. Now Marder, a widower and Holocaust survivor, is speaking out about his painful past, with Spektor at his side. Grounded in their profound intergenerational friendship, this inspirational tale shows how music can help us in the worst of times.
New Mistakes
Director Michel Franco, Producer Adam Schorin
A provocative meditation on the politics of memory surrounding World War II and the Holocaust, New Mistakes explores how competing interpretations of history are used to build cultural and political narratives today.
Paraíso Tropical
Director and Producer Abner Benaim, Producers Daniel Junge and Malu Zayon
A psychological docu-thriller, Paraíso Tropical investigates the mysteries and unsolved questions of a terrorist attack in Latin America— one that had profound reverberations among those the victims left behind.
