Holy Holocaust
Synopsis
A dark family secret from the past is revealed unexpectedly and opens an abyss between two close friends: Jennifer, a German, discovers that she is the black granddaughter of a Notorious Nazi commander, and her life is turned upside down, while Noa, an Israeli, is doing whatever she can to prevent her life from turning.
Credits
Director(s)
Osi Wald, Noa Berman-Herzberg
Producer(s)
Osi Wald
Script
Noa Berman-Herzberg
Editor
Osi Wald
Original Music
Daniela Spector & Einav Jackson Cohen
Cast
Noa Berman-Herzberg, Gabriella Boerschmann, Linda Majors
Original Language
English
Subtitles
English, French
Sound Design
Ori Kadishay, Mazkeka Studios
Director of animation & Art Director
Osi Wald
Animators
Osi Wald, Ella Ben - Yacov, Yair Harel, Liron Narunsky
Post Production
Ricardo Werdesheim
Produced with the help of
Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Art
Developed with the Support of
Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Additional Music
Ori Kadishay
Festival Highlights
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WINNER
The Jerusalem Development Authority Award for Best Short AnimationJerusalem International Film Festival2021 -
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Award for Best Film in the Israeli Short Film CompetitionJerusalem Jewish Film Festival2021 -
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Grand Prize for the Hearts, Minds, Souls AwardFlickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival2022 -
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Best BASED ON HIS/HER STORY AwardRISING OF LUSITANIA AnimaDoc Film Festival2022 -
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Best Animaton AwardChelsea International Film Festival2022 -
WINNER
Best Short DocumentaryCentre Film Festival2022 -
WINNER
Best Animaton AwardHayah Panama International Short Film Festival2022 -
WINNER
Best DocumentaryT-Short Animated Film Festival2023 -
WINNER
Special MentionInternational Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA2023 -
WINNER
Best Animation AwardLandshut Short Film Festival2023 -
WINNER
Special Jury MentionNew Delhi Film Festival2023
Landshut Short Film Festival, Austria, Competition, 2023
New Delhi Film Festival, India, 2023
MONSTRA Lisbon Animation Festival, Portugal, 2023
International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA, Poland, 2023
Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris, France, 2023
ANIMAC , Spain, 2023
Anima- Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2023
Hayah Panama International Short Film Festival, Panama, Competition, 2022
Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2022
Animage, Brazil, Competition, 2022
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Estonia, 2022
Exground Filmfest, Germany, 2022
Centre Film Festival, USA, 2022
World of Film International Festival Glasgow World Of Film International Festival Glasgow, Scotland, 2022
Warsaw Animation Film Festival, Poland, Competition, 2022
FRONTDOC - International Documentary Festival, Italy, 2022
Chelsea International Film Festival, USA, Competition, 2022
War on Screen Festival, France, Competition, 2022
Seoul Indie-AniFest, Korea, Competition, 2022
RISING OF LUSITANIA AnimaDoc Film Festival, Poland, special section BASED ON HIS/HER STORY, 2022
Fantoche, Swizerland, Panorama, 2022
Fest Anča International Animation Festival, Slovakia, 2022
Hiroshima Animation Season, Japan, 2022
Edinburgh International Film Festival , UK, Short Animation Programme, 2022
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, 2022
HollyShorts Film Festival, USA, 2022
Animix,The International Animation Comics & Caricature Festival, Israel, 2022
Dotdotdot, Austria, 2022
SUPERTOON, International Animation and Comic Festival, Croatia, 2022
Berlin Jewish Film Festival, Germany, 2022
Documentary Edge International Film Festival, New Zealand, 2022
World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, Croatia, GRAND COMPETITION - SHORT FILM, 2022
Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival, Brazil, Competition, 2022
Krakow International Film Festival, Poland, Short Competition, 2022
Animatricks, Finland, 2022
Edmonton Jewish Film Festival, Canada, Competition, 2022
HotDocs, Canada, World Showcase- North American Premiere, 2022
Vienna Jewish Film Festival, Austria, 2022
Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Spain, Animation competition, 2022
Athens Animfest, Greece, 2022
Tricky Women/Tricky Realities International Animation Filmfestival, Austria, Int'l Competition + the Intergenerational Trauma Program, 2022
Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, Israel, Competition, 2021
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, Competition, 2021
Warsaw Animation Film Festival, Poland, 2022
Reviews
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""A very creative film with a spectacular and original world of images, a powerful script and impressive character design, which strengthens the interpersonal connection and the basic belief in humanity, with a refreshing approach to the memory of the Holocaust."
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- Jury's Statement, Jerusalem International Film Festival
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""...its moving story that crosses time. Beyond the Holocaust, it is the story of a friendship that nothing can spoil, even the indescribable""
- Jury's Statement, Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival
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""...For artistic maturity and humor, which intertwine into the story of the protagonists treated with great tenderness and respect, all adorned with an aesthetic form of animation"."
- Jury's statement, RISING OF LUSITANIA AnimaDoc Film Festival
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""...With creative and colorful means, this documentary uses the liberties of the animation genre to create an imaginative visual language for the complex emotional world of the characters. A refreshingly new perspective on the often-told subject of the Nazi era""
- Jury's statement, Landshut Short Film Festival
