A documentary. Towards the end of the scond world war , King Michael of Romania made a move to break away from Nazi Germany by deposing General Ion Antonescu, thereby aligning with the Allies. This decision took both the Allies and Hitler by surprise, the latter ordering the destruction of Romania in response. With the support of his mother, Queen Elena (honored as a ‘Righteous Among the Nations’) King Michael also initiated rescue operations for Romania's Jewish population. .
סרט תיעודי קצר. סיפורם של האסירים ממחנה הריכוז בופניארקה, יישוב בשטחה הנוכחי של אוקראינה, שבמהלך מלחמת העולם השנייה היה חלק מממשלת טרנסניסטריה, בניהול שלטונות רומניה. דרך הציורים של גבריאל כהן, אורל מרקולסקו, ג'ורגה צ'גלוקוף ולאסלו קרולי (ששימש ליצירת החומר הזה) אנו למדים על התנאים הקשים ביותר שנאלצו לסבול האסירים, רובם יהודים בעלי אהדה קומוניסטית (צריפים רעועים, קור, מחלות, רעב ורבים אחרים).
A documentary film. This film reveals the sale of the Jews of Romania to the State of Israel, from WW2 until 1989, reaching its climax during the reign of Nicoale Ceauşescu.
The film was screened at the Jerusalem Jewish film Festival 2021
A documentaey. The film presents the personal stories of the residents of the Moses Rosen Retirement Home in Bucharest, taking us through the Jewish quarter, in the areas where scenes of antisemitic violence took place during the 1941 pogrom, at the houses of the film’s subjects, and in front of the buildings that played an important role in the life of the Jewish community and Jewish identity before, during and after the war.
A documentary film. The films video combining intimate family conversations between the durector and her grandmother, Sorana Ursu (now 94), with footage, photographs, and other images from the past and present, creating an assemblage of memories and impressions that both support and reject historical events. Through the personal account of Sorana Ursu, whose father was killed during the 1941 Iasi pogrom, along with those of other members of the family now in Israel and the United States, biographical fragments are pieced together in a desperate attempt to establish a coherent narrative of life, while...