Congratulations to the crew of The Grandfather Puzzle (dir: Ora DeKornfeld, prod: Noemi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze) for winning the Tom Rankin Audience Award for the Best Short Film at the 2026 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, NC.
The film explores a filmmaker who creates puzzles of her 100-year-old Holocaust survivor grandfather’s past with the hopes of unlocking his memories and bridging the silence that has defined their relationship.
For more information, please visit the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival website.
Ora DeKornfeld is the Claims Conference’s 2024 Emerging Filmmaker contest winner for the film The Grandfather Puzzle.
The film will next be seen at the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, taking place May 21–25. The festival, known for its focus on documentary storytelling and social impact, provides a platform for films that engage with history, memory, and human rights.