Invisible Years is a short, animated film that follows the book of the same title. After spending the majority of her life not knowing the details of her family history during the Holocaust, Daphne Geismar was led by her mother to an antique desk drawer in her childhood home.
Synopsis
Invisible Years is a short, animated film that follows the book of the same title. After spending the majority of her life not knowing the details of her family history during the Holocaust, Daphne Geismar was led by her mother to an antique desk drawer in her childhood home. She found that it was packed with letters, diary entries, and relics from her extended Jewish family members’ experiences in the Nazi occupied Netherlands. Using hand-crafted animation, archival films, photographs, papers, and textures taken directly from the drawer, Invisible Years weaves together a single tapestry out of the loose threads of untold family
stories.
Year
In production
Writers:
Daphne Geismar
Animators
Conor Donahue
Jessica Goh
Producers
Nevo Shinaar
Zazie Ray-Trapido
Cast
Roos Steenbergen
Annemijn Van’t Hullenaar
Liva Slagman
Mike Kuyt
Iris Vlutters
Sound Design
Calvin Pia
Creative Consultant
Daphne Geismar
Funding
With Assistance from Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Supported by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future and by the German Federal Ministry of Finance
Yale Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Yale University
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