Neshoma is the Yiddish-Hebrew word for soul or spirit. In Nesjomme (dir: Sandra Beerends, prod: Floor Onrust), this refers to the soul of pre-war Jewish Amsterdam. Numerous excerpts from archive footage and films are connected by the fictional character of Rusha, a Jewish Everywoman from the interbellum, constructed from testimonies of contemporaries and survivors of the Holocaust.
The film will have its world premiere as part of IDFA’s Luminous line-up.