The documentary Chasing Portraits (dir: Elizabeth Rynecki, prod: Virginia Curry, Elizabeth Rynecki, Johnny Symons) was highlighted in The Forward’s feature on films about Nazi-looted art. The article calls the film, “the most affecting film on lost art… Even though — perhaps precisely because — at times it feels more like a home movie than a professionally honed flick, it reveals an emotional core that is unexpectedly moving.”
Chasing Portraits is Rynecki’s deeply personal search to recover the lost paintings of her great-grandfather, Moshe Rynecki, a Polish-Jewish artist whose works were scattered during the Holocaust. The film blends art history and family memory.
Read the full article here: The Forward – Nazi-Looted Art Movies Among Top Films on Lost Art.