Neshoma (dir: Sandra Beerends, prod: Floor Onrust) was awarded FOCAL (Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries) International’s 2025 award for Best Use of Footage in a History Feature. The honor recognizes single feature-length productions—60 minutes or longer—such as documentaries or docudramas that deal with historical events, people, or issues.
In Neshoma, numerous excerpts from archive footage of pre-War Jewish Amsterdam and are connected by the fictional character of Rusha, a Jewish Everywoman from the interbellum, constructed from testimonies of contemporaries and survivors of the Holocaust. More here.