A web of family secrets unravels in this moving documentary following a family fractured by war.
Synopsis
Aida’s Secrets chronicles one man’s late-in-life search for his brother, from whom he was separated as a toddler at the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp after World War II.
About the Director
Alon Schwarz is an award-winning documentary director. In 2017, he directed and produced the feature documentary Aida’s Secrets, which premiered at Hot Docs, won the Audience Award at Tel Aviv’s Docaviv Festival, and was theatrically distributed in the United States and Israel.
Festivals, Screenings, & Awards
HotDocs Canadian International Film Festival
DocAviv International Film Festival – Audience Award
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – Jury Prize
Miami Jewish Film Festival – Jury Prize
Year
2016
Production Country
Israel, USA, Canada, Germany
Production Company
Real Peak Films, Music Box Films
Distribution
Music Box Films
Subject Region
Israel, USA, Canada, Germany
Runtime
90 minutes
Director
Alon Schwartz and Shaul Schwartz
Screenplay
Alon Schwartz and Halil Efrat
Producers
Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri, Barak Heymann, Guy Lavie, Dana Stern, Alon Schwarz, Luke Boelitz, Christina Clusiau, Lilach Shamis
Cinematography
Christina Cluslau, Shaul Schwartz, Uriel Sinai, Yonatan Weitzman
Editing
Halil Efrat
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