Aida’s Secrets

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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