Tag: Holocaust

SHEPHERD: THE STORY OF A JEWISH DOG – INTERVIEW with Director Lynn Roth

Set during World War II, SHEPHERD is a family feature film about a beloved and valiant German Shepherd.  The story portrays heroism during a crucial time in world history while celebrating the...

STILL LIFE IN LODZ – Interview with Filmmaker Slawomir Grunberg

"One Painting, A Century of Jewish Life." - STILL LIFE IN LODZ. Here is our interview with Documentary Filmmaker Slawomir Grunberg. The stirring mystery begins inside an ordinary-seeming tenement apartment where a painting has...

AJFF 2020 – THE CROSSING – Interview with Director Johanne Helgeland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt-ccqi4Pys&feature=emb_logo The 18th annual Austin Jewish Film Festival opened the festival with Johanne Helgeland's tremendous children's holocaust survival tale, THE CROSSING.  Johanne was awesome enough to answer Selig Film News' questions about the...

Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Jeff Lipsky

https://vimeo.com/308100415 The Last marks the 7th feature film Directed by Jeff Lipsky.  Once again we're given an in-depth look into a unique family.  This four generational Jewish family whose matriarch holds a truly...

OPERATION FINALE Review By Gadi Elkon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Y4_6PD0Z4 MGM's release of Operation Finale on a Wednesday in late August points to some glaring issues in the film.  Here is my full review of the movie. Ben Kingsley return to the Holocaust/WWII...

MARCH OF THE LIVING – Interview w/ Director Jessica Sanders

https://vimeo.com/15229383 "MARCH OF THE LIVING tells the story of the last generation of Holocaust survivors traveling to Poland with thousands of teenagers from around the world to revisit the sites of the Holocaust...

Ten Films I’m Thankful For By Gadi Elkon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O1Iy9od7-A The Godfather I & II always seem to make everyone's top film lists and I can't argue the greatness of Coppola.  This list is a bit different.  Here are Ten films that...

Ida – Hauntingly Unforgettable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_vrlpWB4Vo At The Dallas International Film Festival of Dallas I asked artistic director James Faust if there was one film I should see what would it be.  He told me about IDA.  At...

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