Virginia Peninsula Jewish Film Festival: Among Neighbors
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Among Neighbors
2024, 1hr 40min, Documentary
Among Neighbors tells the story of a small, rural Polish town where Jews and Catholics lived side by side for centuries before World War II. Blending hand-drawn animation and magical realism with candid interviews and real-life footage, the film brings the town's past to life through its last living eyewitnesses. At its heart are two people: the town's only living Holocaust survivor, and an elderly woman who saw Jews murdered there, not by Nazis, but by their own Polish neighbors. The result is a powerful portrait of both love and betrayal.
The film has earned the 2026 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Television, the Special Award at the 2024 Warsaw Jewish Film Festival and the Jewish Film Institute's Envision Award.
RSVP HERE:
https://jewishpeninsula.ticketspice.com/va-peninsula-jewish-film-fest-among-neighbors
The film festival committee strives to use the power of film to entertain, educate and connect audiences to issues related to Jewish life in the U.S., Israel and around the world.
The Virginia Peninsula Jewish Film Festival is organized by Temple Beth El in partnership with Jewish Peninsula.
2024, 1hr 40min, Documentary
Among Neighbors tells the story of a small, rural Polish town where Jews and Catholics lived side by side for centuries before World War II. Blending hand-drawn animation and magical realism with candid interviews and real-life footage, the film brings the town's past to life through its last living eyewitnesses. At its heart are two people: the town's only living Holocaust survivor, and an elderly woman who saw Jews murdered there, not by Nazis, but by their own Polish neighbors. The result is a powerful portrait of both love and betrayal.
The film has earned the 2026 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Television, the Special Award at the 2024 Warsaw Jewish Film Festival and the Jewish Film Institute's Envision Award.
RSVP HERE:
https://jewishpeninsula.ticketspice.com/va-peninsula-jewish-film-fest-among-neighbors
The film festival committee strives to use the power of film to entertain, educate and connect audiences to issues related to Jewish life in the U.S., Israel and around the world.
The Virginia Peninsula Jewish Film Festival is organized by Temple Beth El in partnership with Jewish Peninsula.
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Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St,Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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