Broken Branches (2015)

Original title

ענפים שבורים

Directed by

Ayala Sharot

Genre

documentary film, animated film

Country

Israel

Runtime

25 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An animated documentary tells the story of a woman who left her family in Poland as a teenager to travel to Mandatory Palestine just before World War II. It is presented through the eyes of her granddaughter, combining interviews with animation.

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What happens

Broken Branches is a 2014 short Israeli documentary film by Ayala Sharot. Through her granddaughter's eyes, the film tells the story of Michal Rechter, who left her family in Poland at age 14 and traveled to Mandatory Palestine, on the eve of the Second World War. Broken Branches intersperses interviews with animation. The film won various international awards, including the UNICEF Pulcinella Award for Best Educational and Social Film and the Robinson International Short Film Competition Gold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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