MIFF celebrates 70th anniversary and returns with great program – Australian Jewish News

“You can’t build a relationship with them if you don’t tell stories that fit their ways…”

Director Ari Folman has a lot to say about his film where is anne frank But what shines most throughout the interview is the children’s education. Forman knows that it is the younger generation that has the power to change the world. That’s why it was so important to him to portray the story of Anne Frank in a completely new light.

where is anne frank Brings to life Kitty, an imaginary friend Anne wrote in her famous diary. Kitty is convinced that Ann must be alive, too, just because she is.

The film is part of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and is now in cinemas and streaming online from August 11th.

For Folmann, portraying the Franks arriving at Auschwitz was the most difficult task due to the lack of a suitable cinematic format.

“I grew up in a family of Holocaust survivors and have heard the most terrifying stories a child could ever hear. I cannot fully understand what happened.

In this film, Kitty builds a bridge between the past and the present and explains the world around us. Along the way, she meets other children who have fled conflict zones and become refugees.

Also, what will be screened at MIFF is evolution, the story of three generations of a Jewish family told in three parts, from World War II to modern-day Berlin. In the first episode, the baby is found by his three men cleaning the shower block. A scene of atrocities that now give us only surreal clues to the exact nature of those horrors. In the second, a child Eva is an exasperated elderly woman having a fight with her recently divorced daughter Lena, and in the third, Lena’s son Jonas meets the world through the prism of his smartphone. .

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There will also be a Victorian premiere of Ahmed’s Knee as part of MIFF. Based on the real-life activist Ahed Tamimi, who confronted a group of armed IDF soldiers in the West Bank in 2017, this feature by Nadav Lapid creates a video installation about Palestinian teenagers while creating several We look at the filmmaker who faces the truth of that family.

Celebrating its 70th anniversary, MIFF offers an extensive program of international and Australian films, including esteemed guests, premieres, galas, talks and special events.

MIFF runs from August 4th to 28th. For more information and tickets, please visit: miff.com.au

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