Ismail's Dilemma | Shorts Program ( Virtual Screening) | 2023 Annual NH Jewish Film Festival

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Our shorts program includes 5 Films. A Kaddish for Selim, Give It Back, Ismail's Dilemma, Pops and Space Torah.

A purchase of a Short Film ticket includes 5 films: A Kaddish for Selim, Give It Back, Ismail's Dilemma, Pops and Space Torah.

In Nazi occupied Albania, Ismail, a poor peasant, is torn between fear for his own safety and that of his family and upholding Besa—the national code of honor, which includes protecting your guests at any cost. As the Nazis close in on his remote hilltop village, Ismail must decide whom he will put first: himself and his family or the two Jewish men he has been protecting from death. Based on true events.

Winner: Prix du Public, Autrans Mountain Film Festival 2021 (France); Best Foreign Short, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2020 (UK).

Selection: New York Jewish Film Festival 2021, San Luis Obispo Jewish Film Festival 2021, Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival 2021.

This film is in the competition for the Audience Best Short Film of the Fest Award.

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Year
2020
Runtime
33 minutes
Language
Albanian, German
Country
Albania
Premiere
New England
Rating
Not Rated
Note
Menemsha Films, Subtitles

Director
Dhimiter Ismailaj-Valona
Screenwriter
Dhimiter Ismailaj-Valona
Producer
Erand Sojli, Dhimiter Ismailaj-Valona
Cast
Arben Bajraktaraj, Klevis Bega, Delinda Zhupa Disha
Editor
Dhimiter Ismailaj-Valona
Production Design
Sabri Basha
Sound Design
Aldion Kola

5 films in package

A Kaddish for Selim

On the eve of World War One, a young British Jew has to change his name in order to join the army to fight and die for King and Empire.

Give it Back!

Olivia, a 12-year-old immigrant from New York, is trying to find her place in the new world she just landed in, Israeli society.

Ismail's Dilemma

As Nazi's arrive in his village, an Albanian peasant is torn between protecting his family or saving two Jewish men he's been hiding for a year.

Pops

Pops is a Jewish comedy drama about family, religion and how we choose to honour a life well-lived.

Space Torah

Space Torah: A Film by Verissima Productions. Space travel, Jewish world values and Yiddishkeit conjoin in this visual stunner that relates the uniquely inspiring life and out-of-this-world journey of Jewish-American astronaut Dr. Jeff Hoffman.