Denver Jewish Film Festival 2023

Short Film Package: Small Bites

Expired February 18, 2021 6:30 AM
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Screening in Short Film Package: Small Bites


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Synopsis:

1991, the start of the Jewish immigration wave from the USSR to Israel. 12-year old Misha films his family's journey. The traumatic immigration experience turns absurd when their old aunt dies on the plane just before they land. Now, the family must to go through various levels of bureaucracy with an immigrating corpse.


DJFF Film Reviews:

“Very funny and ironic! Liked the cinema verite.”

~ Mark Boscoe: Chair, DJFF Film Selection Committee


“Love the dry humor of this comedy-of-errors and the specific touches (like the amateur home video aesthetics) that evoke a distinct period in time and a distinctly impatient, prepubescent subject behind the camera. Highlights the bureaucratic tediousness of the immigration process and in doing so tempers the idealism that is expectation before reality. The dramatic irony of our subtitles shows us Hebrew asides that the Russian characters are not privy to. This is an older short, but truly a gem.”

~ Amy Weiner Weiss: Member, DJFF Film Selection Committee & Director of Festivals, JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center


Available watch dates: February 8-17, 2021

This Content is Available in the Following Regions: USA


PRINT SOURCE:

Distributor - Go2Films

Distributor Name - Hadar Taylor Shechter

Distributor Email - hadar@go2films.com

  • Year
    2012
  • Runtime
    26 minutes
  • Country
    Israel
  • Director
    Leon Prudovsky
  • Producer
    Estee Yacov-Mecklberg, Haim Mecklberg