Short films from the next generation of great filmmakers! All films are made by filmmakers 18 or younger. And programmed by our high school students in the Emerging Filmmaker Program with the help of staff.
Online short film programs will vary from the in-person programs due to virtual availability restrictions.
A Prayer For My Mother: The Eva Brettler Story is an animated film that chronicles the extraordinary saga of Holocaust survivor Eva Brettler – a child facing brutality and profound loss who finds sustenance in faith and her own dreams for the future. From the loss of her parents to a forced death march across Europe, young Eva survives Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camps, the destruction of her family, and the near destruction of European Jewry to emerge, with a tender heart and faith intact, crediting the goodness and decency of helpers and caretakers she encountered along the way.
- Year2021
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- PremiereRegional
- RatingAll Ages
- SponsorWSU School of Digital Arts (Shocker Studios)
- Social Media
- DirectorRuben Barrett, Raisa Effress, Sophia Evans, Lauren Fuchs, Katie Hadsock-Longarzo, Ian Kim, Eve Levy, Timothy Lim, Asher Meron, Marion Ochoa, Isabella Rahi, Hank Schoen, and Olivia Uzielli
- ProducerC. Lily Ericsson, Cheri Gaulke, Samara Hutman
- CastEva Brettler
Short films from the next generation of great filmmakers! All films are made by filmmakers 18 or younger. And programmed by our high school students in the Emerging Filmmaker Program with the help of staff.
Online short film programs will vary from the in-person programs due to virtual availability restrictions.
A Prayer For My Mother: The Eva Brettler Story is an animated film that chronicles the extraordinary saga of Holocaust survivor Eva Brettler – a child facing brutality and profound loss who finds sustenance in faith and her own dreams for the future. From the loss of her parents to a forced death march across Europe, young Eva survives Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camps, the destruction of her family, and the near destruction of European Jewry to emerge, with a tender heart and faith intact, crediting the goodness and decency of helpers and caretakers she encountered along the way.
- Year2021
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- PremiereRegional
- RatingAll Ages
- SponsorWSU School of Digital Arts (Shocker Studios)
- Social Media
- DirectorRuben Barrett, Raisa Effress, Sophia Evans, Lauren Fuchs, Katie Hadsock-Longarzo, Ian Kim, Eve Levy, Timothy Lim, Asher Meron, Marion Ochoa, Isabella Rahi, Hank Schoen, and Olivia Uzielli
- ProducerC. Lily Ericsson, Cheri Gaulke, Samara Hutman
- CastEva Brettler