I Am Here
SYNOPSIS:
This documentary contrasts Ella’s vibrant day-to-day life with stories of her experience surviving the Holocaust. These memories are depicted through dynamic 2D animation, innovatively bringing her storytelling to life.
Ella recalls bearing witness to losing her family, being a prisoner of three concentration camps, and narrowly escaping death in a gas chamber. However, she never lost the connection to the beautiful moments and people who changed her life forever. As tragic as her past has been, Ella triumphantly cherishes each moment and will stop at nothing to live life in a full spectrum of experience and joy.
A universal message of resilience – the documentary explores important themes such as the pervasive nature of xenophobia, the will of survival and most importantly: Hope.
I Am Here has been made with the guidance of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, assistance from the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre and a generous grant by The Claims Conference
Date:
24 February 2025
Genre:
Documentary / Hybrid AnimationYear:
2021Language:
EnglishDuration:
76 minutesAwards:
Best Documentary Feature
Best Achievement in Editing: Documentary
Best Achievement in Cinematography: Documentary
Best Director Audience Choice Award
Audience Choice Award
Audience Choice Award
Best South African Documentary (Oscar Qualifying)
Audience Choice Award
Best Director
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Stock Credits:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
gift of Julien Bryan Archive
courtesy of Niklas Frank and Erika Noebel
courtesy of Library of Congress
courtesy of Unknown Russian archive
courtesy of Panstwowe Muzeum na Majdanku
courtesy of Mark Chrzanowski
Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives
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