It Happened on our Ground

Israel / Germany / Canada 2024, 125 min, Hebrew, English and German, Hebrew & English subtitles

A journey of three generations of women living on one farm that Wendi, the (grand)mother, inherited from her uncle, Hitler’s first foreign minister and senior SS officer. The film is a feminine personal portrait of a German aristocratic family who used their privileged position to save Jews from a concentration camp that was erected on their land. The three women are not afraid to confront the difficult past of their family in an attempt to safeguard a peaceful future.

Family stories History Israeli Israeli Competition Nazi Germany

Screening Schedule:

Thu 23.05 | 18:30 | Cinematheque 3 | Filmmaker Present
Tue 28.05 | 15:00 | Cinematheque 1 | Filmmaker Present
Fri 31.05 | 09:30 | Cinematheque 1
Fri 31.05 | 15:45 | Cinematheque 4

Director: Avner Faingulernt

A documentary film maker among his films - 'In The Desert A Documentary Diptych' - Best Cinematography and Best Director at the "20th Docaviv", 'War Matador', 'Men on The Edge Fishermen's Diary', 'Eva'. Dean of Art Faculty Kibbutzim College, Founder of Cinema South Film Festival. and the Film School at Sapir College

Production: Hagar Saad Shalom, Paul Cadieux, Danae Elon, Jurgen Kleining
Production Company: Skene Border Films - Israel, Filmoption International- Canada, Neue Celluloid Fabric - Germany
Script: Hagar Saad Shalom, Avner Faingulernt, Danae Elon
Editing: Lev Goltser, Avner Faingulernt
Cinematography: Avner Faingulernt
Research: Hagar Saad Shalom, Avner Faingulernt
Sound Design: Yuri Primanneko
Music: Jean-Olivier Bégin

Supporters & Broadcasters: KAN – Israeli Public Broadcast Corp, Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, MiDarom Film Fund , Mifal HaPayis, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts, SWR, MFG, CoPro – Israeli Content Marketing Foundation RA, No Fear - The Ronit Elkabetz Grant And Scholarship Fund , The New Fund for Cinema and TV, Filmoption International World Sales

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