Tuesday | 31.5 | 19:15 | Cinematheque 3

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Screening and award ceremony

This year, for the first time, Docaviv and Yad Vashem will be presenting the Yad Vashem Award for an Outstanding Holocaust-related Documentary. A $3,000 prize will be awarded to Bianca Stigter’s film Three Minutes: A Lengthening, produced by award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen and Floor Onrust, with narration by Helena Bonham Carter. The Award Committee stated: “This meditative and visually and narratively rich film brings three forgotten minutes filmed in 1939 in the Polish village of Nasielsk back to life, as a result of the comprehensive and profound research that focused on the circumstances of the film’s production. The film tells the story of the village and its Jewish residents, who held a variety of world views, and lived together side by side, while reviving several of the names and voices that belonged to some of those who appear in the film.” The award will be presented during the festival at a special screening, attended by the film editor Katharina Wartena and Dani Dayan – Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate.

The award will be presented during the festival at a special screening, attended by the film editor Katharina Wartena and Dani Dayan – Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate.

About the film:

Three Minutes - A Lengthening

Three minutes on celluloid—a rare home movie shot in 1938—are all that remains of the Jewish town of Nasielsk, Poland. What story do these three minutes tell? And what, if anything, can we save from being forgotten? Actress Helena Bonham Carter narrates the film.