Budapest-based novelist, poet, essayist and screenwriter Gábor T. Szántó co-wrote with director Ferenc Török the powerful Hungarian film “1945.”
Filmmaker Oren Rudavsky discusses his film "Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People," which tells the story of the remarkable Jewish newspaper publisher.
Emmy award-winning documentarian Alexandra Dean wrote and directed “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” a film that delves into the life of the Jewish émigré film star from Austria.
Ofir Raul Grazier received Israel's 2018 Ophir Award for Best Director and Best Film for his first feature narrative, "The Cakemaker." The film tackles with great sensitivity the story of intimate relationships, lost love, and the German-Israeli connection.
Eric is joined by first-time Israeli director Orit Fouks Rotem and lead actress Dana Ivgy to discuss "Cinema Sabaya," winner of the Ophir Award for Best Picture of 2022. It's a film about a group of Arab and Jewish women who attend a documentary workshop where they learn to challenge preconceived beliefs and come together as mothers, wives, and women through filmmaking.
Documentarian Ruth Beckermann discusses her biographical drama about former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and the controversy about his role in the Nazi regime.
In 2019 Ophir Award-nominated “Working Woman" (for Best Film), Israeli film director Michal Aviad looks at Israeli society and the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace. Actress Liron Ben-Shlush won the Ophir for Best Actress.
Dani Menkin has made both narrative and documentary films. His 2016 documentary, "On the Map' was about Maccabi Tel Aviv's victory over CSKA Moscow in the 1977 European championship. This film focuses on the unusual journey by Aulcie Perry, an African-American, who was a member of that team.
Shani Rozanes discovered an "off the record" 1978 television interview with Golda Meir, given just months before her death. Rozanes, together with Udi Nir and Sago Bornstein, uses this interview as centerpiece for the film "Golda," a powerful examination of Israel's fourth prime minister.
The timeless, unbreakable bond between a boy and his faithful dog is put to the test in 1930s Germany when Nuremberg Laws forbid Jews from owning dogs. Writer-Director Lynn Roth (The Little Traitor) and lead actor "Auggie" Maturo talk about their experience in adapting Asher Kravitz's best-selling Israeli novel into film.
Palestinian-Israeli writer/director Sameh Zoabi talks about his comedy, "Tel Aviv on Fire," winner of the 2019 Israeli Ophir Award for Best Screenplay. The film centers on a Palestinian who becomes a soap opera writer after befriending an Israeli soldier at a check point.
Producer and first-time director Dan Friedkin talks about "The Last Vermeer," set in the aftermath of World War II. Joseph Piller (Claes Bang), is a Dutch Jewish soldier who returns home to find a society intent on only seeking vengeance. Piller seeks justice, even for those for whom he has little regard.
Producer Robert Lantos, director François Girard & Three-time Oscar-winner composer Howard Shore discuss their narrative film "The Song of Names," about a violin prodigy left in London by his Polish Jewish parents weeks before the outbreak of World War II, so that he may study. Then events take over!
Producer/Director Julia Mintz discusses the courageous Jewish fighters who fled into the forests and from there took their fight to the Nazis. Her film shatters the myth of Jewish passivity as it documents the bravery and leadership of the partisans and the ways in which Jews resisted during the Shoah.
Karen Heilig, Assistant Executive Vice President of the Claims Conference and Co-Producer of ‘Reckonings,’ talks about her film on the untold true story of Jewish and German leaders meeting in secret in the early 1950s to grapple with the first reparations in history.
It's 1933 Berlin and nine-year old Anna's life changes from the ground up. Her father, a well-known Jewish journalist, must flee in the middle of the night, with Anna and her family to follow. Writer-Director Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) speaks about her challenge to adapt Judith Kerr's beloved children's book.
Israeli director Idan Haguel discusses his film ‘Concerned Citizen,’ a dark comedy that tackles race and gentrification through the story of a gay couple in a multi-racial neighborhood in contemporary Tel Aviv.
Israeli filmmaker Michal Vinik discusses her film ‘Valeria is Getting Married,’ a movie that explores the implications of a "mail-order bride" system in a contemporary world - Israeli style!
Writer/Director Roberta Grossman talks about her documentary film focused on Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes archive that was created during WWII in the Warsaw Ghetto to preserve the story of Jews during the Holocaust
Mike Burstyn sits down with Eric to discuss his film directorial debut, "Azimuth," about the Six Day War. The discussion also touches on Burstyn's long-ranging show business career, which includes his childhood roles in theater and many films, like "Two Kuni Levels," in which he had starring roles.