HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

The film depicts the life of inventor Ödön Riszdorfer, who revolutionized the camera industry. His patents were pioneering, as he was the first in the world to solve issues related to the automation of photography. Watch this film here from July 9th to 15th 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOANUldDy3c&t=1206s Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxMhb0UOntc Ferenc Ádám Surgán Director, Writer, Producer István Nagy Key…

Five actors embark on a journey to Poland. The personal and shared journey turns into a powerful experience they will never forget. Ayelet Heller is documentary filmmaker. Over the past 25 years she has created and directed dozens of films and TV series, addressing the human side of complex political conflicts, key events in the…

A group of Israeli teens embark on a trip to Poland and the concentration camps for an up-close lesson on the blood-soaked history of WWII. Roman Shumunov is an award-winning Israeli film director, screenwriter, and editor. As a director and writer of TV and cinema projects, Roman has been keeping busy across different genres. Shumunov…

Personal diaries that were written during WW2 in Budapest, document the everyday horrors and persecution of the Jews. "Budapest Diaries" depicts the events of the final year of WWII and the Holocaust of the local Jews as documented in diaries written in real-time by the Jews, their persecutors, and bystanders. The diaries, written by "ordinary…

Markéta Ledererová (1915-1987) fled from the expanding Nazism in Czechoslovakia in 1939 and settled in the Netherlands, where she started a family during World War II; her escape story and unknown Jewish origins prompted a daughter and two granddaughters to embark on an investigative quest spanning the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic and Israel decades…

"Centaur" is a commemorative documentary that highlights the intergenerational trauma associated with families and the tragic sinking of the AHS Centaur in 1943. The Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk by a Japanese torpedo off the coast of Brisbane as it travelled from Sydney to Papua New Guinea carrying medical personnel to tend to our…

Part of a 5 episode series on ‘Hidden Histories’, telling unknown stories connected to war. Humanity is entangled with the lives of animals, but humans have enlisted animals to help fight their wars. Tracking the use of horses and dogs in warfare can be a difficult challenge; Jack visits the MoD Defence Animal Training Regiment…

Sea Launch is the world's first floating spaceport. Until Feb 2020 its permanent homeport was Long Beach, Los Angeles. These are the last 48 hours before it’s sent to Vladivostok for reconstruction to a new basing location. These are the last 48 hours of the spaceport in its original design. Watch this film here from…

The documentary "Golden Era" describes the history and development of the Austrian bodybuilding and fitness movement. In a touching way, the film confronts questions of transience using the example of Austrian fitness legends. The film dares to tackle unusual topics and is touching due to the unusual life stories of its actors. Beyond the journey…

The documentary "Cassino then and now" describes the four battles of Cassino (World War II, Jan-May 1944, Italy) through the narratives of five different soldiers (American, New Zealander, German, French and Polish) and one italian refìugee. Each different story, told by an original language voice over, is based on an accurate historical documentation about real…

The Atomic Rocketeer is a documentary that tells the story of Wernher Von Braun, the German scientist and his band of German Rocketeers acquired by the Americans days after the fall of Germany during WW2 then transferring to the NM desert. Watch this film here from July 9th to 15th 2024 https://vimeo.com/953445478 Director Biography - Larry L. Sheffield,…