Chaja & Mimi
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| German title | Chaja & Mimi |
| Original title | Chaja & Mimi |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , Hebrew |
| Publishing year | 2009/2013 |
| length | 10 mins |
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| Director | Eric Esser |
| production | Eric Esser |
| camera | Albrecht von Grünhagen |
| cut | Ben Laser |
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Chaja & Mimi is a documentary short film by the director Eric Esser. For the most part, it consists of an interview with Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons, two Jewish Israeli women, about their ambivalent relationship with Berlin, the city of their birth. A first version dates from 2009 , a second, completely revised version of the film for the international market was released in 2013 .
action
The two Jewish women of German origin (so-called Jeckiot ) share their childhood memories of the Mitte district of Berlin and the Scheunenviertel in which they grew up in the 1920s. They report on their flight from the National Socialists to what was then Palestine in 1934 . Chaja Florentin tells of a later painful visit to post-war Berlin. The emotional climax is the joy and enthusiasm of the two women when they see historical photographs of the streets in which they grew up. The final question, whether they would move back to Berlin, both resolutely deny, pointing out that Israel is their home. Although they are dissatisfied with a lot in Israel, it is like having a stressful baby that screams all the time and that you still love.
background
Chaja & Mimi was premiered in its first cut version on February 6, 2009 at the Directors Lounge Festival in Berlin, in the Memories section of the program , Sabrina Small reviewed the short film in the festival blog .
The revised international version had its premiere on June 22, 2013 at the Walter Benjamin Short Film Competition in Portbou, Spain .
The interviews were conducted in the Café Mersand in Tel Aviv , the regular café of the two protagonists. The café was founded in 1958 by the German immigrant Walter Mersand and has long been considered a meeting place for the so-called Jeckes in Tel Aviv.
The Anne Frank Center has been using the film in educational work since 2011, as part of the project Not put in the school cone . The learning material is aimed at primary school children aged 10 and over. Just like in the film, the focus here is on the memories of survivors of the National Socialist persecution of the Jews . The Berlin Educational Center of the Heinrich Böll Foundation also had teaching materials created for the film. The materials contain four methods on the topics of migration and anti-Semitism and can be downloaded free of charge from the Bildungswerk's website.
reception
The jury of the German Film and Media Assessment justified its judgment on the predicate Particularly valuable in the summer of 2013 by saying that the film enriched the collection of the dwindling "oral history" of the survivors of the Third Reich , because their memories were indispensable for future generations. He contributes a large and important part to erecting a worthy memorial to these interesting and fascinating women who have found their home for life in Tel Aviv. and enrich the audience with their zest for life
The competition committee of the Irish Human Rights Film Awards justified the nomination of the film by saying that the filmmaker Eric Esser used photos from prewar Berlin to give the two remarkable women an insight into their attitude towards Germany, the past and forgiveness . This is a tender and inspiring story about survival, home, identity and the strong bond of friendship.
Awards
- The film was selected as Online Short of January 2020 by the Jewish Film Institute in San Francisco and was available as a streaming on the Institute's website during this time.
- In June 2014 Chaja & Mimi was nominated for the ICCL Human Rights Film Award 2014 in Dublin .
- In May 2014, the film won an Award of Merit at the Best Short Awards in La Jolla, California .
- The audience of the Long Night of the Political Short Film of the State Agency for Civic Education Rhineland-Palatinate voted the film on October 23, 2013 in the Cinemayence cinema in Mainz .
- In 2013, the German Film and Media Assessment gave the film the rating of Particularly Valuable and also voted it short documentary of the month of August 2013.
- On June 22, 2013, the festival jury of the Walter Benjamin Short Film Competition in Portbou, Spain, sponsored by the Goethe-Institut Barcelona, chose the film for 2nd place.
Web links
- Chaja & Mimi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
- Video on demand side of the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directors Lounge program February 6th Directots Lounge , accessed January 13, 2014 (English).
- ^ Sabrina Small: Revelations. (No longer available online.) In: Directors Lounge Blog. Tumblr , archived from the original on February 25, 2014 ; accessed on January 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2nd place in Portbou for Chaja & Mimi. MakeShiftMovies, June 22, 2013, accessed February 22, 2020 .
- ^ Gisela Dachs: Israel - Search for traces - Tel Aviv region. Goethe-Institut Israel, January 2013, accessed on January 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Learning workshop for primary schools: "Not put in the school cone". (No longer available online.) Anne Frank Center , archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Pedagogical material to accompany the film "Chaja & Mimi" - Bildungswerk Berlin of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Heinrich Böll Foundation , November 26, 2014, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
- ^ Film "Chaja & Mimi". German film evaluation and media evaluation FBW , August 20, 2013, accessed on January 13, 2014 .
- ^ "Voices of Displaced People Ring Out at ICCL Human Rights Film Awards - Irish Council for Civil Liberties". Irish Council for Civil Liberties, June 8, 2014, accessed October 10, 2018 .
- ↑ January 2020 Online Short - Jewish Film Institute - Medium . Jewish Film Institute. January 3, 2020. Accessed January 4, 2020.
- ^ ICCL Human Rights Film Awards - The 2014 Shortlist. (No longer available online.) Irish Council for Civil Liberties, June 4, 2014, archived from the original June 7, 2014 ; accessed on June 4, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Best Shorts Competition | LaJolla, CA 92037. Best Shorts Award, May 2014, accessed May 9, 2014 .
- ^ Long Night of Political Short Films. State Center for Civic Education Rhineland-Palatinate , accessed on January 13, 2014 .
- ^ Film »Chaja & Mimi. German film evaluation and media evaluation FBW , August 20, 2013, accessed on January 13, 2014 .
- ↑ EDICIÓ 2013 - Passatges Cultura Contemporània-Mostra Cinema Frontera. Passatges de Cultura Contemporània, August 20, 2013, accessed June 4, 2014 (Catalan).
