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A short fiction film Kaddish by Razid Season, New York (2020)

Kaddish film poster
Kaddish film poster with laurels

Logline:
The journey of a young Polish Jewish man who attempts to finish his mother’s death anniversary rituals at her grave during the holocaust.

Synopsis:
A Polish Jewish man who tries to reach his mother’s grave before three days of the death anniversary to pray standing by the graveyard but on the way to this journey, he gets caught by Nazi German but did not give up his desire. After all the attempts, another Jewish elderly man joins with him and lead the journey, until their last moment of life. This to be covered over this short film Kaddish, to portray how dreams chase us to do every impossible things in the world, for a love and passion toward our own people or the family, even if it risks the life.

Language: Yiddish, German & Polish
Run Time: 14 minutes
Starring: Aurel Samuel (Akiva Yakov), Paul Grossman (Rebbe (Rabbi))
Directed by Razid Season
Edited by Alex Lora
Composer Lukas Schüßler
Production Designer Razid Season
Cinematography by Uladzimir Taukachou