JEWS BY CHOICE

POLISH TITLE: CZESKI FILM

Karniów, a small town in Czechia, used to be the home for a growing Jewish community until WWII, when the Nazis brutally took over power and not a single one of the local 450 Jews survived. A few decades later, the Czech town is struck with another disaster – Karniów is flooded during the flood of the century. The old synagogue gets damaged, too. In order to prevent its destruction, a group of inhabitants decide to bring its old glory back or maybe even give rise to a new Jewish community in their town.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland, Israel, USA
RUNNING TIME:
70'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Justyna Gawełko
SCRIPT:
Justyna Gawełko
DOP:
Tomer Slutzky
EDITOR:
Marcin Sucharski, Noam Amit, Noa Weinstein
MUSIC:
Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak
PRODUCTION:
Michał Szymanowicz