Pinchas

Pinchas

Summary

Pinchas & his single mom are new immigrants from Russia.
He meets a girl his age from the third floor and is drawn to the warmth and unity that characterize this religious family. A thoughtful and tender story of the secular and the religious way of life told through the eyes of this beautiful young boy.

 RATED: PG (sexually suggestive scene, nudity)

Precedes "Who the Jew Are You?"

 

Year: 2008
Genre: Short
Countries: Israel
Languages: Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles
Subject: Religion
Run time: 30 minutes
Format: Beta SP

Director: Pini Tavger
Cast: Evgenya Dodina, Anthony Berman, Michael Koresh, Yonatan Rozen

Awards

 

Winner- Audience Award, Brooklyn Int. Film Festival, 2009

Winner- Grand Jury Prize for Best Short at ON film fest, Virginia, 2009
Winner -
Best Asian Film, Beijing International Film Festival 2009
Winner -
Bronze Award, Warsaw Jewish Motifs Film Festival 2009 
Winner-
Best Student Film, Nashville Jewish Film Festival, 2009

Finalist - Student Academy Awards (OSCAR) 2009 

 

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