When People Die They Sing Songs
TRAILER
48 min / 2014
Yiddish songs make a Holocaust survivor Regina uncover her past after decades of silence. Her daughter races with her mother’s dementia to capture the story.
Broadcast
- NHK (Japan), 2015
Theatrical Release
- Documentary Film Center in Moscow, 2014
Awards
- 2014 Nomination for Student Oscar
- 2014 Cine Golden Eagle Award
- 2014 International Independent Film Award – Bronze Winner
- 2015 Diploma for Cinematic Realization of the Holocaust Memory in XXI century from Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York
- 2015 Special Jury Award for Peace & Human Rights in memory of Italian journalist and piece activist Alexander Langer from the Religion Today Film Festival in Italy
Festivals/Markets/Educational Screenings
- 2016 Screened at MoMA as part of Arts in Healthcare Conference
- 2016 Screened at Hunter College, New York
- 2016 Screened at the European Music Therapy Conference held in Vienna (Austria)
- 2016 Culture Unplugged on-line Film Festival
- 2015 Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, Special Jury Award
- 2015 Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York,
- Diploma for Cinematic Realization of the Holocaust Memory in XXI century
- 2015 Moscow Jewish Film Festival
- 2015 Screened at Limmud conference in Moscow
- 2015 Screened at Limmud conference in St. Petersburg
- 2015 Screened in University of Colorado Boulder
- 2014 Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival – participation in Videotheque
- 2014 MESSAGE TO MAN International Documentary Film Festival in St. Petersburg
- 2014 DOC NYC Film Festival, New York
- 2014 IDFA – participation in Docs for Sale market, Amsterdam
- 2014 Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival, Sag Harbor
- 2014 Screened in Moscow Jewish Community Center
- 2014 Screened in Moscow State University
Inclusions
- Included in the Visual Center collection at Yad VaShen museum in Israel
- Included in the Library of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington
- Included in the Visual Library of Harvard University