Film
The Essential Link: The Story of Wilfrid Israel
Historical Documentary · 2016 · 75 min
Reconstructs the extraordinary life of Wilfrid Israel, a wealthy department store owner in Berlin who covertly operated at the heart of the anti-Nazi resistance. The film charts how he utilized his vast fortune, international connections, and the Kindertransport network to save tens of thousands of Jewish lives.
- Nominee: Best Documentary Feature, Documentary Forum Awards, 2018
- Winner: Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, 2018
- Winner: Audience Award, New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival, 2018
- Winner: Audience Award, Scottsdale International Film Festival, 2018
- Winner: Audience Award, DocAviv International Film Festival (Israel), 2017
- Producers
- IBA, New Israeli Film Fund, Highlight Films
- Director
- Yonatan Nir
- Editor
- Tal Brog
Additional Awards & Screenings
- Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, 2017 — World Premiere
- DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2017 — Israeli Premiere
- Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, 2017–18 — Audience Award Winner
- New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival, 2017–18 — Audience Award Winner
- Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2017–18 — Official Selection
- Rochester Jewish Film Festival (George Eastman Museum), 2017
- Maine Jewish Film Festival, 2018 — Official Selection
- Berlin Jewish Film Festival, 2018 — Official Selection
- Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 2018 — Official Selection
- Yad Vashem — Ongoing Holocaust remembrance screening
- United Nations HQ Vienna — Ongoing Holocaust remembrance event
- Holocaust Museum Montreal — Ongoing Holocaust remembrance screening
- 100+ additional festivals & organisations worldwide, 2017–ongoing