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A documentary about the outcome of a decision made by a brother and sister in 1945. One missed meeting, two families, and three generations.

Feature documentary, 2013, 96 min, Documentary. Produced by Made in Germany Filmproduktion in coproduction with Black Sheep Film Productions Ltd, Channel 8 and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
DoP: Andreas Köhler, sound: César Fernandez, editor: Nicole Kortlüke & Assaf Lapid, in coproduction with Black Sheep Film Productions Ltd, Channel 8 and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Development Programme IDFAcademy 2009, MEDIA Development Programme Greenhouse 2009, DEFA-Förderpreis 2011, production fund by Film and Media Fund NRW, BKM, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film, Filmwerkstatt der Filmförderung Schleswig-Holstein and Rabinovich Film Fund, Distributor: Film Kino Text, World distributor: Rush Lake Media

Awards and nominations:

- DEFA Best German documentary, DokLeipzig

- Best documentary award, Haifa International Film Festival

- Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum Award

- Nominated for the Ofir - the Israeli Academy award

- Dialogue award, Cottbus Film Festival

- Storytelling award, FirstSteps Festival NYC

- Distribution award, Other Israel Festival NYC

- Gershon Klein Preis, Jewish Film Festival Berlin

- Audience Award, IFFF Dortmund/Cologne

- Best film Toronto Jewish Film Festival

- Main award Schleswig-Holschtein Film Festival, Kiel

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