Shimon’s Returns

The documentary shot in Poland, Ukraine and Israel tells the story of Shimon Redlich, a Holocaust survivor who returns to places from his childhood as well as different hiding places in his struggle to survive. The film features archival footage from the 1948 Yiddish film “Unzere Kinder”, where Shimon played a role as a child actor. A collector of memories and a seeker of good will, Shimon takes us on a journey through Poland and Ukraine, uncovering the brighter sides of the darkest of times. Read more below.

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The documentary shot in Poland, Ukraine and Israel tells the story of Shimon Redlich, a Holocaust survivor who returns to places from his childhood as well as different hiding places in his struggle to survive. The film features archival footage from the 1948 Yiddish film “Unzere Kinder”, where Shimon played a role as a child actor. A collector of memories and a seeker of good will, Shimon takes us on a journey through Poland and Ukraine, uncovering the brighter sides of the darkest of times.

Duration: 53 minutes
Available on DVD and Blu-Ray with English, Polish, Ukrainian and Hebrew subtitles and in all regions.

Directed by:
Slawomir Grünberg & Katka Reszke

Screenplay by:
Slawomir Grünberg & Katka Reszke

Edited by:
Gosia Lukomska & Katka Reszke

Cinematography by:
Slawomir Grunberg

Music by:
Andrew Skeet, Audio Network

Produced by:
Sławomir Grünberg, LOGTV, Ltd

SCREENINGS

• World Premiere: 8th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides (Dwa Brzegi), July 3, 2014 (Link)

• University of Glasgow, UK, January 29, 2015 (Link)

• Limmud UK, December 29, 2014

• Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival, November 9, 2014

• Limmud, South Africa (Cape Town, Durban & Johannesburg), August, 2014

PRE-SCREENINGS

• Galicia Museum, Krakow, July 3, 2014

• 24th Jewish Culture Festival, Krakow, July 2, 2014

• “Borderland of Arts, Cultures, Nations” Centre (Ośrodek “Pogranicze – sztuk, kultur, narodów”), Sejny, Poland, June 29, 2014

• Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, June 28, 2014

• International Scholarly Conference ” Righteous Among the Nations, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.” June 20, 2014.

• 16th Simcha Jewish Culture Festival, Wroclaw, Poland, June 12, 2014

• University College of London, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, London, UK, May 21, 2014

Film Series: Shimon’s Returns (2014)
Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet)
January 25, 2015

A collector of memories and a seeker of good will, Shimon takes us on a journey through Poland and Ukraine, uncovering the brighter sides of dark times.

This year is 70 years since the end of the Nazi Holocaust.

This month is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

To mark this occasion, on Wednesday 28th January, GRAMNet brings you SHIMON’S RETURNS.

The documentary shot in Poland, Ukraine and Israel tells the story of Shimon Redlich, a Holocaust survivor who returns to places from his childhood as well as different hiding places in his struggle to survive. A collector of memories and a seeker of good will, Shimon takes us on a journey through Poland and Ukraine, uncovering the brighter sides of dark times. The film also employs archival footage from the 1948 Yiddish film “Unzere Kinder”, where Shimon had a role as a child actor.

Dr Mia Spiro lecturer in Jewish Studies will join us to give a response to the film, and be part of our post-show discussion.

Od tej obcości aż boli serce. Powroty Szymona. Szymona Redlicha
Monika Żmijewska
bialystok.wyborcza.pl
28 Czerwca 2014

Jako kilkuletni chłopiec ocalał z Holocaustu, przechowała go młoda Ukrainka. Wyjechał do Izraela i USA. Ale nieustannie powraca. W niedzielę (29.06) o tym wracaniu będzie można usłyszeć bezpośrednio od niego. I obejrzeć film “Powroty Szymona”. Niezwykła postać, Szymon Redlich, będzie gościem Ośrodka Pogranicze.

Spotkanie odbędzie się w podsejneńskiej Krasnogrudzie, w Międzynarodowym Centrum Dialogu. Szymonowi Redlichowi towarzyszyć będą filmowcy: Sławomir Grunberg i Katka Reszke, którzy nakręcili film “Powroty Szymona”. Spotkanie (początek godz. 19, wstęp wolny) poprowadzi Krzysztof Czyżewski z Ośrodka Pogranicze.

To właśnie Ośrodek ponad 10 lat temu wydał książkę Szymona Redlicha, pt. “Razem i osobno…

Together and Apart in Brzezany: Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians, 1919-1945″
Shimon Redlich
Indiana University Press
April 12, 2002

Three Endings and a Beginning: Simon Redlich’s Galicia
Book review by Timothy Snyder

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