Wilmington Jewish Film Festival

Save The Date! 11th Annual Wilmington Jewish Film Festival

Schedule Of Events:

The Boy In The Woods
3pm
The Boy In The Woods Follows The True Story Of Max, A Jewish Boy, Escaping Nazi Persecution In Eastern Europe. After He Is Separated From His Family, Max Finds Refuge With A Christian Peasant Jasko Who Hides Him In Plain Sight Until A Tense Stand – Off With Nazi Police. Afraid For His Own Family’s Life, Jasko Sends Max To Live In The Woods Where He Learns To Survive Alone. With Echoes Of A Grimm’s Fairy Tale, Max’s Experience Is Both Terrifying And Magical. He Inhabits A Landscape Crawling With Jew – Hunters, Partisans And Haunted By Ghosts. Then Everything Changes When He Meets Another Boy In Hiding, Yanek. Their Extraordinary Adventure Culminates In The Heroic Rescue Of A Baby Girl, But It Comes At A Tragic Price. Based On The Best – Selling Memoir By Canadian Holocaust Survivor Maxwell Smart And Inspired By The Award – Winning Documentary Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust.

Followed By Bites & Bubbles Cocktail Reception Catered By Spoonfed

Film Sponsor: Howard Stein

Reception Sponsors: Roberta & Harold Eichenholz

Director: Rebecca Snow - Year: 2023 - Run Time: 96 Minutes

Country: Canada - Language: English - Genre: Drama

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