
NAKAM
95th OSCARS® Shortlist
WATCH FILM HERE | 33 Min | EN-Subtitles
NAKAM
Ukraine 1942. Twelve year old violinist Mitka plays in a Ukrainian restaurant with pianist Yegor. Nobody knows that Mitka is part of a Jewish partisan movement. When an opportunity arises to execute an attack on SS officers in the restaurant, Mitka puts his only friend Yegor at the risk of death.
NAKAM | TRAILER

Inspired by the true story from Motele Schlein. Today, his violin is in Yad Vashem -
Holocaust Remembrance Center.
CAST
Anton Krymskiy, Peter Miklusz, Jevgenij Sitochin, Rostyslav Bome, Irina Usova
CREW
Director
Screenwriter
Producer
Cinematography
Score
Costumes
Editing
Setdesign
Andreas Kessler
Fabien Virayie
Max Breuer, Janick Gootz
Leonard Caspari
Ege Ateslioglu
Laura Jasmin Schäffler
Christoph Hans
Julie Griebau, Natasha Donis
BROADCAST ON TELEVISION
SWR, ARD | DATE: 28.04.2023
ARD-Mediathek | German subtitles | 33 min
FESTIVALS
95th OSCARS® | Shortlist
46th CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Worldpremiere) | BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT (OSCAR QUALIFYING)
51st Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival | HONORARY MENTION
26th LA Shorts International Film Festival
42nd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival | Semi-Finalist
19th DC Shorts Film Festival
Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci - International Short Film Festival
filmreif! - das Bundesfestival junger Film
FEST - New Directors New Films Festival, Portugal
Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt
16. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
Cordillera International Film Festival, USA
Stark County International Short Film Series 2022
21. Filmz Festival des deutschen Kinos | AUDIENCE AWARD
Filmtage Oberschwaben
Weyauwega International Film Festival, USA
31. Euroshorts Young Filmmakers, Poland
FilmSlam® Streams of the Cleveland IFF 2022
Rome Prisma Film Awards 2022 | BEST OF FEST, DIRECTOR, COSTUME DESIGN, LEADING AND SUPPORTING ACTOR
26th Miami Jewish Film Festival | AUDIENCE AWARD
22nd Anchorage International Film Festival, USA | AUDIENCE AWARD
28. Filmschau Baden-Württemberg
Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival | AUDIENCE AWARD
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Sacramento Jewish Film Festival
United Artists International Film Festival
Robinson International Short Film Competition
Vancouver Independent Film Festival | WINNER
Art is Alive Film Festival
39th European Film Festival of Lille
Kirchliches Filmfestival Recklinghausen
Bucharest ShorCut CineFest
Gula Jewish Film Festival, Israel | AUDIENCE AWARD
27th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, San Francisco
50th Athens International Film and Video Festival
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, USA | NOMINEE BEST SHORT
Lighthouse International Film Festival, USA
Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival | AUDIENCE AWARD
ABQ Indie Film Festival | NOMINEE BEST STUDENT FILM, WINNER BEST DIRECTING
The Look of Sound
Jewish Community Center Chicago
New York Indie Shorts Awards
Golden Short Film Festival | OVERALL AWARD
32nd Annual Woods Hole Film Festival | AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST SOUND DESIGN
Filmsommer Festival 2023
Crested Butte Film Festival
The Pigeon International Film Festival, Iceland | BEST SHORT FILM
Gig Harbor Film Festival
Zion International Film Festival, USA
Aladerri International Film Festival | BEST ACTOR NOMINEE
Orlando Film Festival
Pittsburgh Shorts & Script Competition
34th CineWorld Film Festival
Tamuz Shomron Film Festival, Israel | JURY AWARD BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
São Paulo Film Festival, Brasil | BEST DIRECTOR
Directors Circle Festival of Shorts
30th Sedona International Film Festival | DIRECTOR’S CHOICE AWARD BEST STUDENT SHORT, AUDIENCE CHOICE WINNER BEST STUDENT SHORT
ONE Country ONE Film - Apchat-Issoire International Festival, France
12th Short Film Breaks, Romania
Capital City Film Festival, USA
PRESS
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