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简介:FiveGreek-JewishchildrenwhoweresavedbyChristianfamiliesduringtheGermanOccupation,five“hiddenchildren”wholivedintotalsilence,telltheirstories. Storiesofterror,anguishandconfusionbutalsostoriesofsalvationandcarefreechildhoodintothearmsofstrangers.SecretGardensofEden,nestsofloveawayfromthehorroroftheHolocaust. Fivechildrenwereforcedtomatureabruptly. Rosina,Iossif,Eftyhia,ShellyandMariosgrewold,carryingthememoryofthousandsofchildren,thosewhowerenevergiventhetimetogrowup. Themoviefollowsthesepersonsfromchildhoodtopresentday,revealingtheirhiddenstoriesandinvaluablepersonaldocuments-adiaryofachild,photographsandhomemovies.ItalsodepictsthelifeoftheGreekJewishCommunitiesbeforetheWar,complementedwithrareimagesofOccupiedGreecefromarchivalmaterial,aswellasamateurfilmsbyGermansoldiersandillegalfootageshotbyGreekpatriots. “KissestotheChildren”isnotjustanotherfilmabouttheHolocaust;it’safilmaboutchildhoodintheshadowoftheHolocaust.Personal,littlestoriesintheturbulenceofHistory.“KissestotheChildren”wasshotinAthens,Thessaloniki,Ioannina&Chania,Greece,andinAuschwitz,Poland. For10weeksitwasintheatricalreleaseinAthens&Thessaloniki,wasscreenedinmanyGreektowns,wonawardsatfilmfestivalsandreceivedmanyravereviews.ItwasscreenedinNewYorkonJune19th2013asaspecialeventorganizedbyAmericanSephardiFederationandAmericanFriendsoftheJewishMuseumofGreece. *Thefilm’sdirectorVassilisLouleswillbepresenteverynighttosharehisexperienceswiththeaudienceandanswerquestionsafterthescreenings. *OnThursdaythe24thandFridaythe25thofOctober2013,thedocumentaryisgoingtobeprojectedwithEnglishSubtitles. FestivalAwards GreekFilmFestivalChicago2012,USA -AudienceAward “Agon”-InternationalMeetingofArchaeologicalFilm2012,Athens,Greece -BestDirectionAwardoftheJury -AwardofthePublic OlympiaInternationalFilmFestivalforChildren&YoungPeople2011,Greece -BestFeatureLengthDocumentaryAwardoftheInternationalJury -BestFeatureLengthDocumentaryAwardoftheChildren’sJury ChalkidaGreekDocumentaryFestival2011,Greece -BestDirection -2ndBestDocumentary -BestMusic PRODUCTIONCREDITS Testimonies RosinaAsser-Pardo IossifVentura EftyhiaNachman-Nachmia ShellyKounio-Cohen MariosSoussis Writtenanddirectedby VassilisLoules Research VassilisLoules ReaApostolides Withthecollaborationof THEJEWISHMUSEUMOFGREECE Editing VassilisLoules ChronisTheocharis YannisKatsamboulas Music NikosKypourgos Producedby -MASSIVEPRODUCTIONS -VASSILISLOULES -GREEKFILMCENTRE -HELLENICBROADCASTINGCORPORATION(ERT) Withthekindsupportof -THEJ.F.COSTOPOULOSFOUNDATION -JEWISHCOMMUNITYOFTHESSALONIKI -CENTRALBOARDOFJEWISHCOMMUNITIESINGREECE -AMERICANSEPHARDIFEDERATION -THEAMERICANFRIENDSOFTHEJEWISHMUSEUMOFGREECE -TASKFORCEFORINTERNATIONALCOOPERATION ONHOLOCAUSTEDUCATION,REMEMBRANCE,ANDRESEARCH FilmarchivefootageandPhotographskindlyprovidedby -THEJEWISHMUSEUMOFGREECE -UNITEDSTATESHOLOCAUSTMEMORIALMUSEUM -GREEKFILMARCHIVE -WARMUSEUMOFATHENS -JEWISHMUSEUMOFTHESSALONIKI -FOTOSLABRINOSFILMARCHIVE -PHOTOGRAPHICARCHIVEOFBENAKIMUSEUM Developedintheworkshopsof STORYDOC-TheEducationalInstituteforDocumentaries…