FINDING MANNY

By Kacey Oliver COX

FILMFESTIVALS.COM - as PROMO / CONS

Biography - Completed 2020

The chance discovery of an online article sends a Holocaust survivor on an unexpected trip to visit the orphanage where he was rescued to after the war.

    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Biography, True Story, Documentary
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 56 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kacey Oliver COX
    • Producer(s)
    • Joe WANG, Jan JEKIELEK (LONG TREK HOME PRODUCTIONS), Cindy DRUKIER (LONG TREK HOME PRODUCTIONS), Kacey Oliver COX (LONG TREK HOME PRODUCTIONS)
    • Synopsis

    • Manny Drukier narrowly escaped the war by jumping from a “death train” at age 16, finding refuge at a unique home for orphans and displaced children. 71 years later, Manny—who lives in Toronto—is tracked down by a German researcher who has dedicated a decade of her life to locating the surviving children from the home. She invites Manny to return to the orphanage, which has since become a grade school, to share his story with the next generation. Manny must now revisit the places of his darkest memories, to reconcile the past and educate the future.