The film caps a four-year inquiry in nine countries into decades of cultural fascination with the Nazi leader and the ramifications of such a fascination on present politics.
Rosenfeld has traveled around the world as the director and producer of the immensely popular Netflix series, “Street Food.”
Last year’s original release date for the film was cancelled by the Corona-19 pandemic, which shuttered movie houses across the world.
The foundation of the film is a 1971 semi-biographical novel by the late Judith Kerr.
Comedian Billy Crystal and actress Tiffany Haddish are so close that Crystal read a Torah portion at Haddish’s 2019 bat mitzvah ceremony in Los Angeles.
Its purpose, according to a news release, is to “tell stories about a diverse spectrum of Jewish experiences, histories and cultures.”
In the short films category, both the Israeli and Palestinian entries have placed among the five finalists, no small feat in a field of 174 competitors.
Seligman’s script draws prickly comedic and dramatic tension from its acidic humor and tantalizingly stressful setup.
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