My Israeli friend

 
in German:
Mein israelischer Freund

Project

 

Description

The film accompanies the Innsbruck teenager Enzo (13) on a trip to Israel, where he will meet the contemporary witness Abraham Gafni. In Israel he gets to know Abraham Gafni, a 90-year-old Jew from Tyrol, and the true meaning of life. On this journey Enzo will learn in a conversation with Abraham Gafni how he had to flee from the Nazis in 1938 as a ten-year-old boy from Innsbruck to Palestine. How escape and reconstruction in a foreign country influenced Abraham.

in German:
Der Film begleitet den Innsbrucker Teenager Enzo (13) auf eine Reise nach Israel, wo er den Zeitzeugen Abraham Gafni kennenlernen wird. In Israel lernt er den aus Tirol stammenden, 90-jährigen Juden Abraham Gafni und die wahre Bedeutung des Lebens kennen. Auf dieser Reise erfährt Enzo in einem Gespräch mit Abraham Gafni, wie dieser 1938 als zehnjähriger Bub vor den Nazis aus Innsbruck nach Palästina flüchten musste. Wie Flucht und Aufbau in der Fremde Abraham beeinflussten.

Applicant

Hermann Weiskopf AVG Film Production e.U.

in German:
Hermann Weiskopf AVG Filmproduktion e.U.

Website

Location

Austria

Approved

19 Nov 2018

Category

documentary film

Type

Commemoration / remembrance

Funding

National Fund budget

Please note

The project contents and descriptions are based primarily on the submissions of the project applicants. These submissions are edited for publication and translated into English. Although it is subjected to rigorous checks, the National Fund does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.