The Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering Souls
| The Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering Souls | |
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| Directed by | Krzysztof Kopczyński |
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| Written by | Krzysztof Kopczyński |
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Running time | 86/53 minutes |
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Poland Sweden Ukraine |
| Language |
Ukrainian Hebrew Russian Yiddish |
The Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering Souls is a 2015 documentary film by Polish filmmaker and director Krzysztof Kopczyński. The film tells the story of a conflict between orthodox Jews and Ukrainian far-right activists in Uman, a city in Ukraine, just before Euromaidan protests.
Every year 30,000 Hasidim journey to Uman to celebrate the Jewish New Year at the gravesite of their holy leader Rebbe Nachman. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian far-right group erects a cross at the site of Hasidic prayers and builds a monument to Cossacks who slaughtered thousands of Jews and Poles in 1768 during a national rebellion.
The film opened the 55th Krakow Film Festival, where it received the Silver Hobby-Horse for the Director of the Best Documentary Film. The prize was awarded "for courage and non-conformity in showing an extremely complicated and universal problem of reciprocal intolerance when facing the dangers of the contemporary world."[1][2] On 6th Odessa International Film Festival the film received FIPRESCI prize for a feature-length film.[3]
References
- ↑ Blaney, Martin (29 May 2015). "Krakow focus on Lithuania; Polish documentary showcase". Screen Daily. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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