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2023 Canadian Drama, 96 mins.Written and Directed by Rebecca Snow
Starring Jett Klyne, David Kohlsmith, and Richard Armitage.
Based on the memoir “The Boy in The Woods” by Maxwell Smart, and inspired by the award-winning documentary Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust. This is the true story of Max (Jett Klyne), a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe. After he is separated from his family, Max finds refuge with a Christian peasant Jasko (Richard Armitage) who hides him in plain site until a tense stand-off with some Nazi police. Afraid for his own family’s life, Jasko sends Max to live in the woods where he learns to survive alone.
Writer/Director Rebecca Snow will be in attendance for the screening and will take part in a post-screening discussion and Q&A with the audience afterwards.
Born in London England, Rebecca started her career at the BBC working on historical dramas and arts documentaries. Since then she has worked in Los Angeles and Toronto with broadcast writing/directing credits that include NBC’s Emmy-nominated documentary series ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, CBC’s ‘Nature of Thing’s, and History Channel’s ‘Hunting Nazi Treasure’, ‘Museum Secrets’ and ‘Real Vikings: Viking Women’ for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for directing. Her first feature-length documentary ‘Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation’ had its world premiere at Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2020 and won the Alliance of Women Film Journalists Special Jury Award at Whistler Film Festival. ‘The Boy In The Woods’ is her first narrative feature, and is based on the memoir of a Holocaust survivor who appeared in her feature-length documentary ‘Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust’. The documentary made world news and was nominated for 6 Canadian Screen Awards.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Princess Cinemas, 46 King St. N. (& 6 Princess St. W),Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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