Eighth Annual Diaspora - Israeli-Russian Film Festival

These documentaries, many of which we had the honor of showing at our previous festivals, are among the most significant explorations on the Holocaust, along with the films by Claude Lanzmann and the monumental collection of testimonies of the Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation. The mission of Boris Maftsir is even more complicated because he took up the topic of the Holocaust in the former Soviet Union, which was silenced and banned for decades. Recovering forgotten places of massacres, communicating with local witnesses and researchers, he created deeply emotional, historically accurate and talented series of films.
The film by the young director Roman Shumunov shows the different facets of immigration and the struggle of underprivileged youth for the dream of changing the harsh reality. At the presentation of his feature “Here and Now” we would like to see several generations of viewers, including teenagers and students, since it might appeal to a younger audience. 
The Award ceremony honoring Boris Maftsir, creator of the documentary series “Unknown Holocaust”, for courage and cinematographic achievements in the mission, to commemorate the victims and the places of massacres condemned to silence and oblivion.
Discussion with Boris Maftsir moderated by Oleg Sulkin