THE GIRL FROM SALONIKA - DOCUMENTARY (36 MINS) ALISON JAYNE WILSON

My new documentary short The Girl From Salonika (36min) is now available! USA distribution is now in the safe hands of Udy Epstein at 7th Art Releasing: booking@7thart.com and ALL other territories can be directed to myself at ali@discourser.online Please take a look at the trailer & synopsis below. Thank-you to the Mordoh-Monforte family, Claims Conference for the seed funding after placing in their screenwriting competition, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum and our wonderful guide Anna, USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education, Rosa Ríos Cortés & Dr Esteban González López at School of Medicine at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.

SYNOPSIS: THE GIRL FROM SALONIKA (36 mins) directed by Alison Jayne Wilson is the story of Mazaltov ‘Fofo’ Behar, a 17 year old Greek girl deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and a victim of Nazi sterilization experiments at the hands of Nazi doctor Horst Schumann. We revisit her early years in Greece and the political and social climate before the German invasion and deportation of 90% of Greek Jews. The Girl From Salonika features never before seen footage shot inside Block 10 and Fofo’s testimony. As one of the few survivors of Block 10, Fofo reclaimed her maiden name, her voice and began working with doctors and university professors towards the end of her life. She raised awareness on the importance of medical ethics, and what happens when dangerous ideologies run rampant and what happens when doctors in particular lose their humanity. We look at the effects of international trauma via her son David and grandson Carlos, a psychologist who journeys to Auschwitz to learn more about his grandmother. Fofo made her Sephardi exodus back to Spain, married another Greek Holocaust survivor and lived a full and generous life. Her message resonates with young and old, and importantly conveys a message to all of our future medical professionals.

USA Distributors at 7th Art Releasing, Screenings are available in person or online. Please contact booking@7thart.com or via the online order form: https://7thart.com/films/the-girl-from-salonika/

All other territories please contact Alison at ali@discourser.online

WATCH THE TRAILER https://youtu.be/R9ter6KxX3E

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AWARDS AND CONFERENCES FOR THE GIRL FROM SALONIKA

Best War and Peace Film – Mannheim Arts and Film Festival
Best War Theme Film – Paris Cine Awards

Official Selection
HISTORY International Film Festival Austria

26th New York Sephardic Film Festival

Moscow Jewish Film Festival

Marbella International Film Festival

Educational Screenings
Medical Review Auschwitz: Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire (Krakow, Poland) "Creating with compassion, documentary for the classroom: Horrors and polarised characters: The Girl From Salonika: Surviving Block 10 ". - Dir, Alison Jayne Wilson Session 1: 24 September 2024 (Tuesday)