Ganef

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 14mins
Year: 2020

London 1962. A little girl, spooked by a dark tale from her mother’s wartime past, starts to imagine their beloved family cleaner is a thief. GANEF (Yiddish for ‘thief’) explores how trauma can be passed from one generation to the next.

FILM CREW:
Director: Mark Rosenblatt
Producer: Suri Ellerton, Mark Rosenblatt, Anna Mohr-Pietsch (Exec Producer for MetFilm Production)
Writer: Mark Rosenblatt
DOP: Alana Mejia-Gonzalez
Editor: Maya Maffioli
Sound Design: Gunnar Oskarsson
Composer: Marc Teitler
Production Design: Sofia Stocco
Costume Design: Sheara Abrahams
Hair & Makeup: Kerstin Weller
Casting: Matilda James

Cast: Izabella Dziewanska, Sophie McShera, Lydia Wilson, Danny Scheinmann


FESTIVALS:
New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival March 2022
Boston Jewish Film Festival November 2021
Naples International Film Festival November 2021
Sharjah International Film Festival for Children & Youth October 2021
OFFline Film Festival October 2021
Adirondack Film Festival October 2021
Bolton Film Festival October 2021
Crystal Palace International Film Festival September 2021
Manhattan Short Film Festival September 2021
Tirana International Film Festival September 2021
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival August 2021
Indy Film Fest August 2021
Stony Brook Film Festival July 2021
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival April 2021
Taos Shortz Film Fest March 2021
Boulder Jewish Film Festival March 2021
Manchester Film Festival March 2021
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival February 2021
Dam Short Film Festival February 2021
International Children Care Film Festival November 2020
Flickers' Roving Eye International Film Festival November 2020
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival November 2020
Shorts That Are Not Pants November 2020
Chicago International Children's Film Festival November 2020
Nottingham Film Festival November 2020
Norwich Film Festival November 2020
UK Jewish Film Festival November 2020
The Shortest Nights September 2020
MADRIFF • Madrid Indie Film Festival September 2020
New Renaissance Film Festival, London September 2020
HollyShorts Film Festival September 2020
New York Shorts International August 2020
LA Shorts August 2020