Letter to A Pig / מכתב לחזיר
France-Israel, 17', 2022
age recommendation: 12+
A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
Tal Kantor
She is an award-winning animation filmmaker & visual artist. Graduated with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Her short animated film "In Other Words" won 17 awards and officially selected in more than 100 festivals worldwide. She worked as the Animation Director for the documentary feature film "Advocate" (Sundance 2019, Oscar shortlist 2020) and currently lectures at Screen-Based Arts Department of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design .
Cast & Crew
- direction: Tal Kantor
- screenplay: Tal Kantor
- animation: Meton Joffily, Tal Kantor, Anne Kraehn
- editing: Efrat Berger
- music: Pierre Oberkampf
- sound: Erez Eyni Shavit
- cast: Moriyah Meerson, Alex Peleg, Ayelet Margalit, Indra Maharik
- producer: Emmanuel-Alain Reynal, Pierre Baussaron
- production company: MIYU Productions
- original language: Hebrew
Filmography
- In Other Words ( 2016)
- Under The Small Sun (2015)
English 
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