Inside Hana's Suitcase

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Inside Hana's Suitcase
Directed by Larry Weinstein
Written by Karen Levine
Thomas Wallner
Produced byRudolf Biermann
Jessica Daniel
Larry Weinstein
CinematographyHorst Zeidler
Edited by David New
Music by Alexina Louie
Alex Pauk
Production
companies
Rhombus Media
In Film Praha
Release date
  • February 2009 (2009-02)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Inside Hana's Suitcase is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Larry Weinstein and released in 2009. [1] Adapted in part from Karen Levine's book Hana's Suitcase, the film centres on the story of Hana Brady, a young Czechoslovak Jewish girl who died in the Holocaust, including the reminiscences of George Brady, her sole surviving brother who emigrated to Canada following the war. [2]

The film premiered in February 2009 at the Victoria Film Festival. [3] It was subsequently screened at the 2009 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, [4] where it was second runner-up for the Hot Docs Audience Award. [5] It was commercially released in November 2009, [6] and was broadcast by CBC Television in March 2011. [7]

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010. [8]

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References

  1. Jay Stone, "Holocaust film about hope and tolerance, director says". Vancouver Sun , November 13, 2009.
  2. John Griffin, "Remembering what was lost; Docudrama revisits the Holocaust". Montreal Gazette , November 20, 2009.
  3. Michael D. Reid, "Cinematic feast offers screenings, shmoozing and more". Victoria Times-Colonist , January 29, 2009.
  4. Guy Dixon, "The doc is suddenly blazing hot". The Globe and Mail , March 25, 2009.
  5. "'The Cove' wins audience award at Hot Docs film festival". Canadian Press, May 11, 2009.
  6. Jason Anderson, "Hana's tale a powerful look into Holocaust". Toronto Star , November 6, 2009.
  7. John Doyle, "Powerful doc, class war and the meaning of patriotism". The Globe and Mail , March 5, 2011.
  8. "Films about Montreal massacre, real-life IRA mole garner Genie nominations". Canadian Press, March 1, 2010.