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ALINA (2019, USA)
Short Narrative, Drama, Thriller, Holocaust
Running Time: 25 min
NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
Director: Rami Kodeih
Writer: Nora Mariana
Producers: Nora Mariana, Courtney Prather, Rami Kodeih
Cast: Alia Shawkat, Rebeca Robles, Dorota Puzio, Erika Soto, Jillian Federman, Sean Harmon, Edin Gali, Mark Mccullough, Weetus Cren, Daisy Vernon-Huhn, Jason Bernardo, Michael J. Claman, Chris Homestad, Robert Hope
Logline: As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of women risks everything to smuggle their friend’s three-month-old baby to safety. Inspired by true events. Starring Alia Shawkat (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, SEARCH PARTY), Edin Gali (MAD MEN), Rebeca Robles (BETTER THINGS), Erika Soto (VIDA), and Mark McCullough (LOGAN LUCKY).
Synopsis: A girl gang in the Warsaw Ghetto hears Nazis raid their building. Three women are Jewish: RACHELA, SONIA, and NELLY, who has a three-month-old baby. Their friend ALINA is a Polish-Catholic smuggler. Nelly convinces Alina – who, as a Catholic, is the only one who can exit the Ghetto—to smuggle her baby out a three-story bathroom window. Nazis storm into the apartment as Alina jumps out the window. Nelly quickly lowers her baby in a box to Alina as Nazis shoot down the bathroom door. Finding nothing, the men leave in search of more children to take to concentration camps as Alina, down below, takes the box in her arms and begins her dangerous journey with Nelly’s baby across the Ghetto Wall.
Notable Screenings & Awards: ALINA has been selected in over 100 festivals worldwide, winning over 50 awards, including Best Short Film at BAFTA-qualifying Cambridge Film Festival and Best International Short Film at Oscar-qualifying Bengaluru International Short Film Festival.
