Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah explained

Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah
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Director:Catherine Hébert
Producer:Christine Falco
Starring:Ziva Postec
Music:Ramachandra Borcar
Cinematography:Elric Robichon
Editing:Annie Jean
Studio:Films Camera Oscura
Distributor:Les Films du 3 mars
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English
French
Hebrew
Czech

Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah (French: Ziva Postec : La monteuse derrière le film Shoah) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Catherine Hébert and released in 2018.[1] The film is a portrait of Ziva Postec, an Israeli film editor most noted for her work on the 1985 Holocaust documentary film Shoah.[2]

The film premiered on November 15, 2018, at the Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] before screening commercially in March 2019.[2]

Annie Jean won the Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary, and the film was a nominee for Best Documentary Film, at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.[4]

Notes and References

  1. André Lavoie, "Catherine Hébert consacre un film à Ziva Postec". Le Devoir, March 8, 2019.
  2. https://www.thesuburban.com/arts_and_entertainment/arts/new-documentary-ziva-postec-the-editor-behind-the-film-shoah/article_7d5879dc-4364-11e9-a97a-3b594eed38fa.html "New documentary ‘Ziva Postec The Editor Behind the Film Shoah’ in theatres Mar. 15"
  3. André Duchesne, "Ziva Postec et Shoah: entre destin et création". La Presse, November 15, 2018.
  4. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1710960/gala-quebec-cinema-prix-iris-antigone-gagnant "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix"