Project Detail

Children of the Holocaust

Fettle Animation Limited

Synopsis

Animated accounts from six World War Two Holocaust Survivors. Documenting their extraordinary stories of escape as children from Nazi-occupied Europe, and the start of their new lives in Britain.
Additional live-action camera interviews see survivors discussing the impact of these events on their lives, highlighting why it is important to still talk about the Holocaust today.

Details

Year: 2014
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 6 x 5 mins animated shorts and 6 x 2 mins live action interviews/ 53 mins feature
Format: Digital
Director: Zane Whittingham
Producer: Kath Shackleton
Executive Producer: Katy Jones, Liz Molyneux, Helen Brunsdon
Editor: Phil Bedwell
Production Designer: Zane Whittingham
Sound: Dave Aston
Composer: Paul Honey
Principal cast: Suzanne Ripton, Heinz Skyte, Martin Kapel, Ruth Rogoff, Trude Silman, Arek Hersh
Animation: Ryan Jones, Oana Nechifor
Additional Animation: Jade Hodgson, Gat Powell
Backgrounds: Laura Tattersfield

Genre

Children’s

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Fettle Animation production. Commissioned by BBC Learning and made in association with The Holocaust Survivors Friendship Association.

Fettle Animation

12A Victoria Street
Marsden
Huddersfield
HD7 6DF

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Sales Company

SND Films

Sydney Neter
PO Box 15703
1001 Amsterdam
Netherlands

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