1. I am a screenwriter and/or producer with an eligible short film project, can I enter the contest?
No, you are not eligible to enter the contest.
If you have a Holocaust related film project, you might be eligible to apply to our film grant for funding. Please visit the film program website at film.claimscon.org.
No, you are not eligible to enter the contest.
If you have a Holocaust related film project, you might be eligible to apply to our film grant for funding. Please visit the film program website at film.claimscon.org.
While your film cannot use the Holocaust as a backdrop to discuss other issues, you are not limited to the World War II period itself. For example, your film may portray the experiences of Holocaust survivors after the war up to the present day, or focus on a topic such as current issues in art/property restitution.You are also not limited to the use of Jewish protagonists/main characters to portray the Holocaust experience.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Yad Vashem
No. You cannot enter the contest with a project in an advanced stage. Principal photography cannot begin before the winner has been announced.
The winner must sign all documents required by the Claims Conference in order to receive any of the prize money and to proceed to production stage of the short film.
Background image: Family pictures of the Florentine Family of Tel Aviv from before and after the Shoah.
Photo: Sarah Levin.