SHEHITA



A Yiddish-speaking Jewish community in Quebec begins to unravel after a horrific discovery stirs up demons from the past.

Tensions rise between a young farm owner, a kosher inspector, and a rabbi who must make a grave decision before the eve of Shabbat closes in.




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Actors: Avi Hoffman, Max Sterling, Sam Stein, Nina Iordanova 
Producer: Jordan MacDonald 
Co-Producer: Paul Stavropoulos 
Director of Photography: Dominik Engel 
Production Designer: Lori Atik 
Editor: Brendan Mills 
Original Music: Assaf Matityahu 
Sound Design: Will Stephens 
Language Supervisor: Hindy Nosek Abelson


PRESS & MENTIONS

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PRESS & MENTIODC Shorts Film Festival 2019
HollyShorts International Film Festival 2019: Best Thriller
Rhode Island International Film Festival 2019: 
Hearts, Minds, and Souls Award
Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2019: 
Best Dramatic Short Award
Toronto Short Film Festival 2019: 
Best Short Film. Audience Choice Award
Ryerson University Film Fesitval 2018: 
Best leading actor, best leading actress, best director,
best editor, audience choice award

Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2018
YiddishFest Miami Beach 2018 
Ashkenaz Festival 2018
Miami Jewish Film Festival 2018



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