Broken Branches (original) (raw)

Broken Branches is a 2014 short Israeli documentary film by Ayala Sharot. Through her granddaughter's eyes, the film tells the story of Michal Rechter, who left her family in Poland at age 14 and traveled to Mandatory Palestine, on the eve of the Second World War. Broken Branches intersperses interviews with animation. The film won various international awards, including the UNICEF Pulcinella Award for Best Educational and Social Film and the Robinson International Short Film Competition Gold.