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The Boy in the Woods

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SUSPENSE/DRAMA

The remarkable, true, survival story of a Jewish boy hiding in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe during WWII. Based on the memoir THE BOY IN THE WOODS by Maxwell Smart and inspired by the award-winning feature documentary CHEATING HITLER by Rebecca Snow.

Director/Writer: Rebecca Snow

Starring: Jett Klyne, Richard Armitage, David Kohlsmith

Film Festivals:

  • TIFF Industry Selects (Sep 9, 10)
  • FIN Atlantic Film Festival (Sep 19)
  • Whistler Film Festival (Dec 1, 2)
  • Congregation Shaara Tfille (December 17-31 2023)
  • Miami Jewish Film Festival (January 12-26)
  • Charlotte Jewish Film Festival (January 30) * AUDIENCE AWARD
  • Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival (February-March)
  • Victoria FF/Canada (March 2)
  • Greater Altoona Jewish Federation (February 20)
  • Buffalo Jewish Film Festival (March 8-1)4
  • Sacramento Jewish Film Festival (March 11-17)
  • Palm Springs Jewish Film festival (March 10-13)
  • Gold Coast Film Festival (March 13)
  • Manchester Int Film Festival/UK (March 24)
  • Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival (May 2-12)
  • Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival (May 13-19)
  • Berkshire Intl Film Festival (May 31-June 2)
  • Chicago Jewish Film Festival (June 1)
  • Toronto Jewish Film Festival (June 2, 3)
  • Oakville Film Festival/Canada (June 15)
  • Park East Synagogue (August)
  • Cleveland JFF (Sept)
  • Treasure Coast Jewish Film Festival (February 2025)

Robert Budreau & Jonathan Bronfman

Kirk D’Amico, Maxwell Smart, Mark Slone, Patrick Patterson, Joel Rilley

Menemsha Films (U.S.)

Press Materials

Photon Films (Canada)

IMDB

THE BOY IN THE WOODS Extraordinary & Poignant

Putting the subject matter in a context that any age can truly understand, the film The Boy in the Woods personifies. Extraordinary and poignant, the movie dramatizes the enormity of the defiance by the tyrants that were the Nazis. Nicely directed by Rebecca Snow she doesn’t over burden the viewer

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MJFF 2024 Award Winners, ‘The Boy in the Woods’

Torchbearer Award: The Boy in the Woods Rebecca Snow, Director • Canada “The inaugural Torchbearer Award is given to The Boy in the Woods, a work that goes beyond mere entertainment, serving as a powerful conduit for remembrance. This film has fearlessly explored the origins and repercussions of one of

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