Jewish cartoonist and filmmaker Zoom Rockman has won his first award for his animated Holocaust drama Survivor at the 14th annual WRAP Film Festival.
Produced by Lemon Soul, the film set out to preserve the first-hand testimony of Ivor Perl BEM and was awarded in the Best Human Rights Film category for its “groundbreaking” depiction of Perl’s experience.
“It’s an honour to have won Best Human Rights Film for Survivor at the WRAP Film Festival in London, especially with the calibre of the entries I saw on the night,” Rockman told the JC.
“I made Survivor as a counter to the rising Holocaust denial I’ve seen growing online over the years and the fact that I’m the last generation that can meet [Holocaust survivors] in person.
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