Chika, the Dog from the Ghetto (2016)

Chika, die Hündin im Ghetto
2016 | Germany | Sandra Schießl | ★★★

Based on the children's book by Bat-Sheva Dagan, Chika, the Dog from the Ghetto, a lovingly crafted mixed-media animated short film from Sandra Schießl, provides a mildly engaging child's-eye view of life in the Radom Ghetto at the end of the Second World War.

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"Chika the dog and the five-year old Mikasch live in a Jewish ghetto in an unnamed Polish city. The little dog helps Mikasch to develop as a child despite the persecution of the Jews by the Germans." Festival Scope