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Short Film

THE WELL

Documentary Short, 2024. Directed, produced, filmed, and edited by Ava Porter and Farhad Akhmetov.

During Passover of 1943, over one-hundred Jews fled Veria, a city in Nazi-occupied Northern Greece, to escape deportations. Some found refuge in remote mountain villages, while others struggled to survive in the woods until the end of the war.

 
 

Screenings

Official Selection Culver City Film Festival, Los Angeles, 14 December 2024

Official Selection Moscow Jewish Film Festival, Russia, 27 November 2024