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Directed by SERENA DYKMAN

NANA is the story of an Auschwitz survivor who spent her life fighting intolerance. Born in Poland, Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant survived Ravensbruck, Malchow and Auschwitz, where she was the forced translator for the 'Angel of Death,' Josef Mengele. Maryla dedicated her life after the war to publicly speaking about her survival to younger generations. Directed by her 25 year-old granddaughter, NANA documents Serena's journey with her mother Alice as they retrace her grandmother's story. They explore how Maryla's outspoken activism continues today, in a world where survivors are disappearing, and intolerance, racism and antisemitism are on the rise.

AWARDS
• WINNER Leon Award for Best Documentary Film at the St. Louis International Film Festival (out of 73 films)
• WINNER Best Documentary Film at the Fargo Film Festival 
• WINNER Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker at the Harlem International Film Festival
• WINNER Silver Palm Award for Best Documentary at the Mexico International Film Festival
• WINNER Madelyn’s Choice Award at the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
• WINNER Audience Award for Favorite Documentary at the East Lansing Film Festival
• SPECIAL MENTION Audience Feature Film at Amnesty International Au Cinéma pour les Droits Humains
• WINNER Best Biography at the Palm Beach International Film Festival
• WINNER Best Documentary Pitch at the Fusion Film Festival (judges from HBO, VICE, PBS)
• WINNER Mary Lerner Human Spriti Award at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
• WINNER Best of Show at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival
• WINNER Matanel Foundation grant
• WINNER Fondation pour le Judaïsme Belgium grant
• WINNER Alan Lansburg Post-Production award 
• WINNER Best Teaser Take Two Film Festival

FESTIVALS

• St. Louis International Film Festival (Nov. 2016)
• Anchorage International Film Festival (Dec. 2016)
• Irvine International Film Festival (Jan. 2017)
• Amnesty International au Cinéma pour les Droits Humains (March 2017)
• Palm Beach International Film Festival (March 2017)
• Fargo Film Festival (March 2017)
• Columbus International Film + Video Festival in partnership with the Columbus Jewish Film Festival (April 2017)
• Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (NYC- May 2017)
• Harlem International Film Festival (NYC May 2017)
• Lower East Side Film Festival (NYC June 2017)
• Film Society of Summit (NJ Sept. 2017)
• JCC Staten Island (NYC Sept. 2017)
• Selections + Selections (Brooklyn Sept. 2017)
• JCC Manahttan (Sept. 2017)
• Miami Jewish Film Festival Screening the Holocaust Series Opening Film (Oct. 2017)
• Chagrin Falls Documentary Film Festival (OH, Oct. 2017)
• Bushwick Film Festival (Oct. 2017)
• Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Memorial (Poland, November 2017)
• Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival (Nov. 2017)
• East Lansing Film Festival (Nov. 2017)
• JW3 (London, Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018)

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