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The Basketball Game

Hart Snider
2011 | 5 min
This animated short tells the story of an epic basketball game between kids attending Jewish camp and students of a notorious local Holocaust denier. Nine-year-old Hart is attending Jewish summer camp for the first time. He is both curious and afraid. What awaits him on the basketball court?

Awards and distinctions

  • Audience Choice Award for Best Short
    Jewish Film Festival, Seattle
    2013
  • Youth Jury Award for Best Animation
    VIEWFINDERS International Film Festival forYouth, Halifax
    2012
  • Junior Youth Jury Award for Most Inspirational Short Film
    Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth and Families, Vancouver
    2012