The Flat

The Flat

Cast: Arnon Goldfinger, Hannah Goldfinger, Gertrude Kino
Director: Aaron Goldfinger
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 97 minutes

Synopsis: Following the Australian premiere at the 23rd Jewish International Film Festival, JIFF Distribution presents an exclusive season of Aaron Goldfinger's documentary The Flat.

Hidden secrets, strange relationships and a past cloaked in denial confront filmmaker Arnon Goldfinger as he unearths family skeletons in The Flat, an award-winning documentary steeped in intrigue.

After the death of his grandmother at the ripe old age of 98, Goldfinger embarks on a treasure hunt in the Tel Aviv flat she shared with his grandfather since fleeing Germany in the 1930s. Among the dusty books and old clothes, he uncovers a stack of Nazi newspapers and years of correspondence with an aristocratic German family who are so high up in the Nazi regime it seems almost impossible.

The discovery sets Goldfinger on an odyssey to reveal the truth about his family's history while asking the uncomfortable questions that some would rather not be asked.

The Flat has screened extensively at documentary and Jewish film festivals across the world, including the Tribeca International Film Festival in New York.

JIFF Festival Director Eddie Tamir says, 'It's fantastic to be able to offer Melbourne's culturally savvy film audiences quality international Jewish content that they can't otherwise see on the big screen. Seeing films from countries you may only hear about in the news, and getting to know characters that you may not have understood before, can have a profound impact."

The Flat
Release Date: Screening exclusively at Classic Cinemas from August 8th, 2013
Website: YouTube