Among Neighbors

Name: Among Neighbors
Start: 2025-11-09
End: 2025-11-09
Location: Evans Performance Center at Shalom Austin

Using beautiful hand-drawn animation to bring the past to life, “Among Neighbors” investigates the story of a small, rural town where the longstanding peace between Jewish and Polish neighbors was shattered by World War II. Now, in an era where difficult truths about the past are being silenced for political gain, the film focuses on one of the last living Holocaust survivors from the town, and an aging eyewitness who saw Jews murdered there — six months after the Nazis were defeated. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Potash (“Crime After Crime,” Sundance Film Festival), “Among Neighbors” is an evocative and heart-pounding murder mystery with urgent political relevance.

WHY WE LIKE THIS FILM: At first glance this appears to be another holocaust testimony, but the film is so much more. Ten years in the making, Yaacov Goldstein’s journey from a small Polish town to life in Israel is a riveting story, expertly told through interviews and animation. At the same time the film deals with important testimony from some of his Polish neighbors about actions perpetrated by some Polish villagers agains the Jews. The film has an unexpected and very touching ending providing a element of mystery to this excellently crafted movie.

BONUS PROGRAMMING: AJFF interview with filmmaker Yoav Potash.

Showtimes

In-Person

Nov 9

12:00 PM — Evans Performance Center at Shalom Austin

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