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Film Festivals & Awards

FLIC – Flathead Lake International Cinemafest – Nominee Best Documentary

Denver Jewish Film Festival – Official Selection

Naples Jewish Film Festival – Official Selection

New Haven Documentary Film Festival – Official Selection

Montreal International History Film Festival – Official Selection

Toronto Jewish Film Festival – Official Selection

Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival – Official Selection

Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival – Official Selection

Temple Emanu-El Providence Jewish Film Festival – Official Selection

Santa Clarita International Film Festival – Official Selection

Frozen River Film Festival – Official Selection

The Hague Global Cinema Festival – Official Selection

Arlington International Film Festival – Official Selection

Hobnobben Film Festival – Official Selection

Burbank International Film Festival – Winner Best Documentary Feature

Dumbo Film Festival – Semi-Finalist

Gershman Jewish Film Festival – Finalist

Doc Without Borders Film Festival – Excellence Award

Sweden Film Awards – Best Documentary (January 2021 – February 2021)

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Screenings

Upcoming Screenings

May 4, 2025  Scarsdale Public Library

January 18, 2025  Nordic Northwest, Portland, Oregon

August 5, 2024  Free Library of Philadelphia

July 25, 2024  Dorot New York, NY

April 25, 2024  Museum of Danish America, Iowa

April 11, 2024  The Florida Holocaust Museum

February 17 & 21, 2024  Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, Montana

February 15, 2024  Swedish American Museum, Chicago

January 21, 2024  Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society, Vancouver BC

November 9, 2023  Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden

May 7, 2023 Scandinavian Society of Western Pennsylvania

April 30, 2023 Elverhoj Museum of History & Art, Solvang, CA

April 18, 2023 Cape Cod Synagogue

April 16, 2023  Jewish Federation of the Berkshires – The Berkshire Museum

March 25, 2023 The Danish Lutheran Church & Cultural Center of Southern California

March 11 – 19, 2023  Denver Jewish Film Festival

February 26, 2023  Naples Jewish Film Festival 

January 30, 2023  Young Israel  Surfside,  Florida

January 17, 2023 Montreal Holocaust Museum

January 17, 2023  Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights

January 17, 2023. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax

January 17, 2023  Atlantic Jewish Council 

November 13, 2022 The Gross Family Center For The Study Of Antisemitism and the Holocaust  

November 13, 2022    Jewish Community Synagogue West Palm Beach

October 25, 2022  Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

October 20, 2022 JXJ Ed Lavitch JCC DC

October 17, 2022  The New Haven Documentary Film Festival 

September 23, 2022  Anne Arundel Community College

September 10 – 14, 2022  Museum at Eldridge Street

June 16 – 26, 2022  Toronto Jewish Film Festival

June 10 – 26, 2022  Oak Park Theater, Minot, ND

June 2, 2022  National Nordic Museum

May 18 -22, 2022 Montreal International History Film Festival 

May 17, 2022  Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles

April 26, 2022  Stop Hate Symposium/Zachor Anti-Semitism Initiative 

April 26, 2022  Kehillat Menorat Hamaor, Israel 

April 1 – 4,  2022 Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival 

March 5, 2022 The Pasadena Jewish Academy

February 24-28, 2022 Temple Emanu-El Providence Jewish Film Festival

February 13 – April 30, 2022  Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival 

February 12,  2022  Frozen River Film Festival 

February 9, 2022 Chabad of North Hollywood

January 30, 2022 Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel

January 17, 2022 Embassy of Sweden in Tel Aviv/Bet Israel Masorti Synagogue

January 17, 2022. Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Center /UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

January 17, 2022  Embassy of Sweden, Ottawa, Canada, Raoul Wallenberg Center For Human Rights,  OVED For Human Rights, Swedish Canadian Chamber of Commerce

January 17, 2022. Huron University College, Jewish London, Ontario, Canada

January 13, 2022 Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center

December 12, 2021 Santa Clarita International Film Festival

November 25, 2021 Oslo Jewish Museum

November 20 – 21, 2021  Jewish Federation of Ottawa, Greenberg Families Library, Soloway JCC

November 14 -18, 2021 Bristol Holocaust and Genocide Center

November 9 – 14,  2021  Viking.TV

November 4 – 14, 2021 Arlington International Film Festival

October 17, 2021 Hobnobben Film Festival

September 11, 2021 Burbank International Film Festival

July 29 – August 5, 2021 Ackerman Center For Holocaust Studies

June 29, 2021 Thanks To Scandinavia

June 29, 2021 The Temple Emanu-el Streiker Center

June 17, 2021 Swedish Club/Nordic Council of Greater Seattle

June 6, 2021 Sydney Jewish Museum

May 15 – 23, 2021 Lantos Foundation For Human Rights & Combat Anti-Semitism (CAM)

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About Passage To Sweden

A compelling story of the lesser-known events in Scandinavia and Hungary during WWII and the heroic actions of the people who saved thousands of Jewish lives. 

Chana, daughter of an orthodox rabbi, grew up in Sweden during WWII and sheds light on an overlooked chapter in history.  Just the sheer luck of where you were born made a world of difference to the Jews of Scandinavia.  For unique political and geographic reasons, the Scandinavian Jews of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark had very different experiences. Under dire circumstances, spontaneous and dramatic rescue operations were conducted to save thousands of Jewish lives.  First hand personal accounts also convey the extraordinary acts of Swedish diplomats who leveraged their political position to save Jews from within Hungary and Germany. 

Passage to Sweden is an inspiring film depicting decency, courage, and humanity in a rare bright spot during a dark historical period.  It highlights the heroes as well as the villains, and shows that anyone can make a difference.