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A sister recovers her older brother’s legacy by taking an inspiring journey across his imagination.

 

16 year old Eva Geiringer recovers paintings from the attic floor where her brother Heinz hid from the Nazis. It's 1945 and Eva and her mother have survived Auschwitz, but her father and brother never came home.
 
Now in her 90s, Eva returns to their childhood and to Heinz's imagination one last time in order to fulfill a promise to her father.
 
By bringing to life Heinz's paintings, My Brother Heinz, is a testament to the enduring power of legacy.


Eva and Heinz 


What we need

We are raising $150,000 USD to complete My Brother Heinz. We expect the film to be finished in early 2023.

My Brother Heinz is a 2D animation using a combination of techniques - computer animation, hand drawn pen and ink sketches, collaged archival material and oil painting. 

For the first time the paintings of Heinz Geiringer, which are kept within the permanent collection of the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam, will take life through the power of animation. 
 
BY VIRTUE OF ITS FISCAL SPONSORSHIP through From The Heart Productions, donations made to MY BROTHER HEINZ are tax-deductible, to the amount and extent allowable by law.
 
We have already received funding from the Claims Conference Film Fund, the Anne Frank Fonds (in Basel), private contributors and Eva Geiringer Schloss. 

 

Heinz' Work

Heinz, while in hiding, created more than 30 painting using different and unusual materials.


Heinz at his desk – Painting by Heinz Geiringer

 


Sailboat – Painting by Heinz Geiringer

 

The team

Meghan Horvath – Director

Meghan is an American director/producer/writer based in London.

She began her career in New York City as an Associate Producer for Ken Burns’s television documentary series The War. Since moving to the UK she has directed 7 short documentaries, including the web documentary The Good Life shot in Namibia and Bulgaria.

She was shortlisted for the Bumble Female Film Fund and was a member of BAFTA Crew in 2018.

She participated in the Edinburgh Pitch (June 2016), the Filmonomics Programme by Bird’s Eye View, Docunexion development programme (Sheffield DocFest & DOCSMX), the Women in Film & Television Mentoring Scheme (UK), Binger Film Lab (Amsterdam), and the European Social Documentary workshop.

She is a member of Women in Film and Television (UK), Cinesisters and Film Fatales. She studied at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and the London School of Economics.
For more information about her work, visit: www.vimeo.com/meghanhorvath

 

Dominica Harrison – Animation Director

Dominica is an award-winning artist from Moscow currently based in the U.K. She specialises in animation direction and illustration, with a particular focus on printmaking.

Her short film Illusions was made entirely using a screenprint technique and had worldwide success at festivals and art exhibitions. She has worked as a painter and animator on the feature animation Loving Vincent.

Her latest short film Chado, made with the support from BFI Network, has just been long listed for the BAFTA 2021 Short Animation Award. Dominica is the creator of all the visual content in My Brother Heinz.

 


We are grateful to our Donors:

Anonymous
$50.00
 
Max Davis
$220.00
 
Harold Davis
$2,860.00
Heinz’s art work has been hanging in my office for quite a while. Best wishes on the the success of this important film. Harold, Marilyn, Max, Rachael and Abbie
 
Bill Younglove
$110.00
May this additional tribute to your beloved Heinz be shown far and wide.
 
Erica Rivera
$550.00
We love you Eva
 
Nancy Levy
$100.00
In honor of Eva Schloss
 
Margaret Smith
$100.00
 
Anonymous
$1,000.00
–Toni Alperin Goldberg
 
Prasuna Tanchuk
$275.00
May their memory be a blessing. Thank you for your beautiful work Meghan. Looking forward to seeing this when it comes out.
 
Anonymous
$500.00
–Atty. Morey and Sondra Myers
 
Ryan Cooper
$165.00
Like Anne Frank, Heinz Geiringer's life was cut short, but through his paintings, he lives on and will be remembered.
 
Anne Rosen
$100.00
Mike and I eagerly await this film and its inspiring message of love, loss, devotion, and art.
 
John Neiman
$1,100.00
What a beautiful and inspiring project. I am dedicating my donation in loving memory of my dear friend Fritzi Frank Geiringer.
 
PATRICIA STROHM
$50.00
 
Susan Cielinski
$5,500.00
This donation comes from Buck Herron and Jim and Sue Cielinski
 
Donna Preddy
$2,750.00
Jeremy and I are honoured to support Eva Schloss's film and look forward to seeing Heinz's artwork coming alive through this story of loss and love.

 

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