The 16th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival closed Nov. 14, with Paul Morrison’s “Wondrous Oblivion” and Yaron Zilberman’s documentary “Watermarks” taking home this year’s Audience Awards.
Set in working-class London in the 1960s, “Wondrous Oblivion” looks at a cricket-obsessed 11-year-old Jewish boy and the racial intolerance that engulfs his neighborhood when a Jamaican family moves in next door. Director Morrison earned a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination for his previous film, “Solomon and Gaenor,” and is currently pursuing American distribution for “Wondrous Oblivion.”
Zilberman’s “Watermarks” features seven champion women athletes who fled Austria in the 1930s, brought together in Vienna 60 years later to share their stories and participate in a swimming reunion. Kino International will distribute the documentary in the U.S., where it is scheduled to open Jan. 21 in New York City.
