2022
16’47”
Israel
Colour
Animation
A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma and the extremes of human nature.
Tal Office (1988) is an award-winning animation filmmaker and visual artist. Graduated with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, where she currently lectures at the Screen-Based Arts Department. Her short animated film In Other Words won 17 awards and was selected in more than 100 festivals worldwide. She is the animation director of the documentary feature Advocate (Emmy Award winner 2021, Oscar shortlist 2020).