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WATERMARKS TO OPEN ON JANUARY 21, 2005.
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Kino International is pleased to announce the theatrical release of "Watermarks", a Best Documentary Oscar qualifier for the upcoming 77th Annual Academy Awards. Set to open in New York City on January 21, 2005, and expand nationwide thereafter, "Watermarks" received rave reviews after its theatrical premiere in Israel and was one of the five feature films competing for the Best Documentary award at this year's Israeli Oscars.
Premiering at the 2005 New York Jewish Film Festival, which starts on January 13, "Watermarks" recounts the story of the champion women swimmers of legendary Jewish sports club Hakoah, in Vienna. Founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes, Hakoah rapidly grew into one of Europe's biggest athletic clubs. In the 1930s, its best-known triumphs came from its women's swim team, who dominated national competitions in Austria. After the Anschluss in 1938, the Nazis shut down the club and the swimmers fled the country before World War II broke out.
Sixty-five years later, director Yaron Zilberman visits the members of the women's swim team in their homes around the world, and arranges a reunion in their old swimming pool in Vienna, a journey that conjures memories of their youth and strengthens lifelong bonds. Told by the swimmers, now in their 80s, "Watermarks" is about a group of young girls with a passion to be the best.
Filmed by acclaimed director of photography Tom Hurwitz (Woody Allen's "Wild Man Blues"), winner of an Emmy and a Sundance award for his cinematography work, "Watermarks" mixes rare film footage from Vienna in the 1930s with still images--painstakingly researched over a three-year period--and recently filmed color footage of the women swimmers.
A poignant tale of survival and friendship, "Watermarks" is the saga of seven outstanding athletes who have the courage to share their memories of a traumatic past and continue, as they age with grace, to leave a remarkable legacy of tolerance and respect for future generations.
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Rodrigo Brandão, Dir. of Publicity
Kino International
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