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KINO ON VIDEO TO RELEASE YARON ZILBERMAN’S WATERMARKS (2004) FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DVD After successful theatrical openings in over 125 markets across the United States, Kino on Video is proud to make WATERMARKS available for the first time on DVD. “A moving documentary that approaches the Holocaust from a fresh, intimate perspective” (Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES), WATERMARKS won audience awards at the Palm Springs Film Festival, Boston Jewish and Washington D.C. Jewish Film Festivals. Focusing on the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Vienna sports club Hakoah, director Yaron Zilberman took “a fascinating look back in time” (Jeffrey Lyons, NBC) and made WATERMARKS into “a moving, poignant tale about triumph in the face of the unthinkable” (Debra Birnbaum, THE NEW YORK POST). Founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade most Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes, Hakoah rapidly grew into one of Europe's biggest athletic organizations - and its women's swim team virtually dominated national competitions in the 1930s. Closed after the Anschluss in March of 1938, Hakoah - and its women swimmers' heroic response to anti-Semitism - is vividly recounted in “Yaron Zilberman's wonderful, heartwarming WATERMARKS” (Kevin Thomas, L.A. TIMES). Kino's all-new DVD comes with additional interviews with the swimmers, extra scenes, a trailer and stills gallery and optional English and Spanish subtitles. Winner of With a prebook date of November 8, 2005, and a SRP of $29.95, WATERMARKS will be available for the general public on December 6, 2006. An uplifting tale of survival and friendship, WATERMARKS focuses on the stories of the club's surviving members, while also faithfully recounting a historical period where prejudice and violence forced these brave women into exile. Now, sixty-five years after their escape, seven of Hakoah's female swim team athletes leave their respective homes across the globe and re-unite for the first time at their old Vienna swimming pool. Alternating between painstakingly researched historical footage and contemporary interviews with the women swimmers, filmmaker Yaron Zilberman daringly re-connects the lives and memories of those who challenged the status quo and, for the occasion of his movie, bravely share their complex legacy of tolerance and integrity with future generations. “As these women tell their stories in a tone of wonderment,” says New York Times film critic Stephen Holden, “Watermarks becomes more than a pointed footnote to the Holocaust. It emerges as a surprisingly encouraging reflection on the distance between youth and advanced age.” Special Features - Additional Interviews with the swimmers
- Extra Scenes
- Trailers / Stills Gallery
- Optional English and Spanish Subtitles
- Enhanced for 16x9 TVs
- 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound
Israel 2004 Color 77 min. Letterboxed (1.85:1) Not Rated
In English, Hebrew and German with optional English and Spanish subtitles a film by YARON ZILBERMAN
WATERMARKS
director of photography TOM HURWITZ
produced by YONATAN ISRAEL and YARON ZILBERMAN
directed and written by YARON ZILBERMAN
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