ShortsTVA 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 Kantor's 'Letter to a Pig.' All images courtesy of Miyu Productions.Much of the film is revealed through the reactions of one student, Alma. Kantor, an independent animator, and lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Israel, based her animation on her own reactions as a student, along with her classmates, hearing survivor testimony. Indeed, the final act of the film is motivated by a dream she had about this experience.
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