Screenings
Previous Screenings
International Screenings
Hamburg, Germany
London, England,
Zagreb, Croatia
Television Broadcasts
Over 1000 PBS broadcasts nationwide
Synagogues
Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, Illinois
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park, Illinois
North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, Illinois
Am Yisrael Congregation, Northfield, Illinois
B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom, Homewood, Illinois
Ner Tamid Ezra Habonim Egalitarian Minyan, Chicago, Illinois
Congregation Beth Shalom, DeKalb, Illinois
West Suburban Temple Har Zion, Oak Park, Illinois
Temple Emanuel, Chicago, Illinois
Hakafa, Glencoe, Illinois
Temple Beth-El, Northbrook, Illinois
Anshe Sholom Synagogue, Olympia Fields, Illinois
B’nai Tikvah Congregation, Deerfield, Illinois
Ezra Habonim Niles Township Synagogue, Skokie, Illinois
Moriah Congregation, Deerfield, Illinois
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, Illinois
Congregation Solel, Highland Park, Illinois
Sukkat Shalom, Wilmette, Illinois
Temple Shalom, Chicago, Illinois
Temple Jeremiah, Northfield, Illinois
Temple B’nai Israel, Aurora, Illinois
Temple Judea Mizpah, Skokie, Illinois
Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation, Kansas
Public Libraries
Lincolnwood Public Library, Lincolnwood, Illinois
Glencoe Public Library, Glencoe, Illinois
Wilmette Library, Wilmette, Illinois
Highland Park Library with Highland Park Senior Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Bonita Springs Public Library, Bonita Springs, Florida
Skokie Public Library, Skokie, Illinois
Prospect Heights Library, Prospect Heights, Illinois
Indian Trails Library, Wheeling, Illinois
Palm Beach County Library System, Hagen Road Branch, Delray Beach, Florida
Lee County Library System, South County Branch, Estero, Florida
Palm Beach County Library System, Gardens Branch, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Elgin Public Library, Elgin, Illinois
Lee County Library System, Fort Myers, Florida
Chicago Public Library: Bezazian, Mt. Greenwood, Roosevelt Branches, Chicago, Illinois
Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Grand Army Plaza Library, Brooklyn, New York
Film Festivals
Crystal Palace International Film Festival, London, UK–September, 2012
Sycamore Film Festival, Sycamore, Illinois — Awarded “Best of Fest” and “Best Documentary”–September, 2013
Louisville International Film Festival, Louisville, Kentucky–October, 2012
Weyauwega International Film Festival, Weyauwega, Wisconsin–November, 2012
Red Rocks Film Festival, St. George, Utah–November, 2012
East Lansing Film Festival, East Lansing, Michigan–November, 2012
Alexandria Film Festival, Alexandria, Virginia–November, 2012
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida–November, 2012
Beloit International Film Festival, Beloit, Wisconsin — Awarded “Ken Hendricks Award for Excellence”–February, 2013
Studio City Film Festival, Los Angeles, California–February, 2013
Julien Dubuque Film Festival, Dubuque, Iowa–March, 2013
Queens World Film Festival, New York, New York–March, 2013
Logan Film Festival, Logan, Utah–March, 2013
Fort Myers Film Festival, Fort Myers, Florida–March, 2013
Geneva Film Festival, Geneva, Illinois — Awarded “Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker”–March, 2013
River Bend Film Festival, South Bend, Indiana–April, 2013
Fallbrook International Film Festival, Fallbrook, California–April, 2013
Zagreb Jewish Film Festival of Tolerance, Zagreb, Croatia–May, 2013
Albuquerque Film and Media Experience, Albuquerque, New Mexico–June, 2013
Hoboken International Film Festival, Hoboken, New Jersey–June, 2013
Interrobang Film Festival (Des Moines Arts Festival), Des Moines, Iowa–June, 2013
Long Island International Film Expo, Long Island, New York–July, 2013
Naperville Independent Film Festival, Naperville, Illinois-September, 2013
Retirement/Elder Communities
The Selfhelp Home, Chicago, Illinois
Museums
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, Illinois
Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Miami, Florida
Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, St. Louis, Missouri
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education and JCC, Cincinnati, Ohio
Holocaust Education Resource Council, Tallahassee, Florida
Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida, Naples, Florida
Elementary, Middle and High Schools
Sycamore Middle School, Sycamore, Illinois
Peterson Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois
Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois
Mark Sheridan Academy, Chicago, Illinois
Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
UNO Charter School, Chicago, Illinois
Universities and Colleges
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
WLRN Holocaust Symposium at University of Miami Law School, Miami, Florida
Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois
Oakton Community College, Skokie, Illinois
National Louis University, Lifelong Learning Institute, Skokie, Illinois
Contemporary History Institute, Athens, Ohio
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Hillel of Southwest Missouri, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio
Non-Profit Organizations
The ARK, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago Filmmakers at Skokie Theater, Skokie, Illinois
Association of Descendants of the Shoah, Chicago, Illinois
Sheerit HaPleitah of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan, Chicago, Illinois
Holocaust Community Services of the Jewish Child and Family Service, Chicago, Illinois
Tannenbaum Chabad House, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Limmud Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Hidden Children/Child Survivors, Chicago, Illinois
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest New Jersey, Whippany, New Jersey
Goethe Institut, Chicago, Illinois
Goethe-Institut Washington, D.C.
Standard Club, Chicago, Illinois
JUF Young Leadership Division, Chicago, Illinois
Leo Baeck Institute, New York City, New York
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
Women’s Cultural Alliance, Naples, Florida
Jewish Heritage Club, Boynton Beach, Florida
American Academy of Religion, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
Jewish Community Center, Rockford, Illinois
Host Your Own Screening:
So you’d like to host a screening of REFUGE? Fantastic! We’re here to help you with the process, so here’s some information to get you started on planning your event. REFUGE is a great resource for civic and dialogue groups, religious and interfaith communities, human rights and reconciliation organizations, history and social studies classrooms, diversity and tolerance trainings, youth clubs, leadership councils, and more.
As a one-hour feature-length documentary, REFUGE includes eyewitness testimony spanning 75 years from before, during, and after the Holocaust. This is achieved through intimate one-on-one interviews with Selfhelp Home’s residents and founders – themselves Holocaust survivors and refugees – as well as archival footage and interviews with historians. For a more detailed description of the film, please click here.
The film’s director, Ethan Bensinger, may be available for a Q&A session following your screening of the film. If you’re interested in inviting Ethan for a Q&A and/or screening of REFUGE, we ask that you fill out and submit the form below in order to let us know about your organization, your needs, and any of your questions, and we’ll get back to you with more information.
REFUGE is available for screening on DVD. Thank you for your interest in our film!