Dear all,
I met Bernardo Kononovich, a Jewish psychologist who also produces
DVDs, in Buenos Aires during December. He has produced some very
interesting DVDs on Jewish Argentinean related themes that I suppose
many of you would like to add to your collection. I've made a quick
search in WorldCat and only a few libraries own his work.
These are the titles:
And we were children child survivors of the Holocaust in Argentina
Atención! Achtung! / Kadish Me queda la palabra I still have the word /
If you are interested you can get in touch with him at: :
brkononov...@fibertel.com.ar orbernardokononov...@gmail.com
Have a great weekend
irene
Irene Münster
Associate Director/Head of the Shady Grove Library The Shady Grove Library
9636 Gudelsky Drive, Education Building III, Room 1200 Rockville, MD 20850 USA
Phone: 301 738 6086
imuns...@umd.edu
Bernardo Kononovich
brkononov...@fibertel.com.ar
bernardokononov...@gmail.com
Ugarteche 3143 6º "A" Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1425) Argentina
Dr. Bernardo Kononovich was born in Buenos Aires in 1944.
Professor in Jewish Culture taught various Seminars for
Jewish Teachers within
the academic department at the Jewish Community of
Buenos Aires (Vaad
Hachinuch).
Graduated in Psychology at The University of Buenos Aires in 1970.
Received a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Belgrano
University, Buenos Aires City in 1982.
Oriented his clinical practice to treat psychotic patients in
Public Hospitals and
Mental Health Hubs. Pioneer in community therapeutic approaches
using Group
Techniques, and Psychodrama.
University Professor and Clinical Supervisor for Psychology
graduates completing their training in Psychopathology.
Author of several books related to Psychotherapeutic
assistance in Public Assistance
Organizations including: "Communitarian Psychodrama with
Psychotic Patients," "The
Institutional Scene," "The body in the Institutional Clinic,"
and many articles
published in specialized magazines.
Started his cinematographic career in Buenos Aires in 1984
completing four fiction short films between 1986 and 1988.
Directed and produced six documentary testimonial videos by
1991 related to Human Rights focusing on the victims of the
Holocaust (Shoah) and of the Military Dictatorship in
Argentina. Researching and capturing subjects including the effects
of government led terror in victims, their children, and
grandchildren, and the difficulties of grief when the remains of the
deceased are destroyed or lost.
Bernardo Kononovich is married. He has two daughters and
three grandchildren.
Filmography
Bernardo Kononovich (producer and director)
One hundred million argentines (1986). Short film
Heads or tails (1987). Short film
Chocolate Mousse (1988). Short film
Do you have light, mom? (1988). Short film
Chronicle of blinds (1991) documentary video. Broadcasted by Channel 7,
Argentina,1992.
Attention- Achtung!! (1992) documentary video. Won the Jorge
Preloran award
In 1993 for Best Documentary Video.
Monday 9:53 (the criminal attack against the AMIA- Jewish
Community Center) (2000) Documentary video, distinguished by the Jury
in the National Congress of Films and Documentary videos, Buenos Aires, 2001.
And we were children (2001) documentary video, broadcasted by
Channel 7 of Argentina, Channel 2 of Israel, History Channel,
Educational Channel of Israel.
Shown by the Jerusalem Cinematheque (April 2004) To pay homage
to the Shoah
I still have the word, (2004) documentary video. Won the 2nd
award and was distinguished by the Jury in the VII
International Human Rights Festival "DERHUMALC", Santiago del
Estero, Argentina, 2005.
Kaddish (2009), documentary video. Presented at the VI
International Jewish Film Festival, Punta del Este, Uruguay
2009. The 11th Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, 2009. The XII
Barcelona jewish Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 2010
"Atención (Achtung)!" 54 minutos english subtituled
synopsis
This video shows sensitive testimonies of survivors of the Shoah.
The protagonist's words interplay with their children's words,
without appealing to low effective resources and without concessions,
about how these facts were inscribed on their children.
Human dignity, love to life and the hope of overcoming savagery are
put forward.
Bernardo Kononovich is a Psychoanalist and a film maker and had
directed and produced documentary videos.
AND WE WERE CHILDREN 55 minutes English subtituled
SYNOPSIS
This testimonial film featuring former children of the Holocaust who
endured Nazi occupation in Europe, shows that even after having
experienced deep suffering, they feel a deep love for life. These
survivors lived today in Argentina and are members of "Children of
the Shoah in Argentina". Their multiple voices speak abaut the pain
of having been kept apart from their biological families and having
lived their childhood in forced silence. They tell us how they were
rescued by their saviours, and of their gratitude towards them.
This 55 minute documentary is abaut individual experiences and the
process of sharing these with the group.
The film shows how each meeting enables further elaboration on the
experiences these survivors went through, in an atmosphere of
co-operation and friendly exchange among its members.
Film director Bernardo Kononovich (psychoanalist and documentary
producer), manages to convey in this film the climate of these group
meetings, its freshness and intimacy. The language of the film has a
warm emotional tone, whithout resorting to melodramatic excesses. It
captures the urge of these children of the Shoah to convey the
experiences to a world that seems to have learnt nothing from the past.
I STILL HAVE THE WORD 55 minutes english subtituled
Synopsis
The Shoa and the massacre of the 70's in Argentina are different
historical events.
Nevertheless, for many of us both tragedies are connected and leave a mark.
Survivors of both killings were called to allow their voices to share
with us the sceneries of horror.
There were interviewed three female survivors of the nazi
concentration camps, one man kidnapped and "disappeared", during
Argentina's military dictatorship and an historian.
How did the survivors manage to recreate a daily life in normal
conditions, form a family, develop a profession, sustain social links?.
They say that they can't stop talking.
But, to whom do they talk?
What do they expect from us?
Do we want to listen?
Can we?
Is there a limit to tell?
Is possible to talk about those experiences that are impossible to communicate?
And until what point are we willing to listen?
KADISH 83 minutes English subtituled
Synopsis
Under the last military dictatorship in Argentina, thousands of
human beings, including almost 2.000 Jew-born Argentinean
citizens,were abducted, tortured and disappared . This movie records
those atrocities and creates a parallelism with the Shoah (Holocaust)
and the Jewish people who had also been disappeared by the Nazis.
Kadish is a prayer of Jewish tradition that only should be prayed
when the remains are buried.This documentary movie shows the
difficulties of grief when the victims' bodies have been destroyed
and their remains have been lost. It also shows how people can go
through alternative pathways to solve their grief and establish a
practice that upholds the memories and bring on the community and its
institutions to perform a broad and sincere self-analysis.
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