Der Fus Tort
A comedy in Yiddish with English subtitles.
A whimsical David versus Goliath tale that draws on the rich language and humour of the Jewish tradition.
A unique venture in bilingual English-Yiddish animation that, alongside klezmer music, marks part of a
world revival of Yiddish culture.
- Rebecca Margolis , Professor Yiddish Studies
Newly revised soundtrack, 2011.
Written, directed, and animated by Sharon Katz
Music : "Boogich-Bulgar", composed by Jack “Yankel” Bughici; produced and arranged by Yale Strom;
performed by Zmiros.
Sound by Jean-Baptiste Roger
Funding support from the following is gratefully acknowledged:
Zukerman Family Foundation
Committee for Yiddish, Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto
Comedy
Video / DVD / colour
5 min 52 sec
2001 revised 2005, 2011
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Der Fus Tort airs on
"W" (W Network)
Movieola - The Short Film Channel
Film Festivals
2009 Mural Routes, (Canada) Featured screening
2009 Dallas Video Festival (USA)
2004 Sabes JCC Film Festival, Minneapolis (USA)
2003 KlezKanada, Lantier, Québec (Canada) Featured screening
2003 Montreal Jewish Film Festival (Canada)
2002 Kaleydoskop, New Creation in Yiddish, (Israel) Featured screening
2002 Der Krayz, Jerusalem (Israel) Featured screening
2002 Salt Lake City Jewish Film Festival (USA)
2002 Annual Conference ACJS (Canada) Featured screening
2001 Celebration of Jewish Film, Jerusalem Cinematheque (Israel) Featured screening
2001 Oxford (England) Yiddish Summer School Film Event (UK) Featured screening
2001 Denver Jewish Film Festival (USA)
2001 Vancouver Jewish Film Festival (Canada)
2001 Toronto Jewish Film Festival (Canada) premiere