Avenue of the Giants
Closing Night Film | Narrative Feature
Sunday, December 10 • 5:00 pm – 7:15 pm
Theatre doors open 4:30 pm
5:00 pm Film w/ Q&A
Herbert Heller (Stephen Lang, AVATAR) carries a traumatic secret: now the beloved owner of a toy store in Northern California, Herbert is a Holocaust survivor. The Nazis forced him into the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at age 12, but he managed to escape and kept the secret from everyone—including his own children—for 60 years. When Herbert is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he befriends Abbey (Elsie Fisher, EIGHTH GRADE), an isolated teenager whose own struggles inspire him to open up. Based on a true story, AVENUE OF THE GIANTS is a tender depiction of an intergenerational friendship that offers the unlikely pair a path toward healing.
Narrative Feature
USA | 2023 | English | 102 minutes
Director: Finn Taylor
Producers: Jeanine Thomas, George Rush, Noah Lang, Debbie Brubaker
Executive Producer: Greg Taxin, Debi Memmolo
Screenwriter: Finn Taylor
Story by Jeanine Thomas & Finn Taylor
Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Robin Weigert, Slavko Sobin, Stella Stocker, Oskar Hes, Leah Pipes, Ben Geurens, Ursula Parker
Scheduled to attend: Finn Taylor