The Boy in the Woods

Canada
100 minutes
English
Genre: War, Drama

The Boy in the Woods follows the true story of Max, a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution. After he is separated from his family, Max finds temporary refuge with a Christian peasant (Richard Armitage). After a tense stand-off with Nazi police. Max must live in the woods and learn to survive alone in a landscape crawling with Jew-hunters and, partisans and haunted by ghosts. He and Yanek, another boy in hiding like Max, rescue a baby girl, but their heroic act comes at a tragic price. Based on the best-selling memoir by Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart. 

Winner of Audience Award at Charlotte Jewish Film Festival, Winner of Audience Award at Manchester Film Festival, Winner of Torchbearer Award at Miami Jewish Film Festival