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A documentary co-produced by Ramon Llull University and Universidad ORT Uruguay the award for Best Documentary Film at the 13th Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival

February 12, 2016
The documentary *Menazka* (*The Saucepan*) won the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Film at the 13th Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival, which took place from February 6 to 10, 2016, at the Conrad Hotel. The film was written and directed by Dr. David Serrano Blanquer, a full professor at the Blanquerna School of Communication at Ramon Llull University in Barcelona.

This film tells the story of Isaac Borojovich, a survivor living in Uruguay who was held in several Nazi concentration camps between 1941 and 1945, the last of which was Bergen-Belsen. The documentary chronicles Isaac’s return to this camp after being invited by the German government to the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of its liberation, accompanied by Camino, a Spanish high school student studying the Holocaust.

The documentary's world premiere took place on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, as part of the festival's ORT Space.

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