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Jewish Film Festival

February 28, 2004
Universidad ORT Uruguay the first festival of Jewish cinema from the River Plate region, titled "Cine judío del Plata," where it screened the film *A pesar de Treblinka*.

The exhibition took place at the Cantegril Cinema in Punta del Este from February 20 to 22, 2004.

The film was screened on that occasion Despite Treblinka, produced by ORT. The dean of the School of Communication and Design, Eduardo Hipogrosso, presented the film.

For their part, ORT teachers Bernardo Korzeniak and Gerardo Goldwasser presented the lecture "Art and Identity."

The event was sponsored by various government institutions , foundations, and embassies, including the Maldonado City Council, the Argentine Embassy, the Israeli Embassy, and the Argentine Holocaust Memorial Foundation.