Bel-Air Film Festival

Synospsis of "Partisan" Directed by Jake Holm :

Based on the lives of the director's grandparents and relatives, Partisan presents a cohesive film that combines aspects of different biographical stories to re-create the difficult, courageous and emotional turbulent environment of partisan fighters during WWII. In 1942, Poland, a young Jewish girl escapes a Nazi raid to join a partisan group in the forest and lead a personal, revenge mission against the Nazi collaborator who ratted out her family. As Bella matures from a lost, frightened girl to a fierce guerrilla fighter, she adapts to the new life she is thrust into without a proper transition into womanhood. Will Bella be able to confront her family's murderer or will her emotions and unresolved fragility get the the better of her during the mission?