Among Neighbors

Directed by Yoav Potash
Documentary Feature/Drama | Poland/USA | 2024 | 100 min | English, Polish with English Subtitles

Combining magical realism and evocative hand-drawn animation with revelatory interviews and verité footage, Among Neighbors examines the story of a small, rural town where Jews and Polish Catholics lived side by side for centuries before World War II. The film brings the Polish response to the Holocaust to life through the last living eyewitnesses, revealing both love and betrayal as it zeroes in on the only living Holocaust survivor from the town, and an aging eyewitness who saw Jews murdered there — not by Nazis, but by her own Polish neighbors. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Potash.

Official Selection

Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, World Premiere
San Francisco Indiefest
Santa Barbara International Film Festival

“Among Neighbors tells a story that isn’t being written in history books … relatable and accessible.”
– Film Threat

Director’s Bio

Yoav Potash is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. He produced and directed the Sundance premiere documentary “Crime After Crime,” a New York Times Critics’ Pick and winner of 25 honors, including a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award, and six audience awards. The documentary, now available on Amazon Prime, helped spark movements to change domestic violence law in multiple US states. Yoav also directed the “Food Stamped,” winner of SF IndieFest’s Jury Prize. He lives and works in Berkeley, CA.