Anny Junek, a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor, loves dressing up for the Jewish holiday of Purim. In fact, she’s the three-time champion of her Israeli retirement home's annual costume contest (as a bride, a Smurf, a doctor, and a handyman). She basks in the element of surprise and never reveals her costume before the contest. After losing her parents in Auschwitz and surviving Bergen-Belsen, Anny moved from Austria to Mexico where she raised her family. Now a great-grandmother in Israel, Anny and her family have hatched a plan for a fourth win.
Spring Chicken is a documentary short which follows Anny as she celebrates life's small moments and finds beauty in the most unexpected places.
Directed & Produced
Tamir Elterman
Editors
David Alexander
Tamir Elterman
Camera
Michael Miroshnik
Ed Ou
Tamir Elterman
Colorist
Tomer Bahat
Sound Design
Gal Lev
Music
Assa Raviv
Jahzzar
Phillip Guyler