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No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story - A Documentary Film
—Richard Breitman, Ph.D., 2006
No Asylum, directed by Paula Fouce, is the little-known, tragic story of Otto Frank’s desperate attempts to secure American visas before going into hiding with his family in 1942. Based on recently-discovered letters by Otto Frank in YIVO’s archives, No Asylum interviews Anne Frank’s surviving family about her father’s efforts to seek refuge for his family through friends, refugee boards, and the U.S. State Department. Their story closely mirrors the experiences of many struggling through today’s refugee crisis.
— Produced by Paradise Filmworks International
— In Association with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
— Co-Producers: Stephen A. Kollins, M.D. & Elayne Kollins, The Kollins Family Limited Partnership, The Pinnacle Gardens Foundation, and Michael Flores
2018 Official Selection of the 12th Festival of Tolerance
2018 Official Selection of the Madrid International Film Festival
2017 Official Selection of the JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival
2017 Official Selection of the American Documentary Film Festival
2016 Best Documentary Nominee for the Palm Beach International Film Festival
2016 Official Selection of the Palm Beach International Film Festival
2016 Official Selection of the Madrid International Film Festival
2016 Official Selection of the Global Peace Film Festival
2016 Official Selection of the La Femme Film Festival
2016 Outstanding Excellence in Docs Without Borders Film Festival
2016 Feature Film of the GenShoah Southwest Florida
Press Release about the World Premiere
Screenings
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May 1, 2019 | 7:00pm – Temple Beth El (Las Cruces, NM)
April 15, 2019 | 8:00pm – Finchley United Synagogue: Kinloss, Kinloss Gardens (London, England)
February 28, 2019 | 7:00pm – The Place (Bedford, England)
January 31, 2019 | 1:00pm – Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Castle Lane (Bedford, Bedfordshire)
January 21, 2019 | 7:00pm – Bushell Hall, Solihull School, 793 Warwick Road (Solihull, England)
January 21, 2019 | 2:00pm – Bushell Hall, Solihull School, 793 Warwick Road (Solihull, England)
December 5, 2018 | 11:00am – Milan Film Fest International, Novotel Milano Nord Ca Granda, Screening Room 3, Viale Giovanni Suzzani, 13, 20162 (Milano MI, Italy)
September 3, 2018 | 7:00pm – Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL, UK (London, England)
July 17, 2018 | 10:00am – Lifelong Learning Club, Sun City, Anthem (Henderson, NV)
April 15, 2018 | 1:00pm – Michael Klahr Center, 46 University Drive (Augusta, Maine)
April 13, 2018 | 6:15pm – 12th Festival of Tolerance - Cinema Europa, Miller Hall (Zagreb, Croatia)
March 2, 2018 | 4:30pm – Lied Library, University of Nevada (Las Vegas, NV)
February 25, 2018 |6:00pm – Dolan Performance Hall (Morristown, NJ)
January 28, 2018 |11:00am – United Nations (Geneva Switzerland)
November 8, 2017 |6:30pm – Lakewood Public Library (Lakewood, OH)
September 26, 2017 |7:00pm – Richardson Auditorium, Adams State University (Alamosa, CO)
September 15, 2017 | 4:00pm – Great Hall, Memorial Student Center, University of Wisconsin Stout (Menomonie, WI)
September 13, 2017 |7:00pm – Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts (Menomonie, WI)
September 12, 2017 | 7:00pm – Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts (Menomonie, WI)
July 16, 2017 | 6:00pm – William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 (Los Angeles, CA)
June 26, 2017 | 6:00pm – Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (New York, NY)
June 25, 2017 | 6:00pm – Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (Los Angeles, CA)
June 10, 2017 | 3:00pm – Rikkyo University (Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
May 2, 2017 | 6:30am – Jewish Museum of Maryland (Baltimore, MD)
April 23, 2017 | 10:30am – Beit Oleh America Netanya AACI (Netanya, Israel)
April 23, 2017 | 7:30am – Temple Aliyah (Woodland Hills, CA)
April 2, 2017 | 4:30am – 2300 E Baristo Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262 (Palm Springs, CA)
March 15, 2017 | 12:00am – JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival, Landmark Century Cinema (Chicago, IL)
March 12, 2017 | 12:00am – JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center (Chicago, IL)
February 1, 2017 | 6:30am – Gamache-Koger Theater (St. Augustine, FL)
January 31, 2017 | 12:00am – Holocaust Museum of SW Florida (Naples, FL)
January 30, 2017 | 6:30am – Igo Branch Library (San Antonio, TX)
January 28, 2017 | 12:00am – Topf & Sons Place of Remembrance - Landeshauptstadt Erfurt (Ehfurt, Thunigria, Germany)
January 26, 2017 | 5:30am – Waseda University, Okuma Memorial Tower (Tokyo, Japan)
January 17, 2017 | 6:30am – Mission Branch Library (San Antonio, TX)
December 13, 2016 | 4:00pm – Museum of Tolerance (Los Angeles, CA)
October 20, 2016 | 4:00am – La Femme Film Festival (Beverly Hills, CA)
September 25, 2016 | 6:30am – Global Peace Film Festival (Winter Park, FL)
September 22, 2016 | 6:30am – Global Peace Film Festival (Orlando, FL)
September 15, 2016 | 6:30am – Holocaust Museum Houston (Houston, TX)
August 23, 2016 | Opening – Laemmle Music Hall (Los Angeles, CA)
July 8, 2016 | 5:15pm – Film Fest International (DormirDCine, Madrid)
June 21, 2016 | 7:00pm – Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (Johannesburg, South Africa)
June 12, 2016 | 4:00am – Hesston Mennonite Church (Hesston, KS)
May 18, 2016 | 6:30pm – Congregation Ner Tamid (Henderson, NV)
May 5, 2016 | 7:15pm – Beth Emet The Free Synagogue (Evanston, IL)
April 22, 2016 | 1:00pm – Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum (Waterloo, IA)
April 22, 2016 | 9:00am – Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum (Waterloo, IA)
April 21, 2016 | 7:00pm – Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum (Waterloo, IA)
April 20, 2016 | 7:00pm – Figge Art Museum (Davenport, IA)
April 14, 2016 | 10:15pm – Palm Beach International Film Festival (West Palm Beach, FL)
April 10, 2016 | 3:30pm – Palm Beach International Film Festival (West Palm Beach, FL)
March 17, 2016 | 7:30pm – AFC’s Human Rights Film Series, Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York, NY)
Sunday, October 11, 2015 | 6:00pm – World Premiere at YIVO Institute (New York, NY)
Press
Alamosa News, ‘No Asylum’ documents attempts to escape Nazis (September 25, 2017)
St. Augustine Record, Documentary considered prequel to story of Anne Frank (January 31, 2017)
The Jewish Chronicle, Film preview — No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank's Story (January 30, 2017)
Ilsussidiario.net, Senza via di scampo, La vera storia di Anna Frank (January 27, 2017)
Florida Weekly, Temple presents free screening of new Holocaust documentary (January 19, 2017)
Culver City Observer, Movie Review: The Siege of Jadotville ● No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story (October 6, 2016)
The Wrap, ‘No Asylum’ Review: Anne Frank’s Father Explored In Heartbreaking Documentary (August 19, 2016)
Los Angeles Times, Review 'No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank's Story' revealed via her father's letters (August 18, 2016)
LA Weekly, No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank's Story (NR) (August 18, 2016)
Jewish Journal, Anne Frank: “No Asylum” before the attic (August 18, 2016)
Awards Daily, Documentary Watch – No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story (August 18, 2016)
Fox News, 'No Asylum' - May 18, Congregation Ner Tamid (May 17, 2016)
Channel 8: Las Vegas Now, Anne Frank, family's attempt to come to U.S. revealed in "No Asylum" documentary (May 16, 2016)
The Jerusalem Post, Holocaust remembrance and Mr. Robot marathon (April 26, 2016)
Quad City Times, Anne Frank's story lives on in 'No Asylum' (April 15, 2016)
The Jewish Press, Did You See “No Asylum”? (February 5, 2016)
Hollywood Reporter, New Anne Frank Documentary Examines U.S. Immigration Standards That Barred Many Jews During World War II (December 12, 2015)
The Blackshear Times, Another look at the world of Otto Frank (November 25, 2015)
The Jewish Week, A New Chapter in Anne Frank’s Story (November 23, 2015)