“Chichinette” wins spe­cial men­tion award at the haifa film fes­ti­val

The grad­u­a­tion film CHICHINETTE – HOW I ACCIDENTALLY BECAME A SPY by DFFB grad­u­ate Nico­la Alice Hens cel­e­brat­ed its world pre­miere last week at the 35th HAIFA Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val and won the Spe­cial Men­tion Award.

99-year-old Martha Cohn accept­ed the award per­son­al­ly. Con­grat­u­la­tions to the whole team!

©Ziv Amar

About the film:

The doc­u­men­tary tells the sto­ry of the French spy of Jew­ish ori­gin Marthe Cohn, bet­ter known as Chichinette, who after 60 years, final­ly breaks her silence and tells her extra­or­di­nary sto­ry. It is the sto­ry of a woman who, at just 4 feet 5 inch­es in height, beats the odds and fights the Nazis as a spy. At the age of 99, she now tours the world shar­ing her mes­sage to all gen­er­a­tions.