Letter to a Pig

Letter to a Pig (Hebrew: מכתב לחזיר) is a 2022 Israeli-French animated short film written and directed by Tal Kantor.

[9] On 'Memorial Day', a Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life to a classroom full of teenagers.

[10][11] Whilst listening to his testimony, a young schoolgirl sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of collective trauma, memory and identity.

[16] The film was shortlisted at the 2023 César Awards[17] and has been featured in a number of international film festivals, receiving accolades such as the Grand Prize for Best Narrative Short Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival[6] and the Zlatko Grgic Award at the 2022 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films.

[18] Since its release, the film has been selected in various festivals around the world: