“All I Had Was Nothingness” at National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Film Festival 2026

When:
Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026 7:00p -
9:00p

Where:
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446

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Admission:
$17

Hosted by:
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filmmaven National Center for Jewish Film

Categories:
Festivals & Fairs, History, Movies

Event website:
https://filmfest2026.jewishfilm.org/films/all-i-had-was-nothingness

New England Premiere

Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day


Forty years after Claude Lanzmann’s monumental 9-hour film Shoah reshaped how the world remembers the Holocaust, filmmaker Guillaume Ribot returned to Lanzmann’s original materials and created a profound and riveting documentary all his own. A surprisingly propulsive and suspenseful film, All I Had Was Nothingness draws on 220 hours of previously unseen outtake film footage Lanzmann shot in the 1970s recently digitized by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Ribot revisits Lanzmann’s 12-year odyssey, providing a fuller picture of the personal, ethical, logistical, and financial strain behind the monumental work. 


Interwoven with excerpts from Lanzmann’s memoir, All I Had Was Nothingness reveals not only the immense scope of Lanzmann’s undertaking but also the man behind it. More than a "making-of" documentary, All I Had Was Nothingness stands as a moving meditation on memory, testimony, and the power of cinema to confront history. As Shoah joins UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, Ribot’s film emerges as both a tribute to Lanzmann’s lifelong mission to preserve the voices of those who endured humanity’s darkest chapter, and an essential stand-alone work of art that deepens our understanding of how one filmmaker’s tireless pursuit reshaped collective remembrance of the Holocaust. Director: Guillaume Ribot. France, 2025, English and French, German, Hebrew & Polish with English subtitles, 94 min.


World Premiere - Berlinale Film Festival, Special Presentation

Official Selection - Telluride Film Festival

Winner - David Stein Award, Toronto Jewish Film Festival 

Winner - Best Documentary, UK Jewish Film Festival


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