The Wild One

dir. Tessa Louisse-Salomé 2022 France 94 min.
2022 – Tribeca IFF: Award Best Cinematography, 2022 – Festival 2 Valenciennes: Jury Prize, 2022 – Cork IFF, 2022 – Denver FF, 2022 – American Film Festival, Wroclaw
“The Wild One” explores the importance of Jack Garfein's legacy and questions how art can draw on personal memory to better enlighten our present.

An innovative, cinematic exploration of acting as a form of survival, through the life and work of Jack Garfein: Holocaust survivor, Actors Studio co-founder, controversial stage and screen director. A journey of an enigmatic, censored artist, “The Wild One” explores the importance of his legacy and questions how art can draw on personal memory to better enlighten our present.