Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire

Opened Friday, September 5, 2025

SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

Friday, September 5 at 6:50: Q&A with director Oren Rudavsky, producer Tal Mandil, producer/editor Michael Chomet, and animator Joel Orloff

Saturday, September 6 at 6:50:  Q&A with director Oren Rudavsky and co-producer Annette Insdorf

Sunday, September 7 at 2:10: Q&A with director Oren Rudavsky and Annette Insdorf, co-producer and Columbia University Film Professor

Sunday, September 7 at 4:30: Q&A with director Oren Rudavsky and Elisha Wiesel, son of Elie Wiesel

Eighty years after his family’s deportation and the wholesale slaughter of European Jewry, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire explores the man behind the searing memoir Night. The narration is in his own voice, revealing the known and unknown Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) – his conflicts, memories, and his legacy as one of the most public survivors of the Holocaust. With unique access to personal archives, and using original interviews with his wife Marion and son Elisha, the film has a unique intimacy. It also includes his passion for human rights, whether confronting President Ronald Reagan about visiting a German cemetery, or pleading with President Clinton to take action during the war in Bosnia. With hand-painted animation by Joel Orloff and a score by Osvaldo Golijov, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire illuminates the survivor, writer, teacher and public figure.

Photo by Bernard Gotfryd via Getty Images

Audience award for Best Documentary at Rochester JFF
YAD VASHEM- DOC AVIV Award 2025
Audience Award for Best Documentary – Pittsburgh JFF
Torchbearer Award, Miami JFF

  • Country USA
  • Language English and French with English subtitles
  • Running Time 87 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Panorama Films
  • Director Oren Rudavsky
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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