Inheritance

A film by Hannah Levy

The film

Clearing out her late grandpa’s house, Hannah uncovers a Jewish family history built on flight and survival — and finds the courage to question what she has inherited.

SHORT FILM2026HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE15 MINUTES
An archival record sleeve held open in a scene from Inheritance

Film still

About the film

Hannah returns to her late grandpa’s house in Hull to clear it out. Among his photographs, prayer book and the small objects of a life lived, she uncovers fragments of a Jewish family history shaped by flight, survival and solidarity — resurfacing, repeating, incomplete.

As the war in Gaza presses quietly into the house, her family’s story of persecution and exile can no longer be invoked to justify another people’s suffering. Woven from real family archive, Inheritance asks what we truly inherit: not certainty, but the courage to question what we have been taught and to say, quietly but clearly, not in my name.

Hannah sits in her late grandfather’s house in a still from Inheritance

The world of
Inheritance

A house filled with memory. A family archive resurfacing. A private reckoning that can no longer remain silent.

Hannah stands before a mural in Hull in a still from InheritanceHannah pauses in the doorway of her grandfather’s houseA hand rests on a page of Hebrew prayer textHannah holds a childhood bear while watching family archive footage
Behind the scenes

Behind the
silence

The camera and lighting team prepare a scene with HannahA scene from Inheritance framed on the production monitorThe Inheritance crew working on location in Hull
Filmmakers

The people behind
Inheritance

Written by
Hannah Levy
Directed by
Jordan Dean
Produced by
Hannah Levy & John Lawless
Cast
Hannah Levy, Sarah Cutler, Mariana Barbera, Jessica Duffield & Maya Urry
Director of photography
Katie Harriman
Original score
BØMBED BUILDINGS
Festivals & screenings

World premiere
Unthinkable Festival

Hull · Wednesday 7 October 2026
Press

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Inheritance film posterHannah in a café in a still from InheritanceCast and crew behind the scenes on InheritanceA handwritten family note in a still from Inheritance