3 Generations (company)

3 Generations is a non-profit documentary film production company based in New York City.

The company's stated aim is "to support survivors of genocide and victims of crimes against humanity by helping them share their stories."

3 Generations has produced documentary films includingThe Devil Came on Horseback, Tricked, A Different American Dream, Lost in Lebanon, Pot Luck, and ''Preserving the Holocaust. ''

Background
3 Generations was founded by director Jane Wells in 2007 after a visit to Western Sudan, where she witnessed the impact of the Darfur genocide on survivors.

Whilst in Darfur, Wells encountered photojournalist Brian Steidle, with whom she agreed to produce The Devil Came On Horseback, a film about his experiences documenting the genocide.

Wells' father, Sidney Bernstein, was a filmmaker and producer, who accompanied the Allied Forces during the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, documenting the conditions inside the concentration camp. Suppressed at the time by Britain's post-war government due to foreign policy concerns, Bernstein's film was restored in 2008 by the Imperial War Museum, with production from 3 Generations, and released in 2017 under the title German Concentration Camps Factual Survey.

Wells stated in 2007 that the impetus for using the medium of documentary film to highlight human rights injustices is to "foster the healing process and illuminate our common humanity."

Festivals
HERE LIVED (2023)

Official Selection, Shoah Aspen Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Australian Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, LAGERHAUS G Heritage Foundation 2024

Official Selection, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Jewish Culture Festival Copenhagen 2024

Official Selection, Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Gold Coast Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Sacramento Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Symbiotic Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Seattle Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, West Kortright Center Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Buffalo Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Greater Altoona Jewish Festival 2024

Official Selection, Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Brazina Documentary Series 2024

Official Selection, Charlotte Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum 2024

Official Selection, Miami Jewish Film Festival 2024

Official Selection, Congregation Shaara Tfille 2023

Official Selection, East Bay Jewish Film Festival 2024

A Kaddish for Selim (2022)

Winner, Best Documentary, Top Shorts 2021

Winner, Best Editing, Top Shorts 2021

Official Selection, New York Jewish Film Festival 2022

Official Selection, Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2023

Official Selection, Seoul International Short Film Festival 2023

Official Selection, Short Films Matter 2023

Official Selection, Women Over 50 Film Festival 2023

Honorable Mention, Best Human Rights Short Film, LA Independent Women Film Awards 2024

Any Given Day (2021)

Honorable Mention, Emerging International Filmmaker, Hot Docs Film Festival 2021

Nominee, Best International Documentary, Hot Docs Film Festival 2021 Official Selection, The Chicago International Film Festival 2021

Official Selection, Montreal International Film Festival 2021

Preserving the Holocaust (2021)

Winner, Best Female Director, New York Tri-State Area Film Festival 2023

Winner, Best Documentary Short, New York Tri-State Area Film Festival 2023

Winner, Best Documentary Short, Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival 2023

Official Selection, Festival of Tolerance, Zagreb, 2022

Official Selection, UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) 2021

Official Selection, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2021

Winner, Award of Merit, Best Shorts Competition 2021

Official Selection, Miami Jewish Film Festival 2021

Finalist, Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2021

Official Selection, American Documentary And Animation Film Festival 2021

Official Selection, UK Jewish Film Festival 2021

Official Selection, Denver Jewish Film Festival 2022

Official Selection, Madrid International Short Film Festival 2023

Official Selection, Roma Short Film Festival 2023

Official Selection, Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival 2024

Pot Luck: The Altered State of Colorado (2020)

Winner Best Documentary, Creation International Film Festival 2020

Winner Best Editing, Creation International Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, SR Socially Relevant Film Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Manhattan Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, New Hope Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Rincon International Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, The London Cannabis Film Festival 2020

They Ain't Ready For Me (2020)

Audience Award Winner for Best Documentary Film, Virginia Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Albuquerque Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Boston Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Cleveland International Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Denver Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Memphis Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Miami Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, New York Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2020

Official Selection, Seattle Jewish Film Festival 2020

Go Debbie (2018)

Official Selection, United Nations Association Film Festival 2018

Official Selection, Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival 2018

Official Selection, New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2018

Best LGBT Short, New York City Short Film Festival 2018

Official Selection, Denver Film Festival 2018

Official Selection, Bowery Film Festival 2019

Official Selection, The Impact DOCS Awards 2019

Lost in Lebanon (2017)

Official Selection, New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2017

Official Selection, One World Film Festival 2017

Official Selection, London Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2017

A Different American Dream (2016)

Official Selection, American Indian Film Festival 2016

Official Selection, Margaret Mead Film Festival 2016

Winner, Best Documentary, Red Nation Film Festival 2016

Official Selection, Reykjavik International Film Festival 2016

Official Selection, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2016

Official Selection, Awareness Festival 2016

A System of Justice (2016)

Winner, Best Documentary Short, New York International Short Film Festival 2016

Winner, Best Documentary, West Chester Film Festival 2017

Official Selection, Manchester Film Festival 2016

Official Selection, New York International Short Film Festival 2016

German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (2014)

Official Selection, Berlin International Film Festival 2014

Official Selection, Jewish International Film Festival 2014

Official Selection, Jerusalem Film Festival 2014

Official Selection, Melbourne International Film Festival 2014

Official Selection, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2015

In the Shadow of War (2014)

Nominated for First Appearance Award, IDFA 2014

Nominated for Oxfam Global Justice Award, IDFA 2014

Nominated for Special Jury Award, Sheffield Doc Fest 2014

Nominated for Best UK Film Award, Open City Doc Fest 2014

Official Selection, Movies That Matter 2015

Official Selection, One World 2015

Tricked (2013)

Official Selection, Montclair Film Festival 2014

Winner, Silver Lei Award, Honolulu Film Awards 2013

Native Silence (2013)

Winner, Award of Merit, Best Shorts Competition 2013

Finalist, USA Film Festival 2014

Official Selection, American Indian Film Festival 2013

Official Selection, Aspen Shortsfest 2014

Official Selection, Red Nation Film Festival 2013

Lost Hope (2012)

Winner, Metropolitan Film Festival Honorary Mention 2012

The Devil Came On Horseback (2007)

Winner, Seeds of War Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2007

Winner, Full Frame/Working Films Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2007

Winner, Docudrama Award, Amnesty International Media Awards 2008

Winner, Witness Award, Silverdocs 2007

Winner, Women In Cinema Lena Sharpe Award, Seattle International Film Festival 2007

Winner, Adrienne Shelley Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Nantucket Film Festival 2007

Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2007

Official Selection, Cinevegas 2007

Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival 2007

Official Selection, Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2007

Nominated, Best Documentary, Emmy Awards 2009

Nominated, Best News and Documentary, Emmy Awards 2009

Nominated, Gotham Independent Film Award, Gotham Awards 2007