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EDDY'S WORLD

EDDY’S WORLD is an intimate portrait of a 98 year old working toy inventor whose creativity and curiosity keep him young and healthy. This documentary short brings together stories of toys and stories of life in one engaging personal journey.

  • Lyn Goldfarb
    Director
    BRIDGING THE DIVIDE; TOM BRADLEY AND THE POLITICS OF RACE, PBS; THE NEW LOS ANGELES, PBS; DANGER: KIDS AT WORK, Lifetime Television; JAPAN: MEMOIRS OF A SECRET EMPIRE series, PBS; THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY series, PBS; “Ways to Move”, “Without Barriers or Borders” PEOPLE IN MOTION series, PBS; "Total War” THE GREAT WAR series, PBS; "We Have a Plan” THE GREAT DEPRESSION series, PBS.
  • Lyn Goldfarb
    Producer
    WITH BABIES AND BANNERS (Oscar nominated); BRIDGING THE DIVIDE; TOM BRADLEY AND THE POLITICS OF RACE, PBS; THE NEW LOS ANGELES, PBS; JAPAN: MEMOIRS OF A SECRET EMPIRE series, PBS; THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY series, PBS; “Ways to Move”, “Without Barriers or Borders” PEOPLE IN MOTION series, PBS; "Total War” THE GREAT WAR series, PBS; "We Have a Plan” THE GREAT DEPRESSION series, PBS.
  • Jannat Gargi
    Producer
    Producer: CIRCO (Emmy nominated), BIG IN JAPAN; BALLET NOW. Executive Producer: GHOST FLEET; KNIFE SKILLS; POINTE TO POP; STEP.
  • Daniel Zimbaldi
    Producer
    DOWNNUP: PETER SHELTON; EYEHAND: PETER SHELTON; CHRIS BURDEN, NEWPORT HARBOR ART MUSEUM RETROSPECTIVE.
  • Miriam Cutler
    Composer
    Three time Emmy nominated composer scored award winning documentaries and independent films: RBG (Oscar and 2019 Emmy nomination); LOVE GILDA (2019 Emmy nomination); A PLASTIC OCEAN; FINDING KUKAN; THE HUNTING GROUND; ETHEL; LOST IN LA MANCHA; THIN; POSTER GIRL; VITO; KINGS POINT; GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB; DESERT OF FORBIDDEN ART; A PLASTIC OCEAN; ONE LAST HUG; DARK MONEY; ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT.
  • Seana Carroll
    Editor
    NuMu, the World’s Smallest Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of the Arts: CHAGALL:Fantasies for the Stage/Museum Exhibition, LACMA; SUBURBAN MEMOIR (In collaboration with CalArts and James Franco); TAP WORLD (Additional Editor); EATING THE OCEAN (Additional Editor).
  • Scott B
    Cinematographer
    “LOOKING UP, WAY UP! THE BURT RUTAN STORY” — DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (IN PROGRESS); “NO NEW YORK” — DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (IN PROGRESS). KARAOKE SUPERSTARS; WHITE CHRISTMAS; SEA LIFE; VORTEX; TRAP DOOR; THE OFFENDERS; LETTERS TO DAD. TV Series: VIRGIN GALACTIC; DELTA DIVERS; BLACK SKY (PEABODY AWARD); ICE ROAD TRUCKERS; PLASTIC SURGERY: BEFORE AND AFTER; ON THE INSIDE; DELTA DIVERS
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 38 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 21, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Canon 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4096x2160
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Florida Film Festival
    Maitland
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Sheffield Shorts Film Festival
    Sheffield
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • Mountainfilm Festival
    Telluride, Colorado
    United States
    Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Raw Science Film Festival
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    Jury Award Best Short Documentary
  • Indy Shorts
    Indianapolis
    United States
    July 21, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Port Townsend Film Festival
    Port Townsend
    United States
    Best Short Documentary
  • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
    Hot Springs, Arkansas
    United States
    October 9, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Naples internatonal Film Festival
    Naples, Florida
    United States
    October 22, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Northwest International Film Festival
    Edmonton, Alberta
    Canada
    November 5, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Doctober
    Bellingham, Washington
    United States
    October 9, 2020
    Official Selection
  • San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
    December 10, 2020
    Finalist
  • Frozen River Film Festival

    United States
    Official Selection
  • Woods Hole Film Festival

    Runner Up, Audience Award
  • Canada Shorts

    Finalist
  • Sydney Shorts
  • San Francisco Independent Shorts Film Festival
  • Dallas Video Fest
  • RiverRun Film Festival
  • Chain NYC
  • Reale Film Festival
  • Borrego Springs Film Festival
  • American Documentary and Animation Film Festival
  • Durango Independent Film Festival
Director Biography - Lyn Goldfarb

Lyn Goldfarb is the Director and Producer of EDDY'S WORLD, a documentary short about her father Eddy Goldfarb. Lyn is an Academy Award-nominated and multiple award-winning Director, Producer and Writer with 17 documentaries broadcast on PBS and major cable, and featured in festivals.
Goldfarb’s documentaries and series include: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE: TOM BRADLEY AND THE POLITICS OF RACE; THE NEW LOS ANGELES, DANGER: KIDS AT WORK, CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM series, JAPAN: MEMOIRS OF A SECRET EMPIRE series, THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY series, and episodes of THE GREAT WAR, THE GREAT DEPRESSION and PEOPLE IN MOTION. She is a producer and historian of WITH BABIES AND BANNERS.
Goldfarb also produces short films for museums, exhibitions and non-profits, including the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Guadalajara International Book Festival.
Her awards and festivals include: two Emmy Awards; a George Foster Peabody Award; two du-Pont Columbia Awards; a Golden Mike; a CINE Golden Eagle; three Bronze Tellys; a Blue Ribbon and Emily Grand Prize, American Film Festival; Los Angeles Film Festival; Nosotros American Latino Film Festival; the Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival; San Francisco Black Film Festival; San Diego Black Film Festival; LaFemme Festival; and the March on Washington Film Festival.

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Director Statement

I have been a documentary filmmaker for over forty years, inspired to tell stories of extraordinary people whose lives and work provide insights into our history and our future.

Two years ago, I decided to look inward and began interviewing my father- a man whose values and beliefs have influenced me to become the person I am today.

As we filmed my father, I realized that his life and work would resonate to people of all generations. His story is about ideas and vision, creativity and independence, and the fortitude to challenge obstacles and succeed. This is why I made EDDY'S WORLD.

My father is the child of immigrants who fled oppression in Europe and survived the Great Depression. He volunteered for the submarine service during World War II, and chose the uncertain life of an independent toy inventor to fulfill his dreams.

While he achieved success as a toy inventor, I admire him as much for his grace in aging. At 98 years old, he is creative and curious, embracing new technologies, writing stories that capture the memories of his life, and still inventing.

EDDY’S WORLD is more than the memoir of one man’s life. It is a story of the importance of play and how toys help bring families together. And it is story of aging and the importance of keeping one’s mind active and engaged. I believe that this film can provide an opportunity for audiences young and old to engage in a conversation about the creative process, the importance of play, and the power of optimism.