
Henry Hill interviews the director of Waiting for Anya, Ben Cookson, and learns about what inspired him to make the film, and how he recovered from the devastation of a project that fell apart to turn this life-changing project into a reality.

Henry Hill interviews the director of Waiting for Anya, Ben Cookson, and learns about what inspired him to make the film, and how he recovered from the devastation of a project that fell apart to turn this life-changing project into a reality.

“Adapted from the novel by the author of War Horse, Waiting for Anya follows Jo Lalande (Noah Schnapp), a thirteen-year-old shepherd boy, and reclusive widow Horcada (Anjelica Huston), who come together with their village to help smuggle Jewish children into Spain during the harrows of WWII.”