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August 18, 2022

Karaoke

Director: Moshe Rosenthal | Israel | 2022 | Comedy / Drama | Hebrew / English Subtitles | 100 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3enJqdK" target="blank" background="#800000" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Buy Now - Few Left[/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Saturday, 19 November, 9:30pm 7 SEATS LEFT [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Karaoke is about one coupleas quiet revolution. Tova and Meir have been married for 46 years and lead a fairly quiet existence in a sleepy middle-class suburb. When Itsik, a Miami-based modeling agent, moves into the penthouse of their building, their whole world is turned upside down. Attractive, showy, modern, Itsik is everything they're not. As they lose themselves into a noxious fascination, their lust for life is slowly reignited. Presented at the Tribeca Film Festival this comedy gem features Sasson Gabay (Shtisel), Lior Ashkenazi and Rita Shukrun. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11328 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Anonymous [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 4 wins 8 nominations 2022 Israeli Academy of Film & Television Winner - Ophir Awards, Best Actor: Sasson Gabbay, Best Actress: Rita Shukrun 2022 - Jerusalem Film Festival Winner Audience Award, Israeli Competition: Moshe Rosenthal Winner GWFF Award for Best First Film, Israeli First Film: Moshe Rosenfeld A Nominee 2022 6 -Awards of the Israeli Film Academy 2022 Jerusalem Fim Festival, Full length Israeli Feature Film 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, Best Int'l Narrative Feature [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"]...

August 18, 2022

Women of Valor

Director: Anna Somershaf | Israel | 2021 | Documentary | Hebrew / English Subtitles | 75 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3ywGClv" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 13 November, 6:25pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Ultra-Orthodox women are forbidden to run for Israeli parliament in the ultra-religious political parties, but one woman is determined to change that. Esty Shushan and her friends won't stop until they achieve equal rights for 600,000 Haredi women. Fighting against threats from their community, and the real risk that their children could be kicked out of schools, these women are prepared to make, having raised and supported large families, the change they want from within the religious world. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11301 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Sharon Ser SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 1 nomination 2022 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy Nominee Best Documentary Feature: Anna Somershaf [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"]...

August 18, 2022

Where is Anne Frank?

Director: Ari Folman | Belgium / Luxembourg / France / Netherlands / Israel | 2021 | Animated Feature | English & Cantonese Subtitles | 100 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="" target="blank" background="#800000" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Sold Out[/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 20 November, 12:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: This dynamic anime film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to find Anne, who she believes is still alive, in today's Europe. Kitty is shocked by the modern world, while she navigates back and forth across time, trying to make sense of Anne's legacy. [su_spacer size="10"] aae1/4: e?ecae1/4 | aea$+-ca(R) a|(R)aeYe | 100 ae | e+-ea(a-aea-a1) ca?!a$a(R)aa(R) a|(R)ae3e-aa aea1/2a a(R) a|(R)aeYeae1/2aaeecaaeaec ca>>eaaaaeeLa1/2aaoaeaeeaae1/4aea(R)$eo2e?cc21e>>caaY3i1/4eae aY1aeYea-caae3aeaaaa eaaeaoaae1/4c3/4a>> ce?aaec 1a1i1/4a ea|aaee-aaeea2eao75a1i1/4ae+-a?!a(R) a|(R)a>>caaaaaY1caY1/2aacacceLaeaea(R)1ae ca1/21/4a3/4aa (C)ai1/4a eae+-oaeaeeaY1ae a ca a(R) a|(R)aeYeai1/4a+-ee?1/2aa(R) a|(R)e1$e!a1aeaa ee-a+-eaaa aae1/4a1/2+-cea1e>>a1/2+- [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11299 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau, Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 1 win 4 nominations 2022 - Luxembourg City Film Festival - Winner School Jury Award: Ari Folman 2021 Pacific Screen Awards: Best Animated Feature 2021 European Film Awards: EU Animated Feature Film 2021 Sitges - Catalonian Intl Film Festival: Best Motion Picture 2022 Israeli Film Academy: Best Film Nominee [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="120"]...

August 17, 2022

Wet Dog

Director: Damir Lukacevic | Israel / Germany | 2021 | Drama | German / English Subtitles | 103 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3yvRMXI" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Monday, 14 November, 8:45pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: After moving with his parents to inner city Berlin-Wedding, Soheil seeks acceptance from the predominantly Muslim teenagers in his neighbourhood by joining a local gang. There he becomes known as the graffiti artist King Star, hiding his Jewish origins as an act of self-preservation. Soon he must decide if his loyalties lie with his family and his religion or with his newly acquired friends. Based on the autobiography of German-born Persian Jew Arye Sharuz Shalicar, Wet Dog is a masterful exploration of how religious and cultural identity intersect with friendship during the emotionally fraught years of adolescence. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11302 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by German Consulate General Hong Kong [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 1 nomination Nominee DSP Award, Best Young Actor: Mohammad Eliraqi2021 - German Screen Actors Awards [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="90"]...

August 15, 2022

Three Minutes – a Lengthening

Director: Bianca Stigter | Netherlands / United Kingdom | 2021 | Documentary |A English / Polish / German / Yiddish / English Subtitles | 68 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3rLpQuZ" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Monday, 14 November, 7:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Three minutes of footage, an American touristas souvenir from a vacation filmed in 1938, are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk, Poland from before the Holocaust. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter, this three minute clip, in color, random, full of life, becomes a full length documentary- an historical record with a highly personal dimension, and a meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11225 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance CentreA [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 2 wins - 3 nominations 2022 - Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Winner Jury Prize Documentary Feature: Bianca Stigter 2022 - Dublin International Film Festival Winner Best Documentary: Bianca Stigter 2022 Nominations: Brussels International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, International Cinephile Society Awards [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="90"]...

August 15, 2022

The Rhapsody

Director: David Hoffert | Canada | 2021 | Biography / Documentary |A English | 104 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3Vib4JL" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 13 November, 4:25pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: The astonishing story of composer Leo Spellman, a Polish Holocaust survivor who sets out on a riveting and emotional journey towards artistic liberation at the age of 98. The film, narrated by Stephen Fry, features a musical masterpiece lost for more than fifty years; the revelation of a secret wartime diary; a harrowing tale of survival told through animation; powerful live concert performances by orchestras in North America and Europe; and an uplifting finale as Spellman's legacy is finally recognized in the town where he so narrowly escaped death. Born into a musical dynasty that includes 1st cousin Wladyslaw Szpilman (played by Adrian Brody in The Pianist), Spellmana�s wits helped him survive the Holocaust and become one of Torontoa�s best known dance orchestra leaders. His diaries, found after he passed away, are among the most revealing documents of their kind from WWII. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11209 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong,A Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre [su_spacer size="90"]...

August 15, 2022

Shalom Putti

Director: TamA!s Wormser | Canada / Uganda | 2022 | Documentary |A English / Luganda /A Gwere / Hebrew / English Subtitles | 90 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3VkhoR2" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 13 November, 12:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: A little-known Jewish community in rural Uganda dreams of reaching the Promised Land through their devoted practice of Judaism. When they encounter a group of Orthodox Israeli rabbis, including the charismatic Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, everyone is destined to be transformed. Director TamA!s Wormser documents the extraordinary encounter over seven years, crafting a nuanced and visually arresting documentary, while reflecting on wealth, identity, religion, Israelas place in the Jewish community and the long shadow of African colonialism. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11220 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong [su_spacer size="90"]...

August 15, 2022

Reckonings

Director: Roberta Grossman | USA | 2022 | Documentary |A English / German / English Subtitles | 74 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3VjdqrJ" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Double Feature follows Game Changers: Sunday, 13 November, 2:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: They met in secret to negotiate the unthinkable a compensation for the survivors of the largest mass genocide in history. Survivors were in urgent need of help, but how could reparations be determined for the unprecedented destruction and suffering of a People? Reckonings explores this untold true story set in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Roberta Grossman (Who Will Write our History, Blessed is the Match: Hannah Senesh), Reckonings recounts the tense negotiations between Jewish and German leaders. Under the constant threat of violence, they forged ahead, knowing it would never be enough but hoping it could at least be an acknowledgement and a step towards healing. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11200 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by The Auerbach Family SUPPORTED by United States Consulate General Hong Kong & Macau [su_spacer size="90"]...

August 15, 2022

Plan A

Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Israel / Germany | 2021 | Thriller / Drama |A English | 110 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="" target="blank" background="#800000" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Sold Out [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Saturday, 19 November, 7:20pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: An intense thriller based on the astonishing story of a group of Holocaust survivors determined to seek retaliation on an epic scale. Based on a true story, Plan A examines the actions of people who have no way to rebuild themselves after their lives, as they knew them, have been taken away. Adapted from the book by Israeli historian Dina Porat, this film features performances by Michael Aloni (Shtisel), Ishai Golan (Hatufim) and August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds) . [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11201 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Robert L. Meyer SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau, German Consulate General Hong Kong [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 2 nominations 2021 - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy Nominee Best Cinematography: Moshe Mishali 2021 - Haifa International Film Festival Nominee: Israeli Film Competition Award, Best Feature Film Award: Yoav Paz, Doron Paz (directors) [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="120"]...

August 15, 2022

More than I Deserve

Director: Pini Tavger | Israel | 2021 | Drama | Hebrew / Russian /A English Subtitles | 82 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3SSSHtg" target="blank" background="#566df7" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Tuesday, 15 November, 8:45pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Pinchas and his mother Tamara are new Russian immigrants to Israel. While Tamara is at work Pinchas spends most of his time alone. When he learns that his classmates are preparing for their Bar Mitzvahs, he asks his religious neighbor Shimon Amzaleg to help him prepare. Shimon, who still lives with his parents, is a religious bachelor waiting to meet the right girl. The two form a strong bond and Shimon treats Pinchas as his own son. Despite her initial disapproval of his religious influence, Tamara gradually falls in love with Shimon. Pinchas learns to accept his mother's need for love but things get complicated when Shimon's Rabbi pressures him to marry a woman from their community. [su_spacer size="10"] [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 7 nominations 2021 - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy Nominee: Best Actor: Micha Prudovsky, Best Actress: Ana Dubrovitzki, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Makeup, Best Costume Design 2021 - Jerusalem Film Festival Nominee: Award for Israeli Cinema, Full length Israeli Feature Films: Pini Tavger [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=111...

August 15, 2022

Marionette

Director: Tommy Lang | Israel | 2021 | Comedy / Drama | Hebrew / English Subtitles | 94 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3VveR6L" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 13 November, 8:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Michal Navon, a military reporter, stubbornly investigates the mysterious disappearance of a soldier in Lebanon. Her tenacity is punished and she finds herself shockingly fired from her longstanding job. To add insult to injury, her agent has invested Michal's life savings in the production of a new reality TV show called "A Funeral in Heaven". Michal together with Maya, (her devoted friend and producer of her TV show) and Tali, (her struggling poet daughter), dive into an adventure to solve the disappearance while striving to ensure the show is a success. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11303 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Anonymous SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau [su_spacer size="90"]...

August 15, 2022

The Specials (Hors Normes)

Directors: Olivier Nakache, A ric Toledano | France / Belgium | 2019 | Comedy / Drama | French / English & Cantonese Subtitles | 114 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3T4XAiM" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 20 November, 7:20pm & 7:30pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: For 20 years, Bruno and Malik have run two separate non-profit organizations that train young people from underprivileged neighborhoods to be caregivers for children and adolescents with extreme autism. Now, without official certification for Brunoas organization, their future is suddenly unclear. Laced with grace and humor the film uses a lively shooting style that is always moving. The film underscores a host of current social issues in the French social welfare system, while exploring the working friendship between an orthodox Jew and a Muslim. From the directors of aThe Intouchables'', difficult issues are addressed in this endearing and uplifting film. [su_spacer size="10"] aoaa1a3/4i1/4Bruno a Malik acccea(C)aeca(C)cc1i1/4a1ea3/4eae2ac$3/4aca1e1/4aooce!ecae(C)aeaecce!caeeae caca1/2+-ae!caocacaeaeecae 1/4a>>a+-c3/4aeaoa-aaei1/4a11/2e>>aaaoocaecaThe Specials e$aoe(R)ec3/4ae ae(C)aea>>ceLaeLae aeeae cca1e1/4aoocaci1/4e2aea1ccae>>i1/4ao|ac3/4aoaaa(R)aecaooa1ecaYa1/2aea1/4aeee>>a1/2+-ec...

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