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Here We Are

Director: Nir Bergman | Israel / Italy | 2020 | Feature / Drama | Hebrew / English subtitles | 92 mins [su_spacer size="15"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-2021-here-we-are-44336/" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="Ticketing live"]BUY NOW[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] Screening: Saturday, 20 November, 8:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Aharon and his autistic son Uri live together in peaceful harmony, away from the pressures and stigmas of the real world. However, as Uri grows up, his mother Tamara feels that he should be around his peers and learn to live more independently in an assisted-living facility. When the time comes to leave, Aharon decides to run away with his son, knowing that Uri is not ready for this separation. But is it in fact Aharon, who isn't ready? Packed with heart-wrenching emotion, this film is a bittersweet, life-affirming story about fatherly love and the difficulty of letting go. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9262" event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] [su_accordion] [su_spoiler title="AWARDS:" open="no" style="default" icon="plus" anchor="" anchor_in_url="no" class=""] 5 wins and 9 nominations 2020 Winner Awards of the Israeli Film Academy Best Director: Nir Bergman, A Best Screenplay: Dana Idisis, Best Actor: Shai Avivi, Best Supporting Actor: Noam Imber 2020 NomineeA Award of the Israeli Film Academy Best Supporting Actress: Efrat Ben-Zur, Best Editing: Ayala Bengad, Best Casting: Orit Azoulay, Best Sound: Ronen Nagel Best Film, Best Cinematography: Shai Goldman 2021 Chichester International Film Festival Nominee: Audience Award,A Independent Films Competition, Nir Bergman 2020 Jerusalem Film Festival Nominee: Award for Israeli Cinema Haggiag Competition for Full-Length Israeli Feature Films: Nir BergmanA (director) 2020 Valladolid International Film FestivalA 2020 Winner: Best Actor: Shai Avivi Nominee: Golden Spike,A Best Film: Nir Bergman [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Sharon Ser / Samantha Gershon / Withers Worldwide SUPPORTED by The Consulate General of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau [su_spacer size="90"]...

Dwelling in Travelling

Director: Subha Das Mollick | India | 2020 | Documentary | English| 69 mins [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-2021-dwelling-in-travelling-44341/" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="Ticketing live"]BUY NOW[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] Screening: Sunday, 21 November, 1:55pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: In 1798, jeweller and trader Shalom Cohen arrived in Calcutta, India, paving the way for a diaspora Jewish community in the city. Baghdadi Jews traveled the sea routes from Basrah to Shanghai and settled in port cities along the way. Calcutta was one such centre for the Jewish population. This fascinating documentary explores the identity of a community that prospered in a country situated far from the persecution they had suffered across the Western world. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9249" event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Anonymous [su_spacer size="90"]...

A Radiant Girl (Une fille qui va bien)

Director: Sandrine Kiberlain | France | 2021 | Fiction / Drama / Historical | French / English subtitles | 98 mins [su_spacer size="2"][su_button url="https://hkmovie6.com/movie/ce5132ef-6d09-43a1-85e6-fe1753c7e9bd" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="GOLDEN SCENE CINEMA" title="Ticketing live"]BUY NOW[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] Screening: Thursday, 18 November, 9:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Paris, summer 1942. Irene is Jewish and French. She is 19 and living a life of passions - Her friendships, her new love, her desire to be an actress - Nothing suggests that Irene's time is running out. [su_spacer size="10"] aae a(C)caY3a-(C) a aec!a>>i1/4 aa1ae-2cIrenecae>>ae1/41942 a1cae>>aa1/2coca$aeLcae3aaooi1/4a>>2a$cae>>a1/41/4a1aae>>?aae a e+-ccaea1/4aaecaeaeaae1/4a!a$ci1/4a13/4a1ae2ae a>>>>a1/2e!e+-!e!e|IreneaeaeYc!a$a [su_accordion][su_spoiler title="TRAILER" open="no" style="default" icon="plus" anchor="" anchor_in_url="no" class=""][/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] [su_spacer size="10"] [su_accordion][su_spoiler title="AWARDS" open="no" style="default" icon="plus" anchor="" anchor_in_url="no" class=""] 1 Nomination 2021 Cannes Film Festival Nominee Golden Camera:A Sandrine Kiberlain [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] CO-PRESENTED by the HK French Film Festival [su_spacer size="120"]...

A Call To Spy

Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher | USA | 2019 | Feature/ History/ Drama | English | 123 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-2021-a-call-to-spy-44188/" target="blank" background="#11cc00" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="Ticketing live"]Buy Now[/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 1:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Early in WWII, Churchill orders his new secret spy agency - The Special Operations Executive - to recruit and train women as spies to aid Britainas war effort. Their mission: to conduct sabotage and build a resistance. aSpymistressa Vera Atkins, a Jewish Romanian immigrant, recruits two unexpected candidates, Virginia Hall, an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9253" event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"][su_accordion] [su_spoiler title="AWARDS:" open="no" style="default" icon="plus" anchor="" anchor_in_url="no" class=""] 3 wins and 1 nomination 2019 - Edinburgh International Film Festival Nominee Best International Feature Film: Lydia Dean Pilcher 2019 - Whistler Film Festival A Winner Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Award: Best Female-Directed Narrative Feature Lydia Dean Pilcher (Director)A A Sarah Megan Thomas (Writer/Producer) SMT Pictures: Winner Audience Award: Sarah Megan Thomas (Producer/Writer) 2020 - Santa Barbara International Film Festival Winner ADL Stand Up Award: Sarah Megan Thomas (Producer/Writer) [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] SPONSORED by Judy and Michael Green SUPPORTED by The United States Consulate General of Hong Kong and Macau [su_spacer size="90"]...