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Sublet

Director: Eytan Fox | Israel / USA | 2020 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | Hebrew / English / English Subtitles | 89 mins [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-sublet-44319/" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="Ticketing live"]BUY NOW[/su_button] Screening: Tuesday, 16 November, 8:45pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: New York Times travel writer Michael sublets an apartment in Tel Aviv and meets Tomer, a younger film student who is renting it out in need of some extra money. The energy of the city and his relationship with Tomer gradually bring Michael back to life. Touching and at times sentimental, Sublet is both a love story to the vibrant city of Tel Aviv and an illuminating tale of both the simplicity and complexity of human relations. [su_spacer size="10"] WARNING: Sexual Content and Nudity [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9303" event="inherit"]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=""] 2 wins 2021 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Winner: Jury Prize:A Building Bridges: Eytan FoxA (Director) 2020 Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival Winner: Audience Award: Best Narrative Feature [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] SPONSORED by Anonymous SUPPORTED by The United States Consulate General of Hong Kong and Macau, Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau [su_spacer size="90"]...

Shiva Baby

Director: Emma Seligman | USA / Canada | 2020 | Comedy | English | 77 mins [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-shiva-baby-44329/" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="Ticketing live"]BUY NOW[/su_button] Screening: Saturday, 20 November, 10:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Danielle is at a funeral service with her parents when she runs into both her ex-girlfriend, Maya, and her sugar daddy, Max. While enduring the usual questioning from relatives, Danielle attempts to negotiate with her over-involved mother, manages her interactions with Maya, and deals with her secret relationship with Max, who turns out to have extra secrets of his own. There is also the question of who has dieda| [su_spacer size="10"] WARNING: Sexual Content [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9266" 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=""][su_spacer size="3"] 5 wins and 17 nominations 2020 Adelaide Film Festival Winner: Audience Award:A Best Feature: Emma Seligman 2021 Americana Film Fest Nominee: Audience Award:A Tops: Emma Seligman 2021 Bruin Film Society Awards Winner; BFS Award:A Best Actress: Rachel Sennott Nominee: BFS Award:A Best Picture, Best Director: Emma Seligman, Best Screenplay: Emma Seligman, Best Original Score/Soundtrack: Ariel Marx, A Best Ensemble: Outstanding Achievement in Independent Filmmaking from a First Time Director: Emma Seligman 2020 Calgary International Film Festival Nominee: Best International Feature:A International Narrative Competition: Emma Seligman 2020 Deauville Film Festival Nominee: Grand Special Prize:A Emma Seligman 2020 Denver International Film Festival Nominee: American Independent Award,A Best Feature Film: Emma Seligman 2021 Hollywood Critics Association Nominee: Midseason Award,A Best Actress: A Rachel Sennott, A Best Picture, Best Filmmaker: Emma Seligman 2020 Indie Memphis Film Festival Winner: Best Narrative Feature:A Emma Seligman 2021 IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival Nominee: Grand Prize City of Lisbon:A International Competition: Emma Seligman 2020 L.A. Outfest Winner: Grand Jury Award:Outstanding Screenwriting in a U.S. Feature: Emma Seligman 2020 Mar del Plata Film Festival Nominee: Best Film:A International Competition: Emma Seligman 2021 ReFrameA 2021 ...

Schocken on the Verge of Consensus

Director: Noemi Schory | Israel / Germany | 2020 | History / Documentary | English / Hebrew / German / English subtitles | 75 mins [su_spacer size="1"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-2021-schocken-on-the-verge-of-consensus-44343/" 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, 12:30pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Before the name Schocken was associated with the renowned publishing house, Salman Schocken was the king of department stores in Germany. Before WWII, he owned 22 stores with 6,000 employees. After being stripped of his citizenship and losing his empire, the family immigrated to Palestine, where he founded a modern, Jewish publishing house and acquired the Haaretz daily newspaper. Struggling to integrate into Israeli society, he left the country in 1940 and died in 1959. Through the publishing house and Haaretz, Schockenas legacy survives [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9300" event="inherit"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Kindford Limited [su_spacer size="90"]...

Resistance

Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz | UK / France / Germany / USA | 2020 | Biography / Drama / History | English / French / German / English subtitles | 120 mins[su_spacer size="1"] [su_button url="" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="e"]SOLD OUT[/su_button] [su_spacer size="1"] CLOSING NIGHT Screening: Sunday, 21 November, 7:30pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Aspiring actor Marcel Mangel would rather perform in Strasbourgas cabaret clubs than chop meat like his father. However, when his cousin persuades him to help care for a group of rescued German orphans, his path changes. Marcel Mangel becomes Marcel Marceau as he joins the French Resistance and works with Boy Scouts to save the lives of hundreds of children. Starring Jesse Eisenberg and ClA(C)mence PoA(C)sy, Resistance tells an incredibly inspiring story of courage a and the ability to laugh even amidst the unimaginable horrors of Nazi-occupied France. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9297" event="inherit"]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=""] 1 nomination 2020 Miami Film Festival Nominee: A Knight Marimbas Award:A Jonathan Jakubowicz [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] Warning: Mature content, violence SPONSORED by Sheri & Robert Dorfman [su_spacer size="90"]...

Rose

Director: Aurélie Saada | France | 2021 | Drama / Fiction | French / English subtitles | 102 mins [su_spacer size="20"] [su_button url="https://hkmovie6.com/movie/8b90f5bf-9989-4c55-9ad9-aee02079c996" 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, 7:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Synopsis When 78 year old Rose decides to re-establish a life for herself as a woman, after the death of her beloved husband, the equilibrium of her family is totally destabilised. [su_spacer size="10"] ci1/4eeaa$oc>a�aaei1/4Roseca(R)ao-a >>a coaY1caea1/2ece�a$+-a>>a13e!!a� [su_spacer size="10"] TRAILER SOON [su_spacer size="10"] [su_accordion][su_spoiler title="AWARDS" open="no" style="default" icon="plus" anchor="" anchor_in_url="no" class=""] 1 Win 2021 Locarno International Film Festival Winner, Variety Piazza Grande Award:A AurA(C)lie Saada [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] CO-PRESENTED by the HK French Film Festival [su_spacer size="90"]...

Powder Keg

Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Denmark | 2020 | Drama | Danish / English subtitles | 106 mins [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-powder-keg-44203/" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="Ticketing live"]BUY NOW[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 8:30pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: The year is 2015. In icy cold Europe, people are slowly moving on after the shocking terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo. In Copenhagen, the newly released criminal Omar has his own agenda. The lives of four strangers intersect tragically in this movie adaptation of the February terrorist attacks that rocked Copenhagen. All too late they realize that life can change in an instant, leaving only one of them left to tell the story about the tragic attack that forever changed the country. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9294" event="inherit"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED BY Anonymous SUPPORTED by Danish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong [su_spacer size="90"]...

Outremont and the Hasidim

Director: Eric R. Scott | Canada | 2019 | Documentary | English / French / Yiddish / English Subtitles | 51 mins [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-outremont-and-the-hasidim-44330/" 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, 7:10pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Some 7,000 "Hasidim" (ultra-Orthodox Jews) live in the affluent MontrA(C)al borough of Outremont. After settling there more than 70 years ago, the Hasidim are a rapidly growing minority group, representing a challenge for certain members of the local French-speaking QuA(C)bA(C)cois. The Francophone elite fear the massive influx of this group, which according to some, refuses to integrate. This revealing documentary lifts the veil on the practices and traditions of the Hasidic community, while presenting their hopes, fears and expectations. Successfully avoiding clichA(C)s, the film conveys the perspectives of both sides in an effort to discover both what divides and unites them. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9290" event="inherit"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Marvino Wines SUPPORTED by Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong [su_spacer size="90"]...

Neighbours

Director: Mano Khalil | Switzerland | 2021 | Feature / Drama | Kurdish / Arabic / Hebrew / English subtitles | 124 mins [su_spacer size="2"] [su_button url="https://hkmovie6.com/movie/8be4e764-bae6-4d2e-a0f3-58146cab6931/showtime/f12295cd-8569-4543-8545-29244d3a8167" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="Golden Scene Cinema" title=""]BUY NOW[/su_button][su_spacer size="2"] NEIGHBOURS Thursday, 18 November, 7:10pm [su_spacer size="10"] [su_spacer size="2"]OPENING FILM & KOSHER DESSERT PARTY [su_button url="" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="" title=""] SOLD OUT[/su_button] Opening Night: Saturday, 13 November, 7:30pm Tickets include wine and dessert. Please pick up your invitation at the screening. [su_spacer size="5"] SYNOPSIS In 1982, Sero, a young Kurdish boy from a Syrian border village, attends school for the first time. His new teacher from Damascus forbids use of the Kurdish language and preaches hate of the Zionist enemy, the Jews. This confuses Sero as his long-time neighbours are a lovable Jewish family. As Sero becomes involved in dangerous pranks with his friends and dreams of having a television, he experiences the effect of the violence and nationalism surrounding him. Beautifully shot and told with gentle humour and satire, aNeighboursa explores the tyranny of dictatorship through a child's eyes. How much friendship and love is possible in times of repression and brutality? [su_spacer size="10"] ea+- a aec!a>>: 1982 a1i1/4aea(C)aoe acaee cca-(C)Serocaae!a a-aa3/4eaa$e|aLcea+-aeaaaacca$aa(R)ao-ac Sero ea>>caeaeaaeYea+-eacae!a1/2a i1/4a|a$cae3aeae aae>>e|aei1/4a>>eae1/4aee ac$3/4aeceae-i1/4a|aecaecaecaea aaeaea>>c3/4(C)a a ea+-aeea-(C)a-ceao|a>>Ya aeoaeeo1/4ae1/2aei1/4 [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9286" event="inherit"]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=""] 1 win, 2 nominations 2021 Gangneung International Film Festival Winner: Best Picture Award: Neighbours (Best of 116 shown) 2021 Shanghai International Film Festival Nominee: Golden Goblet,A Best Film: Mano Khalil 2021 Solothurn Film FestivalA (Solothurner Filmtage) Nominee: Prix de Soleure,A Best Film: Mano Khalil [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] SPONSORED by Robert L. Meyer SUPPORTED by Consulate General of Switzerland in Hong Kong [su_spacer size="120"]...

Muranow

Director: Chen Shelach | Israel | 2020 | Documentary | English / Hebrew / Polish / English subtitles | 70 mins [su_spacer size="20"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-2021-muranow-44344/" 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, 5:45pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: The flourishing area of Muranow in Warsaw was once a place of hardship and death a it housed the Warsaw ghetto. Today, it is a spacious green neighbourhood built out from the rubble of the war. The Polish residents claim that Jewish ghosts live in Muranow and wander the streets they once lived in. Some believe the ghosts are literal - while others regard them in metaphorical terms, serving as a reminder of the life, culture and traditions of the Jewish people who are buried beneath the ground. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9282" event="inherit"]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=""] 1 nomination 2020 Jerusalem Film FestivalA 2020 Nominee: Award for Israeli Cinema:A Diamond Award for Best Documentary Film: Chen ShelachA (director) [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau, and Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre [su_spacer size="90"]...

Love It Was Not

Director: Maya Sarfaty | Israel / Austria | 2020 | Documentary / Holocaust | English / Hebrew / German / English subtitles | 86 mins[su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-2021-love-it-was-not-44200/" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="Ticketing live"]BUY NOW[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"]Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 6:45pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Flamboyant and in the prime of her life, Helena Citron is taken to Auschwitz as a young woman and finds unlikely solace under the protection of Franz Wunsch, a high-ranking SS officer who falls in love with her and her magnetic singing voice. Risking certain execution if caught, their forbidden relationship went on until her liberation in 1945. When a letter arrives thirty years later from Wunschas wife, begging Helena to testify on Wunschas behalf, she is faced with an impossible decision. Will she help the man who brutalised so many lives, but saved hers? [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9280" event="inherit"]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=""] 1 win and 1 nomination 2020 DocAviv Film Festival Winner: Israeli Competition,A Best Israeli Film: Maya Sarfaty 2021 Romy Gala, Austria Nominee: Romy,A Best Documentary (Beste Dokumentation), Maya Sarfaty [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau , Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre [su_spacer size="90"]...

Lebanon: Borders of Blood

Created by: Reinhardt Beetz, Duki Dror, Itai Landsberg | Israel / Germany | 2020 | Documentary | Hebrew / French / English / Arabic / English subtitles | 90 mins [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/hkjff-2021-lebanon-borders-of-blood-43412/" target="blank" background="#eb008b" size="4" desc="ASIA SOCIETY HK CENTER" title="Ticketing live"]BUY NOW[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] Screening: Tuesday, 16 November, 7:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: For the past five decades, Lebanon, once the jewel of the Middle East, has been engulfed by strife, chaos and bloodshed. In his incisive documentary, Israeli director Duki Dror compares this small nation to an active volcano that explodes periodically, destabilizing everything in its path. Using graphic file footage and informative interviews with Lebanese, Palestinians, Israelis and Americans, Dror draws a vivid portrait of a country in crisis. Caught up in the chaos are the Lebanese civilians. Consisting of different sects, religions, and ethnicities, the Lebanese people are now writing their own history, in a string of political assassinations, massacres, and betrayals. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id="9276" event="inherit"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Anonymous, and Anonymous [su_spacer size="90"]...

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"]...