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November 1, 2023

10 October | Lifenews HK | Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival 2023

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November 1, 2023

10 October | art mate | Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival 2023

The 24th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival will be held in Hong Kong from November 11 to 19, 2023, and will bring a lineup of films with a wide range of themes. The film festival brings culturally relevant film and television works, including more than 20 feature films, comedies, documentaries and short films from different countries such as Isael, France. the United States, Ukraine and Italy. Themes range from friendship to politics, taking viewers into worlds and insights they normal wouldn't have access to. Thw festival provides audiences with the oportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of Jewish culture. Full article in Chinese and English: Click here ...

November 1, 2023

6 October | Culture+ | Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival 2023

TheA Hong Kong Jewish Film FestivalA returns for its 24th edition with a diverse lineup of films from 11-19 November 2023 at Kennedy Townas arty Golden Scene Cinema. The Festival offers a culturally relevant program of over 20 feature films, comedies, documentaries and shorts from different countries, including Israel, France, the United States, Ukraine, and Italy. Themes range from friendship to politics and offer insights into worlds and people not typically accessible to viewers. The Film Festival offers an exciting opportunity to immerse oneself in the many facets of Jewish culture and discover connection through similarities. Tickets are available from 13 October 2023 on the Festival website www.hkjff.org The 24th edition of the Festival kicks off with the multi-award winning filmA SHTTLA and an in-person introduction and discussion with the filmas director Ady Walter. The French directoras debut cinematic masterpiece was recorded in a single-shot on a set built outside of Kiev and beautifully captures the life and loves of a Yiddish-speaking village on the eve of the Nazi invasion of Soviet Ukraine, recreating a world on the precipice of disaster. Highlighting the variegation of the Festival isA The FutureA by Israeli director Noam Kaplan, a tense drama that explores terrorism, security and individuality while asking if humanity actually defines algorithms and programs or if it is actually the other way round. While the premise of the film would seem to catapult it into a Sci-Fi realm, the humanity and philosophical dialogue plants it firmly in the aDramaa category. The film has won multiple awards from the Israeli Film Academy. Italian director Giuseppe PiccioniasA The Shadow of the Day, is a romantic historical drama filled with suspenseful twists. Set in 1938 Italy, after the promulgation of the racial laws, Fascist-abiding restaurateur Luciano believes he can still live by his own rules inside his...

November 1, 2023

3 October | The Beat | Discover Jewish, Israeli Cinema at Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival in Nov.

RUBIN VEREBES - OCTOBER 03, 2023 - The List - What's On: Prepare for a cinematic celebration like no other, as the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival (HKJFF) returns to the silver screen. Running fromA Nov. 11-19, the festival promises a two-week odyssey through the rich and multifaceted realm of Jewish and Israeli cinema. Established in 2000, this festival is Asia's premier platform for Jewish-themed films, uniting filmmakers, producers, critics, and cinema enthusiasts from around the globe. The festival's grand opening takes place at MCL Cinema Cyberport, featuring a remarkable cinematic masterpiece, "SHTTL," directed by Ady Walter. This film, shot in one continuous take, offers a love story and a tribute to small-town life set in a traditional Jewish village in pre-war Ukraine. Following the screening, attendees can engage in an in-person Q&A session with the director, followed by a sumptuous dessert gala. Throughout the festival, expect an eclectic array of films, from historical love stories and thought-provoking documentaries to romcoms and gripping thrillers. Most screenings will take place at Golden Scene Cinema in Kennedy Town, with select showings at K11 Musea Art House. For those eager to participate in this cultural journey, individual screening tickets and festival passes are available, ensuring accessibility to all who wish to explore the world of Jewish cinema. Full article: Click here ...

November 1, 2023

10 October | Timeout | Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival 2023

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August 21, 2023

Filip ac Sunday, 19 November, 7:10pm

Director: Michal Kwiecinski | Poland | 2022 | Drama | German / Polish / French / Yiddish | English Subtitles | 125 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/3764a111-479c-4ada-bbde-60f2681001c8/Filip%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 19 November, 7:10pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: In 1943, Filip, a Polish Jew, who managed to escape from the Warsaw ghetto, is waiting tables in the heart of Nazi Germany - while taking revenge on the Nazis in his own unique way. Alone, cosmopolitan, and incapable of deeper feelings, Filip hides his Jewish origins and often eludes death, while carelessly enjoying all the charms of a life surrounded by luxury, beautiful women and friends from all over Europe. This very sexy film is wonderfully addictive. (Warning: Adult content) [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12391 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Consulate of Poland in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] Winner 2022 Polish Film Festival Silver Lions Best Feature Film Winner 2022 Polish Film Festival Best Cinematography for Feature film Michal Sobocinski [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"]...

August 20, 2023

Exodus 91 ac Sunday, 19 November, 5:20pm

Director: Micah Smith | Israel | 2023 | Docu-Drama | English / Hebrew / Amharic / English subtitles| 91 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/3ff99bc1-c125-49f9-b7e8-b4e88519d533/Exodus%2091%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 19 November, 5:20pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: This docu-narrative film tells the story of Asher Naim, an Israeli diplomat caught between worlds and facing a crisis of faith in himself and in his country. Asher, himself a North-African Jew, is sent to Ethiopia to negotiate the escape of 15,000 Ethiopian Jews from a country collapsing under famine and civil war. The film explores challenging questions of racism, white saviorism, cultural identity, and the hardships and politicsA ofA immigration. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12349 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Anonymous...

August 19, 2023

Vishniac

Director: Laura Bialis |A USA | 2023 | Documentary | English / Hebrew / Polish | English Subtitles | 93 min Executive Producers: Nancy Spielberg,A Ori Eisen,A Mirit Eisen,A Taube Philanthropies,A Maimonides Fund [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/aee1ea89-9f01-4d8d-9a58-fea9601366ba/Vishniac%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="TICKETING CLOSED"]TICKETING CLOSED[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 19 November, 3:35pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Photographer Roman Vishniac is best known for traversing Eastern Europe from 1935 through 1938, on assignment for the American Joint Distribution Committee, documenting Jewish life in Eastern Europe. While the purpose of the photographs was to raise funds for impoverished Jewish communities, few could have predicted that less than a decade later these communities would be wiped out. Vishniaca�s photographs provide the last visual records of an entire world. After the war he continued to add to the historical record with photographs of Berlin in ruins and children in displaced persons camps before shifting his focus to groundbreaking scientific work. The film goes behind the images and beyond the myths to portray a man who took those closest to him to the brink of rejection, yet gave the world a diverse and beautiful collection. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12422 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="20"] SPONSORED by The United States Consulate General of Hong Kong and Macau, SUPPORTED by Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) ...

August 18, 2023

Music Under the Swastika ac Sunday, 19 November, 1:00pm

Director: Christian Berger | Germany | 2022 |A Documentary | English / German | English Subtitles | 84 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/9a60dc6a-908a-4880-a032-045072f6a299/Girl%20No%2060427%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Double Feature Ticket[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 19 November, 1:00pm Double Feature playing with Girl No. 60427 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, member of the infamous Womenas Orchestra of Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm FurtwA$ngler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. Both shared a love for classical German music. Why did gifted artists like FurtwA$ngler make a pact with evil? Why was classical music played in extermination camps? And how did this change the way victims saw music? [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12468 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="20"] SUPPORTED by Goethe Institut Hong Kong, German Consulate General Hong Kong,A Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) [su_spacer size="20"] [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 2023 International EmmyA(R) Awards Nominee: Arts ProgrammingA - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz / 3B-Produktion GmbH / Deutsche Welle/ Germany [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"] [su_spacer size="90"]...

August 17, 2023

Girl No. 60427 ac Sunday, 19 November, 1:00pm

Directors: Shulamit Lifshitz, Oriel Berkovits | Israel | 2022 | Short / Animation / Drama | Hebrew / Yiddish | English Subtitles | 22 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://hkjff.org/music-under-the-swastica-the-maestro-and-the-cellist-of-auschwitz/" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Purchase at Music Under the Swastika[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 19 November, 1:00pm Double Feature Playing with Music Under the Swastica Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Tel Aviv, 1998, summer vacation. Reut finds and reads her grandmother's secret diary from the Holocaust. Grandma's story resonates in Reut's well-developed imagination, and the fun week in Tel Aviv with Grandpa and Grandma turns into something else entirely. This mixed-genre, live action/animation film is based on the childhood memories of the director, who discovered her grandmotheras Holocaust diary when she was thirteen.A [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12430 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau, Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] Cleveland International Film Festival 2023 Winner Best Live Action Short Film: Best Short Film Shulamit Lifshitz 2022 Winner Best student Narrative Film - BAFTA Student Film Awards BAFTA/ LA Student Film Awards: 2022 Best Live Action,A Oriel Berkovits (director), Shulamit LifshitzA (director) [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"] ...

August 16, 2023

Paris Boutique ac Saturday, 18 November, 9:45pm

Director: Marco Carmel| Israel / France | 2022 | Comedy | Hebrew / English / French / Spanish / Arabic / English Subtitles | 81 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/a5fea0c7-167f-4f44-8386-014688ddb4d6/Paris%20Boutique%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Saturday, 18 November, 9:45pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Set in the heart of magical Jerusalem, this comedy of mistakes is the story of a friendship between two women at a critical point in their lives. Louise, a French Jewish lawyer, arrives in Israel to finalize an important deal. Her driver, Neta sees an opportunity to profit off of Louise, and decides to stick with her at any cost. Together, as they wander the narrow alleyways of the Old City of Jerusalem, they discover a secret connection between an ultra-Orthodox woman and a Christian man who communicate through notes hidden between the stones of the Wailing Wall. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12330 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=13401 event="click"]MESSAGE TO HK FROM STAR JosA(C)phine DraA[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="20"] SPONSORED by The Zion Family...

August 15, 2023

March ’68

Director: Krzysztof Lang | Poland | 2022 |A Drama | Polish | English Subtitles | 117 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/352e342f-35e0-40b3-900e-880f59583aab/March%20'68%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="TICKETING CLOSED"]TICKETING CLOSED[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Saturday, 18 November, 7:30pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: In thisA Romeo and Juliet coming-of-age story set against the volatile backdrop of late-1960s Communist Warsaw,A Hania and Janek are young and madly in love. Around them students are protesting against the unlawful expulsion of their colleagues from the university andA Jewish citizens are being persecuted in a series of antisemitic purges.A Things spiral out of control, leading to a powerful climax set during the infamous events of March 1968. Intercut with archival footage from those days, this powerful, gripping film depicts the momentous collision of history and romance. (Warning: Adult Content) [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12473 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by The Ohel Leah Synagogue Trust SUPPORTED by The Consulate General of Poland in Hong Kong [su_spacer size="90"]...

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