Author: Admin4HKJFF2

August 9, 2023

Elik & Jimmy ac Tuesday, 14 November, 7:00pm

Director: Gudis Schneider | Israel | 2022 | Comedy | Hebrew | English subtitles| 93 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/0115d4c3-5d20-40ee-b05f-0b65a400b894/Elik%20&%20Jimmy%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Tuesday, 14 November, 7:00pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Elik & Jimmy: A witty and charming romantic comedy, Elik and Jimmy meet while serving in the Israeli army, days before they're discharged. He's an overweight corporal, she's a beautiful officer, but there is chemistry between them. As they meet again, through the years, the spark is still there. He wants her yet she resists. Only in their 30's, older and wiser, can Elik and Jimmy start becoming friends...

August 8, 2023

Barren ac Monday, 13 November, 8:35pm

Director: Mordechai Vardi | Israel | 2022 | Drama | Hebrew | English Subtitles | 108 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/1ddb4e05-1f55-4875-be4e-5a041fc78538/Barren%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Monday, 13 November, 8:35pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: A compelling story of a young ultra orthodox couple coping with barrenness and the effects of a traumatic event. Beautifully acted, and at times disturbing, the film raises fundamental questions about religion and faith, presenting a complex view of the insular community where the difference between good and bad is not always clear cut. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12321 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] Nominated - Best Full-Length Israeli Feature - Jerusalem Film Festival 2022 [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="90"]...

August 7, 2023

Without Precedent

Documentary [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/7f84a60d-c037-42ac-a47b-b51ba4e85c0e/Without%20Precedent%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button]The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Rosalie Silberman Abella was determined from a young age to defend the rights of those who faced injustice. Director: Barry Avrich | Canada | 2022 |A Documentary | Engish | 84 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Monday, 13 November, 7:00pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Rosalie Silberman Abella was determined from a young age to defend the rights of those who faced injustice. After her family relocates to Toronto in 1950 she studies law and, at 29 years old, was appointed a judge, becoming both the youngest and the first pregnant judge in Canadian history. Looking back on an illustrious career that included being the first Jewish woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada, it is clear that Abella's vision for an inclusive, diverse, and equitable Canada resonates to this day, and that we are closer to that ideal thanks to her contributions. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12488 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="20"] SPONSORED by Sharon Ser SUPPORTED by Consulate General of Canada to Hong Kong and Macau, in Hong Kong, Jewish Women's Association of Hong Kong (JWA) [su_spacer size="90"] ...

August 6, 2023

America – Sunday, 12 November, 7:30pm

Director: Ofir Raul Graizer | Israel / Germany / Czechia | 2022 | Drama | Hebrew / Arabic / English / English Subtitles | 127 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="An Israeli swimming coach, living in Chicago, returns home after 10 years of absence to bury his estranged father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend, and his Ethiopian fiancé, sets a series of events in motion that will affect everyone's lives. This visually arresting story moves between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, between a swimming pool in Chicago and the Mediterranean, between life and death - and somewhere in the middle.)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 12 November, 7:30pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: An Israeli swimming coach, living in Chicago, returns home after 10 years of absence to bury his estranged father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend, and his Ethiopian fiancA(C), sets a series of events in motion that will affect everyone's lives. This visually arresting story moves between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, between a swimming pool in Chicago and the Mediterranean, between life and death - and somewhere in the middle. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12314 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="20"] SPONSORED by The Dorfman Family SUPPORTED by The Consulate General of Germany in Hong Kong,A Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 6 wins WON 2023 Miami JFF, The Critics Prize 2022 Philadelphia JFF Best Narrative Feature WON: Audience Award & 2022 Jerusalem FF Won: Anat Pirchi Award Best Actress (Oshrat Ingadashet) Jerusalem Film Festival Nominated, Award for Israeli Cinema Haggiag Competition for Full-Length Israeli Feature [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"]...

August 5, 2023

The Man in the Basement ac Sunday, 12 November, 5:20pm

Director: Philippe Le Guay | France | 2021 | Drama / Thriller | French | English Subtitles | 114 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/3f9245cb-8c87-4fcc-886b-b3719fdd78cc/The%20Man%20in%20the%20Basement%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 12 November, 5:20pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: After a Jewish couple in Paris sells their basement storage unit to a former history teacher ("The Intouchables'" FranAois Cluzet), they discover his secret life as an antisemitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naive teenage daughter. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12435 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="20"] SUPPORTED by Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau, A Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) ...

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August 4, 2023

Shamir: War, Peace & a Dream ac Sunday, 12 November, 3:35pm

Director: Igal Lerner| Content Advisor: Erez Fridman | Israel | 2021 |A Documentary | Hebrew | English Subtitles | 60 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/68738df6-fc6c-47e8-934a-48263a3e75f5/Shamir:%20War,%20Peace%20and%20a%20Dream%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 12 November, 3:35pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Yair Shamir joins us in Hong Kong to present this film which intertwines personal testimonies with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage to reveal the personal and public history of his father Yitzhak Shamir, former Prime Minister of Israel, a ground-breaking leader who impacted the Middle East for decades. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12463 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="20"] SPONSORED by Dr. Raphael Aharoni [su_spacer size="90"] ...

August 3, 2023

The Conspiracy ac Sunday, 12 November, 1:50pm

Director: Maxim Pozdorovkin| USA | 2022 | Animated Documentary | English | 90 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/46275b01-077e-47a3-85ba-2ff8382a8650/The%20Conspiracy%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 12 November, 1:50pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: This startling animated documentary addresses an insidious, centuries-old conspiracy theory that continues to rear its ugly head today: the idea that Jews have a secret international plot to control the world. Filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin and a host of talented voice actors including Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber, Jason Alexander, and Ben Shenkman connect the dots of hate and fear, walking us through almost 250 years of antisemitic ideology, and focusing on how times of uncertainty give rise to hatred and increase anxieties in marginalized populations. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=12336 event="click"]CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="20"] SUPPORTED by The United States Consulate General of Hong Kong and Macau, Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 2023 Winner SARASOTA FF Special Jury Prize Documentary Feature Maxim Pozdorovkin [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"]...

August 2, 2023

The Return of the Violin ac Sunday, 12 November, 12:00pm

Director: Haim Hecht |A Israel | 2012 | Documentary | English / Hebrew / Polish | English Subtitles | 65 min Jerome Hoberman, Music Director and Conductor of The Hong Kong Bach Choir & Orchestra, will join us in-person to provide his insight into the story of The Return of the Violin. [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://goldenscene.com/movie/05f9da57-595d-41c7-b214-281f366f67e5/The%20Return%20of%20the%20Violin%20(HKJFF2023)" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 12 November, 12:00pm Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80 [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: A young Jewish boy [Bronislaw Huberman] from Czestochowa, Poland, plays the violin with such virtuosity that a nobleman gifts him a 1731 Stradivarius, which he later plays in front of composer Johannes Brahms. While playing at Carnegie Hall in 1936 Huberman's violin is stolen. Forced to flee Europe at the onset of World War II, he emigrates to Israel where he establishes the Israeli National Orchestra (the present day Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra) and rescues hundreds of Jewish musicians from Nazi Europe. In this documentary, American violinist Joshua Bell reveals the compelling story of the violin, which was only recovered in 1985. [su_spacer size="20"] SPONSORED by Anonymous SUPPORTED by Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) ...

August 1, 2023

SHTTL a�c Saturday, 11 November, 7:30pm

SHTTL: Director: Ady Walter | Ukraine / France | 2022 |A Drama | Yiddish | English & Chinese Subtitles | 114 min Featuring an in-person introduction and discussion with Director Ady Walter Preceded by THE BOY: Director: Yahav Winner | Israel | 2023 | Short/Drama | Hebrew | English Subtitles | 25 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://www.mclcinema.com/MovieSet.aspx?id=13139&visLang=1" target="blank" background="#ff9011" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]TICKETING CLOSED[/su_button] [su_spacer size="10"] OPENING NIGHT Followed by our Famous Kosher Dessert Buffet VENUE: MCL Cyberport Cinema Screening: Saturday, 11 November, 7:30pm Tickets: Adults HKD 380 | Students/Seniors HKD 280 [su_spacer size="5"] SYNOPSIS SHTTL: French director Ady Walter's remarkable cinematic accomplishment was recorded in a single-shot on a set built in a forest outside Kiev. This evocative and visually compelling film takes place in a Jewish village the night before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Ady places the story of an assimilated Jew returning to his village to rescue his beloved from an arranged marriage, against a multi-character story of shtetl life that is about to be destroyed. Featuring an eminent international cast that includes Moshe Lobel and Saul Rubinek, the actors trained to speak Yiddish and Ukrainian. Many of the crew are now fighting in the current war in Ukraine. Ady will travel to Hong Kong to give us his personal views on this vital story. THE BOY: Avinoam and Barak, a father and son from the Gaza Strip,each face the approaching war in their own way. Barak wants to stop everything andAvinoam wants to stop Barak. They both comfort each other. One night when Barakdisappears, Avinoam will be forced to accept that his child needs help [su_spacer size="10"] SHTTL (c a ) aae1/4i1/4e?e?aae2c 1 | e+-aa�cae-a�ae3a | 2022 a1aecceaae2a i1/4e a-e+-aea-a1 | 114ae [su_spacer size="10"] aaoe1/4a$a�c aeL(R)aeeL!ae-a>>oca1/2aea-,ae3aaae1/4e?e?aAae2c3/4c 1i1/4Ady Walteri1/4 caaoe>>a1/2+-aea+-a>>Ya�e!aaocae1a1/4eeaoaa3/4a� e�ea1/4aooaYaa�e|e|oeae1/4ce>>a1/2+-c1/4cac c21aYa3/4eea a$ca�a�ca$aaee a�e?e?aee?aoa�a1/2 ae-aca$aaooaaa>>caee i1/4e(C)|aeLaea>>a?a aooa ae1/4ae3/4|a(C)a>>caeaoi1/4aaea1ac3/4aoa 3aeccca$aae(R)cae>>ca$ee 2aeaoa�e(C)2c aeae aaee�Aaee2c3/4i1/4Moshe Lobeli1/4 accc3/4Ae-e3ai1/4Saul Rubineki1/4 aaca�aeaeae1/4a!eLa(R)1a�ae1/4a!a�e1/2aeYaaoaecceaacae-eaca1ea�e+-a$aYa1/2aooa!c3/4ae-Lacae-aY(R)aae aea� aae1/4e?e?aAae2c3/4c 1aa a3/4�e|aei1/4ee�c3/4e�2e!eca ecca>>c1aee...

November 9, 2022

Author: Admin4HKJFF2

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