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12 November | HKHTC | Screenings of HKHTC-supported films at HKJFF

See you later today in the screenings of HKHTC-supported films at HKJFF The Hong Kong Holocaust & Tolerance Centre is pleased to supportA a number of Holocaust-themed films as part of theA 24thA Hong Kong Jewish Film FestivalA taking placeA 11-19A November 2023. These public screenings will take placeA in personA at theA Golden Scene CinemaA at 2 Catchick St, Kennedy Town. Please see the list below for film descriptions. We hope you will be able to join us this year.A Please visit the film festival websiteA hereA and get your tickets through thisA link!   The Return of the Violin (Sunday, 12A November, 12:00pm) 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 Hubermanas 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.   The ConspiracyA (Sunday, 12A November, 1:50pm) 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. Link to trailerA here. A Alla Vita,The Man in the BasementA (Sunday, 12A November,...