HKJFF 2022 Archives

What if? Ehud Barak on War and Peace

Director: Ran Tal | Israel | 2021 | Documentary | Hebrew / English Subtitles | 85 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3CO26g5" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 20 November, 5:40pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Ehud Barak is one of the most controversial figures in Israeli politics. It seems there are two kinds of Israelis: those who venerate him, and those who loathe him. He has been admired for his analytic abilities, but criticized for the tremendous military and diplomatic risks he took, such as the attempt to assassinate Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, or the failed effort to put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this new film by Ran Tal, Barak observes with disillusioned clarity his own history, and the history of the State of Israel. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11452 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 2 nominations 2020 - Jerusalem Film Festival - Award for Israeli Cinema -A Nominee Diamond Award for Best Documentary Film: Ran Tal 2021 - Moscow International Film Festival - Silver St George -A Nominee Best Film of the Documentary Competition: Ran Tal [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau [su_spacer size="120"]...

Death of Zygielboym

Director: Ryszard Brylski | Poland | 2021 | Biography / Drama / History | English | 86 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3CXqADT" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing "]Tickets[/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Wednesday, 16 November, 7:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: The little known story of a Jewish political activist and member of the Polish government-in-exile committed suicide in London on May 12, 1943 to draw attention to the atrocities of the Holocaust. Told from the perspective of a young British journalist who, like many of his contemporaries in the Western world, was unaware of the scale of the crime taking place in Eastern Europe at that time.This account of a true historical tragedy is a timely reminder that we must always take evil seriously a and act against it. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11799 event="click"] CLICK FOR TRAILER [/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Polish Consulate in Hong KongA , Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 5 nominations 2021 - Camerimage Nominee Golden Frog, Polish Film Competition 2021 - Polish Film Awards 3 Nominations, Eagle 2021 Polish Film Festival Nominee, Golden Lion, Best Film [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"]...

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song

Directors: Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine | USA | 2021 | Documentary / Biography / Music | English | 115 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://www.mclcinema.com/MovieSet.aspx?id=12622&visLang=1" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets[/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: K11 Art House 2 Screenings on Thursday, 17 November, 7:00pm & 7:05pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song is a definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah. This feature-length documentary weaves together three creative strands: The songwriter and his times; the song's dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit, and moving testimonies from major recording artists for whom Hallelujah has become a personal touchstone. Approved for production by Leonard Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2015, the film accesses a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials from the Cohen Trust including Cohen's personal notebooks, journals and photographs, performance footage and extremely rare audio recordings and interviews. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11334 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Judy and Michael Green and Family SUPPORTED byA The United States Consulate General of Hong Kong and Macau [su_spacer size="90"]...

Karaoke

Director: Moshe Rosenthal | Israel | 2022 | Comedy / Drama | Hebrew / English Subtitles | 100 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3enJqdK" target="blank" background="#800000" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Buy Now - Few Left[/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Saturday, 19 November, 9:30pm 7 SEATS LEFT [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Karaoke is about one coupleas quiet revolution. Tova and Meir have been married for 46 years and lead a fairly quiet existence in a sleepy middle-class suburb. When Itsik, a Miami-based modeling agent, moves into the penthouse of their building, their whole world is turned upside down. Attractive, showy, modern, Itsik is everything they're not. As they lose themselves into a noxious fascination, their lust for life is slowly reignited. Presented at the Tribeca Film Festival this comedy gem features Sasson Gabay (Shtisel), Lior Ashkenazi and Rita Shukrun. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11328 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Anonymous [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 4 wins 8 nominations 2022 Israeli Academy of Film & Television Winner - Ophir Awards, Best Actor: Sasson Gabbay, Best Actress: Rita Shukrun 2022 - Jerusalem Film Festival Winner Audience Award, Israeli Competition: Moshe Rosenthal Winner GWFF Award for Best First Film, Israeli First Film: Moshe Rosenfeld A Nominee 2022 6 -Awards of the Israeli Film Academy 2022 Jerusalem Fim Festival, Full length Israeli Feature Film 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, Best Int'l Narrative Feature [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"]...

Women of Valor

Director: Anna Somershaf | Israel | 2021 | Documentary | Hebrew / English Subtitles | 75 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3ywGClv" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 13 November, 6:25pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Ultra-Orthodox women are forbidden to run for Israeli parliament in the ultra-religious political parties, but one woman is determined to change that. Esty Shushan and her friends won't stop until they achieve equal rights for 600,000 Haredi women. Fighting against threats from their community, and the real risk that their children could be kicked out of schools, these women are prepared to make, having raised and supported large families, the change they want from within the religious world. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11301 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Sharon Ser SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 1 nomination 2022 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy Nominee Best Documentary Feature: Anna Somershaf [/su_spoiler][su_spacer size="90"]...

Where is Anne Frank?

Director: Ari Folman | Belgium / Luxembourg / France / Netherlands / Israel | 2021 | Animated Feature | English & Cantonese Subtitles | 100 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="" target="blank" background="#800000" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Sold Out[/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 20 November, 12:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: This dynamic anime film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to find Anne, who she believes is still alive, in today's Europe. Kitty is shocked by the modern world, while she navigates back and forth across time, trying to make sense of Anne's legacy. [su_spacer size="10"] aae1/4: e?ecae1/4 | aea$+-ca(R) a|(R)aeYe | 100 ae | e+-ea(a-aea-a1) ca?!a$a(R)aa(R) a|(R)ae3e-aa aea1/2a a(R) a|(R)aeYeae1/2aaeecaaeaec ca>>eaaaaeeLa1/2aaoaeaeeaae1/4aea(R)$eo2e?cc21e>>caaY3i1/4eae aY1aeYea-caae3aeaaaa eaaeaoaae1/4c3/4a>> ce?aaec 1a1i1/4a ea|aaee-aaeea2eao75a1i1/4ae+-a?!a(R) a|(R)a>>caaaaaY1caY1/2aacacceLaeaea(R)1ae ca1/21/4a3/4aa (C)ai1/4a eae+-oaeaeeaY1ae a ca a(R) a|(R)aeYeai1/4a+-ee?1/2aa(R) a|(R)e1$e!a1aeaa ee-a+-eaaa aae1/4a1/2+-cea1e>>a1/2+- [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11299 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau, Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 1 win 4 nominations 2022 - Luxembourg City Film Festival - Winner School Jury Award: Ari Folman 2021 Pacific Screen Awards: Best Animated Feature 2021 European Film Awards: EU Animated Feature Film 2021 Sitges - Catalonian Intl Film Festival: Best Motion Picture 2022 Israeli Film Academy: Best Film Nominee [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="120"]...

Wet Dog

Director: Damir Lukacevic | Israel / Germany | 2021 | Drama | German / English Subtitles | 103 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3yvRMXI" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Monday, 14 November, 8:45pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: After moving with his parents to inner city Berlin-Wedding, Soheil seeks acceptance from the predominantly Muslim teenagers in his neighbourhood by joining a local gang. There he becomes known as the graffiti artist King Star, hiding his Jewish origins as an act of self-preservation. Soon he must decide if his loyalties lie with his family and his religion or with his newly acquired friends. Based on the autobiography of German-born Persian Jew Arye Sharuz Shalicar, Wet Dog is a masterful exploration of how religious and cultural identity intersect with friendship during the emotionally fraught years of adolescence. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11302 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by German Consulate General Hong Kong [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 1 nomination Nominee DSP Award, Best Young Actor: Mohammad Eliraqi2021 - German Screen Actors Awards [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="90"]...

Three Minutes – a Lengthening

Director: Bianca Stigter | Netherlands / United Kingdom | 2021 | Documentary |A English / Polish / German / Yiddish / English Subtitles | 68 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3rLpQuZ" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Monday, 14 November, 7:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: Three minutes of footage, an American touristas souvenir from a vacation filmed in 1938, are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk, Poland from before the Holocaust. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter, this three minute clip, in color, random, full of life, becomes a full length documentary- an historical record with a highly personal dimension, and a meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11225 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance CentreA [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 2 wins - 3 nominations 2022 - Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Winner Jury Prize Documentary Feature: Bianca Stigter 2022 - Dublin International Film Festival Winner Best Documentary: Bianca Stigter 2022 Nominations: Brussels International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, International Cinephile Society Awards [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="90"]...

The Rhapsody

Director: David Hoffert | Canada | 2021 | Biography / Documentary |A English | 104 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3Vib4JL" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 13 November, 4:25pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: The astonishing story of composer Leo Spellman, a Polish Holocaust survivor who sets out on a riveting and emotional journey towards artistic liberation at the age of 98. The film, narrated by Stephen Fry, features a musical masterpiece lost for more than fifty years; the revelation of a secret wartime diary; a harrowing tale of survival told through animation; powerful live concert performances by orchestras in North America and Europe; and an uplifting finale as Spellman's legacy is finally recognized in the town where he so narrowly escaped death. Born into a musical dynasty that includes 1st cousin Wladyslaw Szpilman (played by Adrian Brody in The Pianist), Spellmanas wits helped him survive the Holocaust and become one of Torontoas best known dance orchestra leaders. His diaries, found after he passed away, are among the most revealing documents of their kind from WWII. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11209 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong,A Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre [su_spacer size="90"]...

Shalom Putti

Director: TamA!s Wormser | Canada / Uganda | 2022 | Documentary |A English / Luganda /A Gwere / Hebrew / English Subtitles | 90 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3VkhoR2" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Sunday, 13 November, 12:15pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: A little-known Jewish community in rural Uganda dreams of reaching the Promised Land through their devoted practice of Judaism. When they encounter a group of Orthodox Israeli rabbis, including the charismatic Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, everyone is destined to be transformed. Director TamA!s Wormser documents the extraordinary encounter over seven years, crafting a nuanced and visually arresting documentary, while reflecting on wealth, identity, religion, Israelas place in the Jewish community and the long shadow of African colonialism. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11220 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SUPPORTED by Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong [su_spacer size="90"]...

Reckonings

Director: Roberta Grossman | USA | 2022 | Documentary |A English / German / English Subtitles | 74 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="https://bit.ly/3VjdqrJ" target="blank" background="#5e71e3" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Tickets [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Double Feature follows Game Changers: Sunday, 13 November, 2:00pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: They met in secret to negotiate the unthinkable a compensation for the survivors of the largest mass genocide in history. Survivors were in urgent need of help, but how could reparations be determined for the unprecedented destruction and suffering of a People? Reckonings explores this untold true story set in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Roberta Grossman (Who Will Write our History, Blessed is the Match: Hannah Senesh), Reckonings recounts the tense negotiations between Jewish and German leaders. Under the constant threat of violence, they forged ahead, knowing it would never be enough but hoping it could at least be an acknowledgement and a step towards healing. [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11200 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by The Auerbach Family SUPPORTED by United States Consulate General Hong Kong & Macau [su_spacer size="90"]...

Plan A

Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Israel / Germany | 2021 | Thriller / Drama |A English | 110 min [su_spacer size="10"] [su_button url="" target="blank" background="#800000" size="4" desc="" title="Ticketing"]Sold Out [/su_button][su_spacer size="10"] Venue: Golden Scene Cinema Screening: Saturday, 19 November, 7:20pm [su_spacer size="10"] SYNOPSIS: An intense thriller based on the astonishing story of a group of Holocaust survivors determined to seek retaliation on an epic scale. Based on a true story, Plan A examines the actions of people who have no way to rebuild themselves after their lives, as they knew them, have been taken away. Adapted from the book by Israeli historian Dina Porat, this film features performances by Michael Aloni (Shtisel), Ishai Golan (Hatufim) and August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds) . [su_spacer size="10"] [sg_popup id=11201 event="click"]CLICK FOR TRAILER[/sg_popup] [su_spacer size="10"] SPONSORED by Robert L. Meyer SUPPORTED by Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau, German Consulate General Hong Kong [su_spoiler title="AWARDS"] 2 nominations 2021 - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy Nominee Best Cinematography: Moshe Mishali 2021 - Haifa International Film Festival Nominee: Israeli Film Competition Award, Best Feature Film Award: Yoav Paz, Doron Paz (directors) [/su_spoiler] [su_spacer size="120"]...

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