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 support a number of Holocaust-themed films as part of the 24th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival taking place 11-19 November 2023. These public screenings will take place in person at the Golden Scene Cinema 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. Please visit the film festival website here and get your tickets through this link!   The Return of the Violin (Sunday, 12 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 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.   The Conspiracy (Sunday, 12 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 trailer here.  Alla Vita,The Man in the Basement (Sunday, 12 November, 5:20pm) After a Jewish couple in Paris sells their basement storage unit to a former history teacher (“The Intouchables'” François Cluzet), they...