2021 Archives - HKJFF-test https://test.hkjff.org/2021/ To celebrate, educate, enlighten and entertain through movies. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://test.hkjff.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jewishlogo_rgb_bk-32x32.jpg 2021 Archives - HKJFF-test https://test.hkjff.org/2021/ 32 32 Yerusalem, The Incredible Story of Ethiopian Jewry https://test.hkjff.org/yerusalem-the-incredible-story-of-ethiopian-jewry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yerusalem-the-incredible-story-of-ethiopian-jewry Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:40:04 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9111 Director: Levi Zini | Israel | 2021 | Documentary | English / Hebrew / Amharic / English Subtitles | 90 mins Screening: Wednesday, 17 November, 7:00pm SYNOPSIS: This year marks 30 years since Operation Solomon, the third mission to airlift Jews from Ethiopia to Israel. Yerusalem brings to life the story of a long, dramatic and tumultuous journey as the Jewish Ethiopian community, also known as aBeta-Israela, finally find their way back to the heart of the Jewish people after...

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]]> The Vigil https://test.hkjff.org/the-vigil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-vigil Thu, 02 Sep 2021 23:26:26 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9096 Director: Keith Thomas | USA | 2019 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | English / Yiddish / Hebrew / English Subtitles | 89 mins Screening: Wednesday, 17 November, 8:45pm SYNOPSIS: Set over the course of a single night in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood, The Vigil is a Jewish supernatural thriller steeped in ancient Jewish folklore. Yakov Ronen is a young man struggling to live outside of the Orthodox community. He reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi...

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]]> The Un-Word https://test.hkjff.org/the-un-word/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-un-word Thu, 02 Sep 2021 23:03:07 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9047 Director: Leo Khasin | Germany | 2020 | Drama / Comedy | German / English Subtitles | 89 mins Screening: Monday, 15 November, 8:45pm SYNOPSIS: After an altercation between an Iranian, a Palestinian and a Jewish student, the parents of the boys are called to the school to resolve the situation. Though full of good intentions, their teacher inadvertently exposes her own misguided assumptions to hilarious effect, such as offering snacks decorated with Palestinian and Israeli flags. Written with a...

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]]> The Auschwitz Report https://test.hkjff.org/the-auschwitz-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-auschwitz-report Thu, 02 Sep 2021 06:19:27 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9040 Director: Peter Bebjak | Slovakia / Czech Republic / Poland | 2021 | Drama / History / Holocaust | English / German / English Subtitles | 94 mins Screening: Monday, 15 November, 7:00pm SYNOPSIS: The Auschwitz Report follows Freddy and ValA(C)r, two Slovakian Jewish men on their agonizing attempt to escape the concentration camp. Each day they watch, count, and document the number of prisoners delivered to the camp, as well as the daily death toll, in order compile a...

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]]> ‘Til Kingdom Come https://test.hkjff.org/til-kingdom-come/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=til-kingdom-come Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:27:36 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9012 Director: Maya Zinshtein | Israel / UK / Norway | 2020 | Documentary | English / Arabic / Hebrew / English Subtitles | 76 mins Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 5:15pm SYNOPSIS: This revealing documentary traces the unusual relationship between Evangelical Christianity and the Jewish State. Millions of American Evangelicals are praying for the State of Israel. Among them are the Binghams, a dynasty of Kentucky pastors, and their Evangelical congregants, who live in an impoverished coal-mining town. The film exposes...

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]]> Sublet https://test.hkjff.org/sublet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sublet Thu, 02 Sep 2021 03:07:26 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9006 Director: Eytan Fox | Israel / USA | 2020 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | Hebrew / English / English Subtitles | 89 mins Screening: Tuesday, 16 November, 8:45pm SYNOPSIS: New York Times travel writer Michael sublets an apartment in Tel Aviv and meets Tomer, a younger film student who is renting it out in need of some extra money. The energy of the city and his relationship with Tomer gradually bring Michael back to life. Touching and at...

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]]> Shiva Baby https://test.hkjff.org/shiva-baby/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shiva-baby Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:03:50 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=8925 Director: Emma Seligman | USA / Canada | 2020 | Comedy | English | 77 mins Screening: Saturday, 20 November, 10:00pm SYNOPSIS: Danielle is at a funeral service with her parents when she runs into both her ex-girlfriend, Maya, and her sugar daddy, Max. While enduring the usual questioning from relatives, Danielle attempts to negotiate with her over-involved mother, manages her interactions with Maya, and deals with her secret relationship with Max, who turns out to have extra secrets of...

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]]> Schocken on the Verge of Consensus https://test.hkjff.org/schocken-on-the-verge-of-consensus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=schocken-on-the-verge-of-consensus Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:27:32 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=8909 Director: Noemi Schory | Israel / Germany | 2020 | History / Documentary | English / Hebrew / German / English subtitles | 75 mins Screening: Sunday, 21 November, 12:30pm SYNOPSIS: Before the name Schocken was associated with the renowned publishing house, Salman Schocken was the king of department stores in Germany. Before WWII, he owned 22 stores with 6,000 employees. After being stripped of his citizenship and losing his empire, the family immigrated to Palestine, where he founded a...

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]]> Resistance https://test.hkjff.org/resistance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resistance Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:07:36 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=8895 Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz | UK / France / Germany / USA | 2020 | Biography / Drama / History | English / French / German / English subtitles | 120 mins CLOSING NIGHT Screening: Sunday, 21 November, 7:30pm SYNOPSIS: Aspiring actor Marcel Mangel would rather perform in Strasbourgas cabaret clubs than chop meat like his father. However, when his cousin persuades him to help care for a group of rescued German orphans, his path changes. Marcel Mangel becomes Marcel Marceau...

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]]> Rose https://test.hkjff.org/rose/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rose Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:30:12 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9593 Director: Aurélie Saada | France | 2021 | Drama / Fiction | French / English subtitles | 102 mins Screening: Thursday, 18 November, 7:00pm SYNOPSIS: Synopsis When 78 year old Rose decides to re-establish a life for herself as a woman, after the death of her beloved husband, the equilibrium of her family is totally destabilised. c i1/4eeaa$oc>a�aaei1/4 Roseca(R)ao-a >>a coaY1caea1/2ece� a$+-a>>a13e!!a� TRAILER SOON CO-PRESENTED by the HK French Film Festival

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