2121-Shorts-A Archives - HKJFF-test https://test.hkjff.org/2121-shorts-a/ To celebrate, educate, enlighten and entertain through movies. Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:22:21 +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 2121-Shorts-A Archives - HKJFF-test https://test.hkjff.org/2121-shorts-a/ 32 32 40 Tableros https://test.hkjff.org/40-tableros/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=40-tableros Mon, 06 Sep 2021 02:22:15 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9207 Director: Alfonso Gastiaburo | Argentina | 2020 | Short / Documentary / History | Spanish / English subtitles | 18 min Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm SYNOPSIS: Argentina 1939. While the World Chess Championship was taking place, breaking news shocked the participants: Germany had invaded Poland and World War II had erupted. Many great chess masters were stranded away from their home countries and began to organize exhibitions in order to make their living. One of these masters decided to...

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]]> The Ugly Swan https://test.hkjff.org/the-ugly-swan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ugly-swan Mon, 06 Sep 2021 02:09:48 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9199 Director: Rachel Levy | Israel | 2021 | Short | Hebrew / English subtitles | 12 min Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm SYNOPSIS: An ultra-Orthodox woman going out on a date is burdened with a terrible secret.

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]]> The Tattooed Torah https://test.hkjff.org/the-tattooed-torah/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-tattooed-torah Mon, 06 Sep 2021 02:05:36 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9411 Director: Marc Bennett | USA | 2019 | Animated Short | EnglishA | 21 min Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm SYNOPSIS: An animated film based on the beloved childrenas book “The Tattooed Torah” by Marvell Ginsburg that has been educating young children about the Holocaust for generations. A powerful resource for Holocaust education for children all over the world, this film narrated by Ed Asner recounts the true story of the rescue and restoration of a small Torah from Brno,...

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]]> The Inspection https://test.hkjff.org/the-inspection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-inspection Mon, 06 Sep 2021 02:01:17 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9194 Director: Caroline Brami, FrA(C)dA(C)ric Bas | France | 2020 | Short / Drama | French / English subtitles | 16 min Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm SYNOPSIS: Julia, a history teacher in a quiet high school, faces a school inspector. He wants to talk to her – but what about, exactly? Her heated debates with the principal? The freedom she takes with the school curriculum? Or is it the way she teaches the Holocaust?

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]]> Only Bibi https://test.hkjff.org/only-bibi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=only-bibi Mon, 06 Sep 2021 01:40:54 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9182 Director: Rani Avidan | Israel | 2020 | Short | Hebrew / English subtitles | 14 min Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm SYNOPSIS: A concerned citizen encounters political writing on a public bus stop and decides to call city services. When they fail to respond, he decides to take the law into his own hands.

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]]> Neurim https://test.hkjff.org/neurim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neurim Mon, 06 Sep 2021 01:13:57 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9176 Director: Shaylee Atary | Israel | 2020 | Short / Drama | Hebrew / English subtitles | 31 min Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm SYNOPSIS: After an injury, an awkward relationship develops between Or, a 30-year-old wheelchair-bound patient, and her new physiotherapist. The new breezes of desire invigorate Oras daily rehabilitation routine at her mother’s house.

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]]> Moshe Sneh https://test.hkjff.org/moshe-sneh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moshe-sneh Mon, 06 Sep 2021 01:07:59 +0000 https://test.hkjff.org/?p=9173 Director: Amir Har-Gil | France / Israel | 2020 | Short / Documentary | Hebrew / English subtitles | 14 min Screening: Sunday, 14 November, 3:15pm SYNOPSIS: Moshe Sneh: Defense Minister, Chief of Staff in-the-making, and the man in command of bringing thousands of Holocaust survivors from Europe to Israel, in spite of British Mandate opposition. This film focuses on SS Exodus, a daring rescue operation on a vessel that became known as athe ship that launched a nationa.

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