UK JEWISH FILM FEST I VA L 2015 In Nottingham

8 – 22 November ukjewishfilm.org Apples from the Desert Wednesday 11 November, 8.30pm, Broadway

DIRECTOR COUNTRY Israel Matti Harari, LANGUAGE Arik Lubetzki, Hebrew w/ English subs CAST GENRE Drama Moran Rosenblatt, YEAR 2014 Reymonde Amsallem, LENGTH 96 mins Elisha Banai, Irit Kaplan Sunday 8 November, 6pm, Broadway

Nominated for three Israeli Academy Awards WINNER WINNER NOMINATED and adapted from the much-loved book, Apples AUDIENCE AWARD SPECIAL JURY AWARD 3 AWARDS “Boasts a rather Jewish ATLANTA JEWISH SAN DIEGO JEWISH OPHIR AWARDS From The Desert is a timeless and moving tale of FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL sense of humour” tradition versus modernity. Rebecca Avranel is VARIETY MAGAZINE an only child, living a cloistered existence with her strictly religious Sephardic parents in Jerusalem. Unhappy with the restrictive traditions of home OFFICIAL SELECTION and community, she secretly breaks taboos, joining DIRECTOR LANGUAGE English A wonderfully inventive and fast-paced comic Haifa International Film Festival a dance class where she meets secular kibbutznik YEAR 2014 heist movie starring and Vera Dooby. But following her dreams, wreaks havoc CAST LENGTH 112 mins Farmiga, based on the true story of a group of GENRE Drama when her father reveals other plans for her… Mark Strong, Jewish friends and former Resistance members who set out to rob a bank. Set in Communist COUNTRY , USA Romania in 1958, as a tide of anti-Semitism see Jews demoted or dismissed from their posts, the friends decide to retaliate by staging Dough a breathtaking robbery, designed to look like Tuesday 17 November, 8.30pm, Broadway “One of those strange a movie shoot. Full of charm and intriguing plot DIRECTOR COUNTRY UK twists, with winning performances from footnotes in history John Goldschmidt LANGUAGE English a talented cast of familiar British actors. CAST GENRE Drama, that deserves the Jonathan Pryce, Comedy Pauline Collins, YEAR 2014 big-screen treatment” WINNER WINNER BEST DIRECTOR BEST FEATURE Ian Hart, LENGTH 94 mins THE GUARDIAN ROMANIAN ROMANIAN NATIONAL FILM NATIONAL FILM Jerome Holder AWARDS AWARDS

Short: The Guitar An old Jewish baker’s failing business gets Short: The Chop an unexpected boost when his young Muslim DIR Richard Beecham | UK 2015 | 13 mins DIR Lewis Rose | UK 2015 | 17 mins apprentice, also a cannabis dealer, drops a load of Winner of the Pears Short Film Fund at UKJF 2015. Tucked Winner of the Pears Short Film Fund at UKJF 2015. dope in the dough. Suddenly the customers can’t away in the North East of England, in the heart of A charismatic young kosher butcher Yossi loses get enough of his bread. Starring a host of British working class post-industrial Tyneside, is something his job, and, failing to find a new one, he decides film and theatre luminaries, led by Jonathan quite remarkable and unexpected: one of the most to disguise himself as Yusuf in order to get work Pryce, Pauline Collins, and Ian Hart. In honour Orthodox Jewish communities in the world. And yet at a Halal butchers. Can he put on a convincing of British Jewish screenwriter, Jez Freedman, cheek by jowl with this ancient Jewish way of life is performance and keep his Jewish identity intact? who sadly passed away earlier this year. modern, secular Tyneside. An extraordinary story of two different worlds colliding unexpectedly together. “Sumptuous and romantic”

A heart-warming comedy-drama exploring the 5 to 7 intoxicating affair between an aspiring writer Sunday 22 November, 6pm, Broadway and the wife of a French diplomat. Would-be writer Brian Bloom (Anton Yelchin) meets the DIRECTOR LANGUAGE alluring Arielle Pierpont (Bérénice Marlohe), Victor Levin English and French the two striking an immediate connection. As CAST w/ English subs Anton Yelchin, Bérénice GENRE Comedy they embark on an affair, Brian’s inexperience Marlohe, Olivia Thirlby, YEAR 2014 beautifully contrasts with Arielle’s ethereal , Frank LENGTH 95 mins wisdom. Featuring star-studded support from Langella and six-time Academy Award- COUNTRY USA nominated Glenn Close, and set in New York’s eternally romantic landscape, this is a touching drama of life-affirming passion.

WINNER NOMINATED BEST AMERICAN AUDIENCE AWARD OFFICIAL SELECTION FEATURE PALM SPRINGS TRAVERSE CITY INTERNATIONAL FILM FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL Tribeca Film Festival Jerusalem Film Festival

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