5–19 NOVEMBER 2020 Sponsors President’s Circle Alan Howard Nathan Kirsh Foundation Louise and Hilton Nathanson Dear Festival goers, Bianca and Stuart Roden Welcome Isabelle and Ivor Seddon Letter A closed box office and a silent auditorium is Patrons a sorry sight for any passionate cinephile, but Carolyn and Harry Black for an organisation championing independent Muriel and Gus Coren Charitable Foundation films it is especially painful. That’s why our Andrew Stone The Diana and Allan Morgenthau team has been working incredibly hard over Charitable Trust the last months to keep bringing you so many outstanding films through our On Demand Screening Partners service. And why we are equally determined to make this year’s UK Jewish Film Festival one Michael Etherton that brings people together through our first Education partners Chief Executive ever fully online festival. Alan Howard To help you access as many films as possible Sybil Shine Memorial Trust over the festival’s two weeks, we will be offering Shoresh Charitable Trust Festival Passes at very reasonable prices, The John S Cohen Foundation and more Q&As and panel discussions than The Kobler Trust ever before. You will also be able to share your The Maurice Hatter Foundation experience through our social media platforms Film Sponsors from the comfort of your own armchairs. Although the size of the festival is somewhat reduced this year, the quality of films is stronger than ever. All our films will be introduced and the festival will be punctuated, as ever, by our three Andor Charitable Trust Friends of UK Jewish Film Anne Joseph and James Libson landmark gala premieres. Anonymous Jeffrey Gruder QC and Jewish Philanthropic Edward Azouz Gillian Gruder Fiona and Peter Needleman Thank you for your continued support during The Benson Black Hirschel Foundation Erica and Stuart Peters Memorial Charitable Trust Stella and Zamir Joory S&R Charitable Trust these challenging times, and we are looking Neil and Debra Blair Jane and James Kessler Susan and John Reizenstein forward to seeing you, virtually, at what David and Nili Chinn Caroline and Michael Kuhn Sandra and Geoffrey Lord and Lady Collins Joyce and David Kustow Searchlight promises to be another entertaining festival. of Mapesbury Sabrina and Eric Lemer Liz and Philip Shapiro Ruth and Martin Dunitz Sallyrose and Jonathan Lewis Alan Spier and Judith Gordon Family Hamburger Karen and Lawrence Lever Rosalyn and Nicholas Springer

UK Jewish Film is a registered charity No.1072914. The selection of films and events for the UK Jewish Film Festival does not reflect in any way the views or preferences of the sponsors who support the festival. 2 Welcome Letter ukjewishfilm.org 3 The Online With the UK Jewish Film Festival being streamed entirely online this year, we are Festival doing things a little differently.

Programme Explore the full programme and book your and Booking tickets at ukjewishfilm.org. Find full details including film times, expanded synopses, trailers and up-to-date event listings such as live streamed Q+As, panel discussions and special events, as well as how to book.

Festival Screenings Festival screenings will take place on our secure streaming platform: watch.ukjff.com. We’re Opening Night Gala also partnering with Curzon Home Cinema to bring you a specially curated film selection. Films will premiere at specific dates and times When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit across the Festival and remain available to + Interviews with Caroline Link and Matthew Kneale watch for a set period. Tickets are limited for each film so we encourage advance booking Dir. Caroline Link | Germany, 2019 | 114 mins to avoid disappointment. Anna’s carefree childhood is disrupted when her parents decide to For technical advice about streaming the flee Germany shortly before Hitler attains power. In their search for Festival, please see page 39. safety, the family moves first to Switzerland, then France and finally, England–each move presents great challenges, but even greater Tickets and Passes Enjoy the Festival with a range of tickets rewards. Though she still harbours hopes of returning to Berlin, Anna and passes: gradually learns that home is wherever she is free to love, imagine and Festival Pass: £35.00 dream. Based on Judith Kerr’s beloved semi-autobiographical book, TV Series: £15.00 each When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit superbly captures both the growing Nazi threat and the magic of childhood. An incredibly touching and uplifting Single Gala films: £15.00 tribute to Kerr, who passed away last May, and her timeless stories. Single films: £7.99 Short Film Programmes: £0.99 each Sponsored by: UK PREMIERE Members discount: 20% German, French, English with English subtitles

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The End of Love Honeymood + Q&A with Keren Ben Rafael and Judith Chemla + Interview with Talya Lavie

Dir. Keren Ben Rafael | France, , 2019 | 90 mins Dir. Talya Lavie | Israel, 2020 | 89 mins Having fallen in love with Julie, Yuval moves from Israel to Paris to be Arriving at a deluxe hotel suite after their wedding, Noam and Elinor with her, and the two get married. When his visa expires, Yuval returns expect an unforgettable night. What comes next is indeed memorable, to Israel, communicating with his wife and baby via Skype. But instead but for all the wrong reasons. A lovers’ fight leads to a late-night of bringing them together, this new form of interaction only reveals the wandering and a series of bizarre encounters with ex partners, the doubts they harbour about the future of their relationship. A sensitive groom’s parents and a robot vacuum cleaner. Romantic and funny, and compelling drama about relationships, immigration and the impact Honeymood is director Talya Lavie’s follow up to her smash hit technology has on our lives. Zero Motivation, and like its predecessor, a pure joy.

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6 Gala ukjewishfilm.org 7 11th Nov UK Premiere 8th Nov Winter Journey A Call to Spy + Q&A with Martin Goldsmith + Q&A with Sarah Megan Thomas Dir. Anders Østergaard | 87 mins Dir. Lydia Dean Pilcher | 123 mins Denmark, Germany, 2019 USA, 2019 English, German with English subtitles English, French, German with English subtitles Bruno Ganz’s final film is also one of the great actor’s most poignant. Shortly after the war breaks out, He plays Gunther Goldschmidt, a Churchill orders the newly formed naturalised American citizen, who, Special Operations Executive to train during the course of a few days women as spies. This is the story in the mid-1990s, tells his son of two of them–American Virginia Martin the story behind his and Hall and Muslim pacifist Noor Inayat his wife Rosemarie’s escape from Khan–and their recruiter, Jewish- Germany. Based on Martin’s book Romanian spymistress Vera Atkins, which chronicles real events in his who, having escaped father’s life, Winter Journey tenderly in her home country, fights it from DRAMA explores the many losses–of her adoptive land. Suspenseful and family members, homeland and inspiring, A Call to Spy is a tribute Poignant, thought-provoking, imaginative: occupation–experienced by those to the heroines whose bravery and our selection of dramas is a treasure trove who survived. ingenuity helped defeat evil. of Jewish experiences from around the world Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Fiona and Peter Needleman The Maurice Hatter Foundation In partnership with:

8 Drama ukjewishfilm.org 9 10th Nov UK Premiere 9th Nov 17th Nov Sneak Preview 13th Nov An Irrepressible The Art of Waiting Asia Black Mercedes Woman Dir. Erez Tadmor | 90 mins Dir. Ruthy Pribar | 85 mins Dir. Janusz Majewski | 117 mins Israel, 2019 Israel, 2020 Poland, 2019 Dir. Laurent Heynemann | 103 mins France, 2019 Hebrew with English subtitles Hebrew, Russian with English subtitles Polish, German with English subtitles French with English subtitles Liran and Tali have been trying to Though wary of men, Asia still looks Warsaw, 1941. The body of a get pregnant for a while without for love while having an affair with beautiful young woman, the wife France, 1940. Defying logic, success. Their decision to embark a married colleague. Her teenage of a prominent lawyer, is found in a Janot Reichenbach, a wealthy on a stressful IVF treatment gives daughter Vika (the wonderful Shira pool of blood on the couple’s kitchen Jewish woman, decides not to flee them hope of finally being on the Haas, Unorthodox ), who suffers table. Investigating the case, a Polish the country with her family. Instead, path to parenthood, but at the same from a degenerative disorder, longs police detective is led to the Nazi- she joins the man she loves, socialist time threatens the very foundations for love, too, but is afraid she will occupied city’s underworld, where politician and three-times Prime of their relationship. Nelly Tagar die before she can experience it. As fake identities, corruption and sex Minister Léon Blum, in the free and Roy Assaf are wonderful as the Vika’s condition deteriorates, Asia is create a menacing and dangerously zone. Determined to stay with Blum would-be parents who are forced determined to make the time they seductive atmosphere. Fusing classic at all costs, she follows him as he is to reconsider what they perceive have left together as meaningful as film noir motifs with a disconcerting moved from France to Buchenwald, as their life’s purpose in this it can possibly be. Writer-director vision of a besieged city, Black where they are both imprisoned. bittersweet drama. Ruthy Pribar’s debut is a sensitive, Mercedes is a wholly unique Elsa Zylberstein shines as a woman if unsentimental, study of a mother- whodunit murder mystery. who is willing to sacrifice all she has Sponsored by: daughter relationship. for love. The Benson Black Memorial Sponsored by: Charitable Trust Sponsored by: Jeffrey Gruder QC and Gillian Gruder Sponsored by: Bianca and Stuart Roden Anonymous Stella and Zamir Joory

10 Drama ukjewishfilm.org 11 7th Nov UK Premiere 8th Nov 50th Anniversary screening 12th Nov 15th Nov UK Premiere The Garden of the Golden Voices Happy Times + Interview with Emma Seligman Finzi-Continis Dir. Evgeny Ruman | 88 mins + Intro with Liraz Chamami Israel, 2019 Dir. Emma Seligman | 77 mins + Panel discussion + ”Not Just a Few Squirts of Ketchup”– USA, 2020 Russian, Hebrew with English subtitles Creating Makeup for Horror Films Dir. Vittorio De Sica | 94 mins Dir. Michael Mayer | 92 mins The last person college graduate Italy, 1970 Married couple Victor and Raya Israel, USA, Italy, 2019 Danielle expects to run into at a Italian with English subtitles dubbed hundreds of films in their family shiva is her sugar daddy Max, native Soviet Union, their voices Hebrew, English with English subtitles Ferrara, 1939. When the tennis club, whose apartment she was coming as iconic as the legends on screen. Sigal and Yossi, ex-Israeli social observing antisemitic laws, drops the from. Avoiding him–and his beautiful But their arrival in Israel just as the climbers, invite a group of expats Finzi-Continis from its rolls, Micol wife and baby–is impossible, as is Gulf War breaks out robs them of (and a French plus one) to a Shabbat Finzi-Contini and her brother Alberto keeping her nagging parents, prying their passion. Struggling to adjust to dinner at their Hollywood Hills invite friends into their estate to play family friends and angry ex-girlfriend their new culture, they drift apart. mansion. Their efforts to make a tennis on long summer afternoons. Maya away. This delightful feature- Will they manage to rediscover their good impression come to nothing De Sica’s classic film deftly depicts length version of an award-winning voices, and the love they have for when tensions between guests the slow build of fascist dogma, short film is a quirky yet sensitive each other? It’s not just the voices: erupt, resulting in a spectacularly and the ways in which Jews tried exploration of the pressures young this film has a heart of gold. bloody evening. Israeli-American and ultimately failed to insulate people face today. director Michael Mayer (Out in themselves from its effects. Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Susan and John Reizenstein the Dark) has created a wildly Lord and Lady Collins of Mapesbury Sponsored by: funny–and gory–comedy horror Anne Joseph film which is also a sharp satire on and James Libson the aspirations of abroad. In association with:

12 Drama ukjewishfilm.org 13 16th Nov 12th Nov UK Premiere Peaches and Cream 15 Years Dir. Gur Bentwich | 92 mins Dir. Yuval Hadadi | 90 mins Israel, 2019 Israel, 2019 Hebrew with English subtitles Hebrew with English subtitles

Sitting in on a poorly attended When Yoav, a 42-year-old architect, screening of his new film leaves learns that his best friend Alma is director Zuri Shustak with a feeling pregnant, a mid-life crisis, which has of distress and possibly a heart up until then lurked in the shadows, attack. Joined by a sympathetic taxi hits him hard. Triggered by Alma’s driver, an eccentric blogger and a news but rooted in Yoav’s childhood pleasure-seeking best friend, Zuri trauma, his crisis leads him to leave embarks on a nocturnal and spiritual Dan, his partner of 15 years, and cut journey that takes him from A&E to ties with Alma and other friends. a nightclub and back, and from rock Set in a beautifully modern , bottom to happiness (sort of). Israeli 15 Years is a bittersweet tale of filmmaker Gur Bentwich is back with love, loss and new beginnings. an entertaining film about life, death and cinema. COMEDY Classic and new comedies that take Jewish humour to a whole new level

14 Drama ukjewishfilm.org 15 18th Nov 16th Nov 6th Nov 14th Nov 5 to 7 A Matter of Size It Happened in Salsa Tel Aviv Dir. Victor Levin | 95 mins Dir. Sharon Maymon, St Tropez Dir. Jorge Weller | 100 mins USA, 2014 Erez Tadmor | 92 mins Israel, 2011 Dir. Danièle Thompson | 100 mins Israel, 2009 Hebrew, Spanish with English subtitles Brian Bloom (the late Anton Yelchin), France, 2012 Hebrew, Japanese with English subtitles a struggling young writer, meets by French with English subtitles On a long-haul flight to Israel, where chance the impossibly gorgeous, but she hopes to find her ex-boyfriend Herzl is an unemployed chef living at Roni, a gauche, non-religious firmly married, Arielle. Following the and father of her child, Mexican home with his doting Jewish mother. diamond dealer is the polar opposite French custom of holding romantic salsa dancer Vicky meets handsome A new job as a dishwasher at a to his observant brother Zef, a liaisons between the hours of 5–7pm, soon-to-be-married scientist Yoni. Japanese restaurant introduces classical musician. Bound by their the two embark on a funny and sweet After helping her enter the country him to the world of Sumo wrestling. decrepit, elderly father and beautiful relationship that takes unexpected illegally (disguised as a nun), they Falling in love with the sport, Herzl daughters, the family experiences directions. A brilliantly life-affirming part ways. But destiny has other and many of his equally overweight fall-outs, fall-ins and fall-overs. story with fantastic joie de vivre, plans, and it is not long before they friends leave behind their dreams Set in Paris, Saint-Tropez and New featuring stand-out performances realise that, existing engagements of slimming down and instead , It Happened in Saint Tropez is from seven-times Academy award notwithstanding, they belong celebrate their hitherto frowned a veritable chocolate box of familial nominee Glenn Close as a Jewish together. Featuring sizzling Latin upon heftiness. A heart-warming complications. Can the brothers’ mother and Frank Langella as her music and a vivacious leading lady, Israeli comedy about self-acceptance, conflicts be resolved, betrayals hilarious on-screen husband. Salsa Tel Aviv is a truly delightful and, as Jewish tradition dictates, forgiven and illicit loves flourish? Sponsored by: finishing one’s plate. romantic comedy. Caroline and Michael Kuhn Sponsored by: Erica and Stuart Peters

16 Comedy ukjewishfilm.org 17 8th Nov UK Premiere 9th Nov Blumenthal Dir. Alon Gur Aryeh | 91 mins + Q&A with Seth Fisher Israel, 2019 Dir. Seth Fisher | 86 mins Hebrew, English with English subtitles USA, 2013

The kidnap of an American billionaire Celebrated New York playwright in Israel sends both Mossad and Harold Blumenthal succumbed to the CIA into a frenzy. Brave agent cardiac arrest while laughing at his Guy Moran and beautiful agent own joke. Now, Harold’s estranged Linda Harris join forces to release and jealous brother Saul must the businessman and save the confront his personal hang-ups to world from a disaster. Will they deliver himself from an epic bout of also be able to save themselves constipation. Meanwhile, Saul’s wife from their loneliness in the process? Cheryl and son Ethan must grapple With David Zucker, the writer- with their own personal obstacles director behind comedy classic through a set of circumstances that Airplane! as a consultant, Mossad might as well have been lifted from is by far the most hilarious Israeli one of Harold’s plays. Hilarious, parody ever made. delightful and heart-warming. DOCUMENTARY Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Sandra and Geoffrey Edward Azouz A rich and diverse selection of films David and Nili Chinn exploring real lives and true events Alan Spier and Judith Gordon

18 Comedy ukjewishfilm.org 19 The Alan Howard International 6th Nov UK Premiere 14th Nov UK Premiere 9th Nov UK Premiere Documentary Nisman Hollywood’s Second Holy Silence Strand Dir. Justin Webster | 6 episodes, World War + A panel discussion with 52–60 mins director Steven Pressman Discussion hosted by broadcaster Spain, 2020 + Five of the top new and journalist Jason Solomons Dir. Steven Pressman | 72 mins documentaries with guests, Spanish, English with English subtitless USA, 2020 Dir. Jascha Hannover | 90 mins directors and panel discussions, English, Italian with English subtitles In July 1994, a suicide bomb Germany, 2019 carefully chosen for their exploded outside the Jewish English, German with English subtitles diversity, challenging topics and In March 2020, nearly 75 years community centre in Buenos after World War II came to an end, for the opportunity to hear from Among the US military’s new Aires, killing 85 people and injuring the Vatican finally opened its war and debate with the filmmakers conscripts after 1939 were some hundreds in what was Argentina’s archives. As their contents are and protagonists. of Hollywood’s most celebrated deadliest terror attack hitherto. being studied, findings will surely directors, including Frank Capra 21 years later, the body of Jewish shed light on the controversy that Featured Docs: and Jewish emigrés Billy Wilder federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman this timely documentary examines: and William Wyler. Too old to fight, Nisman was found, hours before he was due the Catholic Church’s response they used their talent to produce Hollywood’s Second World War to testify against Argentina’s former (or lack of) to the Holocaust. documentaries and propaganda Holy Silence President Cristina Kirchner, whom Featuring Oscar-nominated actor movies–films which were he had accused of covering up Iran’s David Strathairn as the voice of The Prophet responsible both for educating culpability. Initially treated as suicide, President Roosevelt, Holy Silence Viral: Antisemitism in Four soldiers and the wider public it was later determined that Nisman exposes the intricate relationship Mutations and uplifting their morale. was murdered, with all fingers between diplomacy, politics and This fascinating documentary pointing to Kirchner. This gripping religion–and the heavy price tells the little-known story of documentary series recounts of neutrality. Argentinian Jews’ twofold tragedy, how an industry built on escapism a true story steeped in conspiracy, helped win a deadly, vicious war.

The Alan Howard International corruption and mystery. 20 Documentary Strand ukjewishfilm.org 21 17th Nov UK Premiere 11th Nov 6th Nov UK Premiere 13th Nov UK Premiere The Prophet Viral: Antisemitism Aulcie Beyond the Music + A panel discussion with in Four Mutations Dir. Dani Menkin | 74 mins Dir. David Bernet | 52 mins director Ilan Rubin Fields Israel, 2020 Germany, Switzerland, 2019 Dir. Andrew Goldberg | 83 mins Dir. Ilan Rubin Fields | 68 mins USA, 2020 English, Hebrew with English subtitles German, English with English subtitles Israel, 2019 Hebrew with English subtitles Tall and talented, Aulcie Perry’s Palestinian academic Edward Said Hebrew, English, with English subtitles success as an NBA star seemed died in 2003 but his humanist A mere seven decades after the end almost certain in the 1970s. Instead, spirit is very much alive in Berlin’s American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, of the War, antisemitism is rampant the American basketball player found Barenboim-Said Academy. Much like the founder of the Jewish Defense once more. Filmmaker Andrew himself in Israel, winning European the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra League, was considered a fringe– Goldberg explores four modern championships with Maccabi Tel he founded with his friend Daniel if radical–phenomenon in the manifestations of a centuries- Aviv. 40 years on, Perry looks back Barenboim, the academy too is a Israel of the 1980s. But despite long phenomenon: the far right in on a life that has taken him from the place where music breaks down his marginality, and the attempts America, the far left in the UK, peak of fame in Israel to being locked cultural and national barriers. to outlaw his racist, far-right views, Viktor Orbán’s Hungary and Islamic behind bars in the US, and back to Featuring Barenboim, architect Kahane, who was murdered in 1990, radicalism in France. Featuring his adoptive country, where he is Frank Gehry and Said’s widow succeeded in dramatically shifting interviews with former leaders now a bona fide–if still unlikely– Mariam–as well as young Israeli public opinion. The Prophet Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, this national treasure. musicians who attend the school– tells the story of the most documentary reminds us that hatred this documentary is a sanguine controversial politician Israel has of Jews is still here–and calls on us Sponsored by: reminder that co-existence is ever had, and explores his legacy: to bring an end to it, once and for all. a country bitterly divided between within our reach. its Jewish and democratic identities. Sponsored by: Ruth and Martin Dunitz

The Alan Howard International 22 Documentary Strand ukjewishfilm.org 23 15th Nov UK Premiere 12th Nov UK Premiere 16th Nov UK Premiere 10th Nov UK Premiere Breaking Bread Children of the Dayan: The First Family Double Income Kids Dir. Beth Elise Hawk | 85 mins Inquisition Dir. Anat Goren | Part 1: 90 minutes, Dir. Hendrik Schäfer | 94 mins USA, Israel, 2019 Part 2: 125 minutes Germany, 2019 Dir. Joseph Lovett | 115 mins Israel, 2019 English, Hebrew with English subtitles USA, 2019 Hebrew, English with English subtitles Hebrew, English with English subtitles This documentary follows a group Over 500 years after Jews who Four years into their relationship, of Palestinian and Jewish chefs who refused to convert to Catholicism Like their American counterparts Israeli gay couple Motty and Alon take part in a food festival in Haifa. had to flee the Spanish and the Kennedys, the Dayan family has decide that they want to have The film’s message is clear: Arabs Portuguese inquisitions, many of been Israel’s unanointed royalty, a a child. Ruling out the option of and Jews should unite over food their descendants learn about their clan whose dramas and vicissitudes co-parenting, they embark on rather than fighting over politics. hitherto unknown Jewish roots for of fortune have continued to grip a surrogacy process in the USA. And while the issue of cultural the very first time. Director Joseph the nation long after the death of its Director Hendrik Schäfer follows appropriation is explored, it is the Lovett follows members of hidden lynchpin, the iconic one-eyed army them in the months leading to the power of a fresh Israeli/Arab salad Jewish families from around the general . Featuring birth of their twins and immediately and qatayef made to perfection world on their incredible journey archival footage and interviews after it, documenting their unbridled that makes the conflict seem truly of discovery–not only of their own with family members and friends, joy–and trepidation. Refreshingly solvable. Warning: this film is likely personal history and identity but that this two-part documentary offers honest, the film chronicles the to make you hungry. of the Jewish community as a whole. thrillingly voyeuristic glimpses into couple’s journey to parenthood, the life of a family whose immense while celebrating the increased Sponsored by: Sponsored by: power has never quite compensated visibility of alternative families in Neil and Debra Blair Jane and James Kessler for its severe dysfunctional Israel today. dynamics.

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24 Documentary ukjewishfilm.org 25 7th Nov 18th Nov UK Premiere 10th Nov UK Premiere 15th Nov UK Premiere Golda Love & Stuff Man on the Bus They Call Me Dr Miami Dir. Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, + Q&A with Judith Helfand Dir. Eve Ash | 84 mins + An intro with Dr Michael Salzhauer Shani Rozanes | 88 mins Dir. Judith Helfand | 78 mins Australia, Belgium, Ukraine, 2019 Dir. Jean-Simon Chartier | 78 mins Israel, Germany 2019 USA, 2020 Canada, 2020 Eve Ash’s parents were Holocaust Hebrew, English, with English subtitles In this arrestingly honest survivors, who immigrated to Known to his millions of followers In an off-the-record conversation documentary, filmmaker Judith Australia after the war. Despite as Dr Miami, plastic surgeon filmed after an interview with Golda Helfand explores the two mother- their traumatic experience, Eve’s Michael Salzhauer is the perfect Meir shortly before her death, the daughter relationships that have childhood was happy and secure. embodiment of a culture that has retired leader spoke candidly about defined her life: the one she had with It was only after they both passed become obsessed with cosmetic her time in office, a term bookended her late mother, and the other she is away that an inkling she had turned improvements. At home, however, by the Attrition and Yom Kippur building with her adopted child. At a out to be true: Eve’s biological father Salzhauer is a married, father-of-five wars. With this never-before-seen moment of transition, she explores was in fact a non-Jewish man with Orthodox Jew, who is in constant recording, rare archival materials the power of parental love and what whom Eve’s mother had a 15-year dialogue–with his family members and testimonials from colleagues it means to become a single parent affair. As she uncovers the truth, Eve as well as himself–about the and family members, Golda tells the at 50. This tender film reflects on the re-evaluates everything she has ever conflicts that arise from his line of story of a trailblazing politician–the pains and joys, tears and laughs of a thought she knew about her family– work. They Call Me Dr Miami offers a first, and for now, only Israeli woman life lived to the full. and herself. fascinating, if often shocking, look at Prime Minister–who could never modern-day values and aspirations. Sponsored by: heal from the wounds of war. Karen and Lawrence Lever Sponsored by:

26 Documentary ukjewishfilm.org 27 17th Nov UK Premiere 18th Nov Transkids The Viewing Booth Dir. Hilla Medalia | 103 mins + Q&A with Ra’anan Alexandrowicz Israel, 2019 Dir. Ra’anan Alexandrowicz | 71 mins Hebrew with English subtitles Israel,2020 English, Arabic, Hebrew with Growing up is never easy, but English subtitles experiencing adolescence as a transgender person makes this time Maia, an American student and the of rapid physical and psychological daughter of Israeli parents, is asked changes even harder. This topical to watch videos which depict life film follows four Israeli teenagers in under occupation in the Palestinian the process of transitioning and their territories–some posted by human supportive–if, at times, confused rights organisation B’Tselem, the and hurting–families. Romy, Ofri, rest by the IDF. Six months later she Liron and Noam come from different is invited back, this time to watch backgrounds but share the desire herself watching the videos. Has to feel, for the first time, that they exposure to footage changed her belong in their bodies–and to the opinion on the country she loves? society in which they live. The Viewing Booth asks to what TV SERIES extent images can form our beliefs–or radically alter them. Gripping contemporary TV series Sponsored by: shown for the first time in the UK

28 Documentary ukjewishfilm.org 29 Pears Short The Pears Short Film Fund at UK Jewish Film was established to encourage and support Film Fund the production and exhibition of short films on themes that engage with British-Jewish life, history and culture. Winners 2020 6th Nov UK Premiere 6th Nov UK Premiere Eshet Chayil Following the loss of his son in childbirth, a Muna Nisman UK, 2020 | 12 mins religious student longs to restart his family, but in order to reconnect with his distraught wife, he will Dir. Mira Awad, Ori Sivan | 8 episdoes, Dir. Justin Webster | 6 episodes, Writ./Prod. Jason Collin first have to acknowledge his own hidden pain. 30 mins each 52–60 mins Dir./Prod. Dominic Davey Israel, 2019 Spain, 2020 Cast: Aaron Vodovoz, Molly Osbourne, Robert Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles Spanish, English with English subtitless Neumark-Jones, Katie Bernstein

Muna is an Arab-Israeli In 1994, a suicide bomb exploded The Schnoz When Lydia’s grandma gives her a cheque for photographer living in Tel Aviv. outside the Jewish community centre UK, 2020 | 12 mins a nose job for her 21st birthday, it feels like Chosen to represent Israel in a in Buenos Aires. 21 years later, a dream come true. That is, until she finds Dir. Justine Priestley prestigious exhibition in Paris, her Jewish prosecutor Alberto Nisman herself face to face with the ghost of her great Writ. Sophie Shad career reaches new heights, but as a was found dead, hours before he grandmother, whose nose she has inherited. Prod. Dalton Deverell, result of her new-found success she was due to testify against former Sophie Shad Cast: , Sophie Shad, Helen Lederer also becomes the target of vicious President Cristina Kirchner, whom criticism. Refusing to choose a side, he had accused of covering up Iran’s Application details for the 2021 Pears Short Film Fund at UK Jewish Film Muna soon learns co-existence is not culpability. This docuseries recounts can be found on our website: ukjewishfilm.org/pears-short-film-fund/ as simple as she may have thought. Argentinian Jews’ twofold tragedy, Mouna Hawa (In Between, Fauda ) a story steeped in conspiracy, Image: Eshet Chayil is wonderful as the titular character corruption and mystery. in this acutely timely new Israeli TV show. This documentary series is part of the Alan Howard International Sponsored by: Documentary Strand. Read full synopsis on p.20.

30 TV Series ukjewishfilm.org 31 Image: Home Movie, Dir. Caroline Pick

Shorts Each year, alongside feature-length dramas, Education UK Jewish Film’s educational programme puts comedies and documentaries, UK Jewish Film film at the core of learning about Jewish values, Summary brings you an exciting array of new shorts from heritage and culture in the UK and beyond. Britain and around the world. Directed by both Quickly adapting to the challenges caused by emerging and established filmmakers, these the Covid-19 pandemic, we have continued to films may be short in length but their ideas and build on our successful outreach work by offering emotions long-lasting and profound. innovative learning about Jewish stories on film. Ageing, sexuality, gender, memory, tradition We have created new content about filming in and faith are just some of the themes that are lockdown, encouraging young filmmakers and sensitively, and often humorously, explored in offering opportunities to showcase work. this year’s film selection. From 1950s Britain to We are delighted to be preparing both modern-day Israel, join us on a journey through face-to-face and remote screenings for our time and space–from the comfort of your 2021 Holocaust memorial day film events in favourite armchair. Tower Hamlets and Manchester, and developing inventive outreach projects.

Rachel Burns Education Manager

32 Shorts Summary ukjewishfilm.org 33 Event Highlights

Antisemitism & Film What can we learn through film about the age-old hatred of antisemitism? This must-see Awards session explores Jewish representation on screen through an intriguing collection of rare and famous film clips from the 1900s until today.

Israel on Screen Our summer programme for families offered The Dorfman Best Film Award recognises Dorfman a unique experience of Israel through the eyes powerful and outstanding filmmaking. Our Best Film of filmmakers and their differing perspectives. Award high profile jury will select the winner from the Moving in time and place from 1968 to the feature films in competition for 2020. present, via Tel Aviv and the Negev, the films featured characters from Ashkenazi, Mizrachi and Palestinian heritage: Jews, The Young Jury Award gives an opportunity Muslims and Christians. Young Jury for our jury of young people, aged 18 to 30, Award for to select and present the award for the best Enjoy clips from the three films screened during Best Short short film. The award ceremony will be led the project, families’ responses to their viewing Film and delivered by the young jurors themselves and a panel discussion exploring representation during this year’s festival. of Israeli society through film.

Not just a few squirts Inspired by Happy Times, professional make- We’re sure you’ve got the hang of this by now of ketchup up artist, Madeleine Ellis delivers a free online but for any first time Festival-goers, here’s tutorial demonstrating how to make beautifully how it works: gory cuts and bruises. Audience If you see a feature-length film you love (of Award which we’re sure there will be many), vote for it! But remember, you can only vote once so choose wisely... Voting takes place on our Facebook page or through our website: @UKJewishFilm or ukjewishfilm.org

34 Awards ukjewishfilm.org 35 People Honorary Life Patrons Alan Howard, David Kustow OBE , Louise and Hilton Nathanson, Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE UK Jewish Film Team Presidents Circle Alan Howard, Nathan Kirsh Foundation, Founder & President Marketing Manager Jury Coordinator Louise and Hilton Nathanson, Bianca and Stuart Judy Ironside MBE Josephine Noti Danielle Kretzmer Roden, Isabelle and Ivor Seddon Chief Executive Education Manager Bookkeeping Patrons Carolyn and Harry Black, Muriel and Gus Coren Michael Etherton Rachel Burns Denise Miller Charitable Foundation, Andrew Stone, Head of Programming Partnerships Manager Accountant The Diana and Allan Morgenthau Charitable Trust Nir Cohen* Benjamin Till Sopher + Co. Honorary Patrons Tim Angel OBE, Dame Hilary Blume, Simon Chinn, Operations Manager Shorts Programmer The Right Honourable the Lord Collins of Mapesbury, Simon Hiler Joanna Dugher Vanessa Feltz, Henry Goodman, Michael Grabiner, Romaine Hart OBE, Stephen Hermer, Zamir Joory, * Film synopses (with the exception of Pears Foundation Maureen Lipman CBE, Lord and Lady Mitchell, Tracy- shorts and special events) written by Nir Cohen Ann Oberman, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE, Rick Senat, Jason Solomons, Paul Morrison, Chaim Topol Executive Board Chairman: Jonathan Lewis UK Jewish Film Festival Chair: Judith Gordon Michael Etherton, Jeffrey Gruder QC, Judy Ironside MBE, Manchester Coordination Peter Bolchover, Lucille Cohen, Gita Conn, Vicki Anne Joseph, Michael Kuhn, Jonathan Lewis, Stephen Committee Garson, Dov Hamburger, Philip Shapiro, Ria Willoq Margolis, Anthony Pins, Keren Misgav Ristvedt, Thank yous Peter Briess; Kefi Chadwick; Adele Conn; Zaki Cooper; Claudia Rosencrantz Shoshana Boyd Gelfand, Pears Foundation; Keren Advisory Board Chairwoman: Judy Ironside MBE David; Sharna David, Embassy of Israel; David Evans; Linda Berkowitz, Alexander Bodin-Saphir, Stephen Barak Ganor, Embassy of Israel; Laura Glanville, Brown, Lana Citron, Sharon Deutsch-Nadir, Luke BFI; Brigit Grant, Jewish News; Diana Helme; Holland, Clive Mishon, Alan Reich, Amy Rosenthal, Judi Herman; Jennifer Jankel, JMI; Anne Joseph; Gil Barry Skolnick, Raphael Smith Karpas, JMI; Marcel Knobil; Marlena Lukasiak, Polish Cultural Institute, Linda Majors; Alex Maws, AJR; Pears Short Film Fund Associate Producer & Head of FilmLab: Asher Tlalim Christophe Mercier; Sarah-Jane Meredith, BFI; Jelena at UK Jewish Film Panel: Nir Cohen, Michael Etherton, Judy Ironside, Milosavljevic, Phoenix; Alex Misick, CCA; Tracy-Ann Angelina Karpovich, Lesley Manning, Jonny Persey, Oberman; Sir Trevor Pears, Pears Foundation; Tammy Riley-Smith Katia Pizzi, Italian Cultural Institute; Stephen Ross; Programming Consultants Georgia Abrams, Steve Blackman, Lishar Camille, Ellie Ruhan, Makor ; Jason Solomons; Karen Laura Granditer, Maxine Hoffman, Gillian Keve, Snyder; Damian Spandley, Curzon; Rebecca Taylor, Danielle Kretzmer, Patti Langton, Sabrina Lemer, Jewish Renaissance; Danielle Vides; Ian Wall; Atira Linda Majors, Dexter Moseley, Roslyn Rawson, Winchester, New Israel Fund. David Shem-Tov, Séverine Vasselin

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Film Schedule

Thurs 5 Nov Opening Night Gala: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Fri 6 Nov It Happened in St Tropez Aulcie Muna, Nisman Sat 7 Nov Shiva Baby Golda Sun 8 Nov A Call to Spy The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Mossad Mon 9 Nov The Art of Waiting Holy Silence Blumenthal Tues 10 Nov An Irrepressible Woman Double Income Kids Man on the Bus Wed 11 Nov Winter Journey Viral Antisemitism Thurs 12 Nov Golden Voices Children of the Inquisition 15 Years Fri 13 Nov Black Mercedes Beyond the Music Sat 14 Nov Centrepiece Gala: The End of Love Hollywood’s Second World War Salsa Tel Aviv

ukjewishfilm.org Sun 15 Nov Happy Times They Call Me Dr Miami Breaking Bread Mon 16 Nov Peaches and Cream Dayan: The First Family A Matter of Size Tues 17 Nov Asia The Prophet Transkids Wed 18 Nov 5 to 7 Love & Stuff The Viewing Booth

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