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The
festival is just around the corner and all the pieces are
coming together. Tickets go on sale at the Palace IFC and
Cine-Art House box offices starting November 1st. Don't
leave it to the last minute! Last year many of our screenings
were sold out.
Here
are some details about a few more films that you can see at
this year's event.
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| Seres Queridos (Only Human) |
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Leni arrives home to introduce her fiancé Rafi to her Jewish family
for the first time – her mother Gloria, her promiscuous
sister Tania, Tania's contrary 8-year-old daughter Paula,
her recently orthodox brother David and her blind grandfather
Dudu. Everything goes wonderfully until the lovers reveal
that Rafi is Palestinian. With his future mother-in-law
unhinged by the news, Rafi tries to ingratiate himself
by helping in the kitchen but in his zeal he accidentally
drops the soup he was meant to defrost out the seventh
floor window, hitting a pedestrian below. Rafi sneaks
downstairs to check on the body and retrieve the soup.
Having seen the victim, Rafi rushes upstairs not knowing
what to do. As he returns to the kitchen he notices
a family portrait of Leni's father, which bears a very
close resemblance to the corpse lying outside.
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| The Man Who Loved Haugesund |
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This fascinating documentary represents a big part of
untold Holocaust history in Norway that still remains
unknown. Moritz Rabinowitz, a Polish Jewish
merchant, came to Haugesund, a mid-sized seaport
where he built up the largest department store and
clothing manufacturing business in Scandinavia. A
well-known anti-Hitler activist, he was the prime
target when the Germans invaded Norway. The fact
that he was captured after he couldn't leave his
daughter behind is one emotional kicker; the other is
the suggestion that despite his love for his adopted
town, a lingering, if mild, anti-Semitism towards him
still remains.
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The
6th Annual Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival - November
12 - 27. Tickets go on sale starting November
1st.
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The Mascot |
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For most of his life Alex Kurzem harboured a secret.
As a five-year-old Russian orphan in World War Two,
he had been found by Latvian soldiers, made their
mascot and given a new name and birthdate. But
Alex was actually a Jew who was being kept alive by
those who were exterminating his people. With his
real identity hidden, he became a poster boy for the
Nazi ideal and was taken into a Latvian family, who
later migrated to Australia. This is the story of Alex's
search for his true history and the unexpected
impact that it had on his family, his community and
himself.
Alex Kurzem will be in attendance.
Read a review...
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