Exclusive: The event has revealed its line-up for 2016.
The 20th edition of the UK International Jewish Film Festival (Nov 5 - 20) has revealed its programme, showcasing more than 80 films including world, European and UK premieres.
The opening night gala held at the BFI Southbank will be a screening of James Schamus’s latest film Indignation, which stars Sarah Gadon and Logan Lerman in the story of a working class Jewish student struggling with cultural disaffection and sexual repression in 1950s Ohio.
The line-up of UK premieres includes Maya Zinshtein’s football documentary Forever Pure, which recently had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Eran Kolirin’s Beyond The Mountains And Hills, and Nadav Lapid’s From The Diary Of A Wedding Photographer, which both premiered at Cannes Film Festival this year.
Israeli director Dorit Hakim, whose Moon In The 12th House debuted in competition at Cannes this year, will participate...
The 20th edition of the UK International Jewish Film Festival (Nov 5 - 20) has revealed its programme, showcasing more than 80 films including world, European and UK premieres.
The opening night gala held at the BFI Southbank will be a screening of James Schamus’s latest film Indignation, which stars Sarah Gadon and Logan Lerman in the story of a working class Jewish student struggling with cultural disaffection and sexual repression in 1950s Ohio.
The line-up of UK premieres includes Maya Zinshtein’s football documentary Forever Pure, which recently had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Eran Kolirin’s Beyond The Mountains And Hills, and Nadav Lapid’s From The Diary Of A Wedding Photographer, which both premiered at Cannes Film Festival this year.
Israeli director Dorit Hakim, whose Moon In The 12th House debuted in competition at Cannes this year, will participate...
- 9/23/2016
- ScreenDaily
The director’s feature debut plays in competition at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival.
Here in Jerusalem with her feature directorial debut Moon In The 12th House, Dorit Hakim has had a whirlwind three years since returning to Israel from the Us. “I barely saw my kids for almost a year while making this movie,” she recalls.
The film, which screens at Jerusalem Film Festival (July 7-17) on July 13 and 14, depicts a pair of estranged Israeli sisters who are reunited, forcing them to come to terms with the circumstances that tore them apart. It was nominated for six Ophir awards last year, and had its international premiere at Seattle International Film Festival in May. Producers Movie Plus are acting as sales agent, and United King will distribute in Israel.
Hakim found raising money for her debut feature a challenge and was unable to secure any production support from the country’s film funds. “It’s hard...
Here in Jerusalem with her feature directorial debut Moon In The 12th House, Dorit Hakim has had a whirlwind three years since returning to Israel from the Us. “I barely saw my kids for almost a year while making this movie,” she recalls.
The film, which screens at Jerusalem Film Festival (July 7-17) on July 13 and 14, depicts a pair of estranged Israeli sisters who are reunited, forcing them to come to terms with the circumstances that tore them apart. It was nominated for six Ophir awards last year, and had its international premiere at Seattle International Film Festival in May. Producers Movie Plus are acting as sales agent, and United King will distribute in Israel.
Hakim found raising money for her debut feature a challenge and was unable to secure any production support from the country’s film funds. “It’s hard...
- 7/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
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