Archive 2018
Edek
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POLISH PREMIERE EDEK: An 85 year old Holocaust survivor named Janine and a young American rapper named Kapoo collaborate to deliver a Hip Hop message to the youth of the world. A poignant and uniquely challenging fusion of prose, music and rap. For the first time, one of the world’s darkest stories is told in […]
17.11, Saturday | 20:15 | POLIN Museum
Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story
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WARSAW PREMIERE People from all over the world have come to love Israeli writer Etgar Keret for his surreal short stories and his hilarious live performances. Both Keret’s short stories and the anecdotes from his own life, share the fact that they are very relatable despite their incredible absurdities. How did Keret become such an […]
12.11, Monday | 18:00 | POLIN Museum
Fig Tree
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POLISH PREMIERE 16 years old Jewish Mina, is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in […]
15.11, Thursday | 19:00 | PRAHA Cinema
Homeless (On a hejm – Baal Tszuwe) – OLD POLISH-YIDDISH CINEMA
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The film shows a typical Jewish history, one of many being shown in those years. Living in Kazimierz Dolny Rywinów family living under very difficult conditions, because the father decides to leave for the U.S. to find a better life. In America, works hard and feels alone, up until the Bessie (Bessy) – a nightclub […]
17.11, Saturday | 12:00 | POLIN Museum (Screening room A)
IN MEMORY OF RONIT ELKABETZ: Or (My Treasure)
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IN MEMORY OF RONIT ELKABETZ: OR, dir. Keren Yedaya, Israel 2004, 97’ Visually controlled, emotionally precise and dramatically intricate, Keren Yedaya’s Or (My Treasure) combines uncompromising realism with compassionate storytelling. Winner of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival Camera D’Or for best debut film, Or is the work of an “uncommonly sensitive” filmmaker who delivers “walloping irony” (Time Out New York) without […]
13.11, Tuesday | 20:45 | PRAHA Cinema
In Search of Israeli Cuisine
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A portrait of the Israeli people told through food. Profiling chefs, home cooks, farmers, vintners, and cheese makers drawn from the more than 100 cultures that make up Israel today – Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Druze. The guide of In Search of Israeli Cuisine is Michael Solomonov, the James Beard award winning chef and owner […]
16.11, Friday | 18:00 | MINDSPACE
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