Archive 2021
Susam / SHORTS WJFF: FAMILY TIDES
Sami Morhayim, Turkey, 2021, 18 min
A Turkish-Jewish family faces a series of dilemmas on the morning of Susam’s Bar-mitzvah ceremony with the limitations of Shabbat day rules when Susam locks himself in his room and does not get out for his ceremony.
The movie is part of the program SHORTS WJFF: FAMILY TIDES
In good times and in bad, in sickness and in health… Though the force of family ties in these six films makes the protagonists return to the past and to the traditions, but the strength of individuality will not give up without a fight.
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20.11, Saturday | 18:00 | VOD.Warszawa.pl
Tale of Life / SHORTS WJFF: FAMILY TIDES
David Bodrogi, Hungary, 2021, 17 min
At the beginning of the 20th century, an epidemic decimated the dwellers of a small Jewish village. Their healer, Absalom, cannot do anything about it, science is at a cul-de-sac. When the half-orphaned Rifka also catches the disease, the villagers suddenly feel they have to do something for the child and for themselves. They turn towards faith and God for help. Can faith help? Is it possible to deviate from dogmas, and bargain with the Creator, and is the Creator willing to bargain with them?
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20.11, Saturday | 18:00 | VOD.Warszawa.pl
THE ACTRESS / DIE SCHAUSPIELERIN – SECTION A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
SIEGFRIED KÜHN, DDR, 1989, 86 min
"SECTION A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME" - jewish existence during the Cold War: a German-Polish journey through time and a juxtaposition of cinematic histories on the occasion of DEFA’s 75th anniversary.
The relationship of the GDR and the People's Republic of Poland towards Judaism was, in light of the Nazi occupation, Shoah and the Cold War, characterised in several respects by reinterpretations of history. Accordingly, the few films that were made on the subject proceeded cautiously. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the foundi ... read more
20.11, Saturday | 20:00 | Kino AMONDO
The Binding of Itzik / SHORTS WJFF: FAMILY TIDES
Anika Benkov, USA, 2020, 17 min
A middle aged Hasidic bookbinder, in his search for binding materials, stumbles across a craigslist ad offering 'binding lessons for submissive women.' He responds to it, and becomes entangled in an emotionally intense, BDSM relationship with a stranger on the internet that threatens to unravel his quiet life.
The movie is part of the program SHORTS WJFF: FAMILY TIDES
In good times and in bad, in sickness and in health… Though the force of family ties in these six films makes the protagonists return to the past and to ... read more
20.11, Saturday | 18:00 | VOD.Warszawa.pl
The Blum Case / Affaire Blum SECTION A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
ERICH ENGEL, SBZ , 1948, 109 min
"SECTION A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME" - jewish existence during the Cold War: a German-Polish journey through time and a juxtaposition of cinematic histories on the occasion of DEFA’s 75th anniversary.
The relationship of the GDR and the People's Republic of Poland towards Judaism was, in light of the Nazi occupation, Shoah and the Cold War, characterised in several respects by reinterpretations of history. Accordingly, the few films that were made on the subject proceeded cautiously. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the foundi ... read more
17.11, Wednesday | 20:00 | Kino AMONDO
The Fourth Window
Yair Quedar, Israel, 2021, 86 min
A multidimensional portrait of Amos Oz, the world's greatest Israeli writer. The backbone of the film are conversations between Oz and his biographer and friend about a double tragedy lurking behind his international success. When Oz was 12 he experienced suicide of his mother. He later left home, joined kibbutz and changed his surname to "Oz" (Hebrew "courage"). The second tragedy struck a few years before his death when the younger daughter accused him of sadistic abuse, severing all contact. The writer tells his last story sharing his views on diverse subjects of personal life, literature and politics.
17.11, Wednesday | 18:00 | Kino HELIOS Blue City
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