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The Last Five Years

Based on the hit musical by Jason Robert Brown, a struggling actress and her novelist boyfriend recount the rise and fall of their five-year love affair.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...



Experimenter

A fascinating true story of Jewish psychologist Stanley Milgram, and his groundbreaking ‘Obedience Experiments’ in 1961.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

Sacred Sperm

Sensitive and deeply complex, Sacred Sperm explores one of the most suppressed issues of the Orthodox Jewish Community: the sin of ‘wasting sperm’.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

JeruZalem

Two young girls follow a handsome anthropology student to Jerusalem, but their getaway descends into a nightmare when the Day of Atonement arrives...

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

Jew eat Yet?

Celebrating Paranoia. Jewishness and comedy in the films of Woody Allen

An illustrated talk with Jason Solomons, film critic and author of Woody Allen: Film by Film, and Rafi Zarum, rabbi and scholar. 2015 marks the 80th birthday of the legendary Jewish filmmaker. In this special event, Solomons and Zarum discuss the comic, moral and ethical issues surrounding the representation of Jewishness in Woody Allen’s films. Illustrated with hand-picked clips!

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/film/jew-eat-yet/

Hotline

Delve into the Hotline centre, a tiny downtown office, tasked with helping thousands of new African migrants adjust to a new life in Israel.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/film/hotline/

Encirclements

Aharon is chosen to carry the Torah scrolls on Simchat Torah, but after dropping and shattering the Torah, life takes an unexpected and devastating turn.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

Hill Start

A box-office comic sensation in Israel about a bourgeois Jerusalem family who bring new meaning to the word dysfunctional.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

Sabena

A heart-pounding account of the dramatic hijacking of Sabena flight 571, and an astonishing insight behind this flashpoint from the era of terrorist hijackings.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/film/sabena-qa/

Suicide

Tense, action-packed and unpredictable, Suicide follows the final hours of a man in debt to a ruthless loan-shark.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

Portrait of a Serial Monogamist

A vibrantly fun romantic comedy about a serial monogamist on a journey of self-discovery after leaving what may have been the love of her life.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

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Fauda

Watch the entire stunning new Israeli TV series that has garnered critical acclaim and thrilled audiences in equal measure. A brilliantly realised depiction of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/film/fauda/

The Anarchist Rabbi

A meditative reflection on London’s Jewish workers’ movement through the voice of anarchist Rudolf Rocker, whose voice is brought to life by Steven Berkoff.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/film/the-anarchist-rabbi/

Labyrinth of Lies

Giulio Ricciarelli directs his debut based on the landmark investigations that led to the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, and Germany's collective post-war amnesia on its horrors.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

Ceasefire

Religious, class and sexual tensions between two couples threaten to boil over in this superbly gripping drama set during the Second Lebanon War.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/19th-uk-jewish-film-festival/films/?sea...

I Smile Back

A revelatory performance from Emmy-nominated comedian Sarah Silverman in this visceral and powerful tale of female disillusionment with suburban life.

Book here: http://ukjewishfilm.org/film/i-smile-back/

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