UK Jewish Film Festival 2022

Real to Reel (Shorts Programme)

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9 films in package
Visiting Ben Shemen
Dirndlschuld
Family Photo
Decades after it was taken, a picture of a Polish-Jewish family before the war brings their scattered descendants back together.
I Think It's Enough, Isn't It?
In this moving short, Israeli filmmaker Emily Shir Segal says goodbye to her beloved father who passed at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.
Last Words
Two Serbian women – the only two surviving native speakers of Ladino in Serbia – tell what the old Sephardic Jewish language means to them.
Closed captions available
My Father's War
In this extremely moving animated film, Peter Hein and his son David tell how Peter’s traumatic experience as a Jewish toddler in the Netherlands during the war has shaped both their lives.
Closed captions available
Rothschild 16
Seventy-four years after it hosted the young state’s Declaration of Independence, the modest building in Tel Aviv – a secular temple for some – still evokes strong emotions in Israelis and non-Israelis alike.
The Photographer
Do Not Resuscitate David Dix
Looking at old pictures of his past travels – including some documenting his time on a kibbutz – both delights eponymous (and Jewish) Dave and helps him crystallize his life philosophy.
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In 1946 three Jewish teenagers who had survived the Holocaust met at the Ben Shemen school in Palestine. More than 70 years after, the women, now in their late eighties, recount the unique and healing experience of being at the school.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    New Zealand
  • Director
    Miriam Harris
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