UK Jewish Film Festival 2022

Best of British (Shorts Programme)

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8 films in package
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.
Funeral of A Marriage Counsellor
The sudden death of their long-term Jewish marriage counsellor throws a middle aged couple into turmoil.
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F**k Me in Yiddish
An aspiring stand-up comedian hopes to connect with his estranged – and eccentric – father.
Honesty
A young actress assumes a religious identity different to her own during an audition.
Kafkas
Fran, possibly Franz Kafka’s biggest and most neurotic fan, will do all it takes to have her beloved Czech writer’s last name, including cold-calling random Mr Kafaks she found in the phone book in the middle of the night.
Samovar
In this poetic short, British BAFTA-nominated director Lia Williams imagines the survival of Raoul Wallenberg, who saved as many as 100,000 Hungarian Jews, in a Soviet prison.
The Silent Treatment
It's Not Perverse, It's Mothers
The bond between various generations of women in the filmmaker’s family is explored through their common ritual of dying their hair red.
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Fran, possibly Franz Kafka’s biggest and most neurotic fan, will do all it takes to have her beloved Czech writer’s last name, including cold-calling random Mr Kafaks she found in the phone book in the middle of the night.  

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    17 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • Director
    Nick Blake
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