UK Jewish Film Festival, Manchester

The 17th UK Jewish film festival, 30 Sept - 17 Oct 2013. Films showing at Manchester venues include: Wed 30 Oct: The Jewish Cardinal (Le Métis de Dieu). 8pm at Cineworld Parrs Wood. UK Premiere with Gala Reception at 7.15pm. Dir. Ilan Duran-Cohen. France 2012. English subtitles. 90 mins. This star-studded biopic tells the story of Polish/Jewish Jean-Marie Lustiger who converted to Catholicism at 14, eventually becoming an archbishop and a cardinal. His mother was murdered at Auschwitz. An advocate for Christian-Jewish dialogue, his struggle against the construction of a Carmelite convent on the Auschwitz site plays like a crime story. Sun 3 Nov: It Happened in St Tropez (Des Gens Qui S'Embrassent). 7pm, Cineworld Parrs Wood. Dir. Danielle Thompson. France 2013. English subtitles. 100 mins. Sibling rivalry kicks off this comedy of showdowns and misunderstandings from London to Paris; New Yorkto St Tropez. Out of the rubble of arguments and haphazard reconciliations blossoms a beautiful love story, or two! Tue 5 Nov: Orchestra of Exiles: the Story of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. 8.30pm at the Cornerhouse,Manchester. Dir. Josh Aronson. USA 2012. 85 mins. The story of Polish violinist Bronislaw Hubermann who rescued some of the world's greatest musicians from Nazi Germany culminating in what would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Thu 7 Nov: Fill the Void. 7.30pm at Cineworld, Parrs Wood. Dir. Rama Burshtein. Israel 2012. English subtitles. 90 mins. This poignant and moving film tells the story of 18-year-old Shira, youngest daughter of a Hasidic Tel Aviv family. Shira is forced to choose between two prospective husbands - one her heart's wish and the other her sense of duty. Sun 10 Nov: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy. 4pm at the Cornerhouse, Manchester. Dir. Michael Kantor. USA 2012. 90 mins. Dazzling insight into the Jewish composers and lyricists who created 'The American Songbook'. This riveting, toe-tapping film features Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Kurt Weill, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Jules Styne and many others. Thu 14 Nov: Regina. 6.30pm at the Cornerhouse, Manchester. Dir. Diana Groó. Hungary 2013. English and Hungarian with English subtitles. 63 mins. Regina Jonas, the world's first female rabbi, was ordained by a liberal rabbi in Berlin in 1935. At 37 she met the love of her life, Rabbi Josef Norden. Both were deported to Theresienstadt. Only their love letters survived the Holocaust. Sun 17 Nov: In the Shadow. 4pm (Reception 3.30pm) at the Cornerhouse, Manchester. Dir. David Ondricek. Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland 2012. English subtitles. 106 mins. Stylish film noir and historical drama set in the dark Stalinist days of early 1950s Prague. A gripping crime thriller and biting political commentary. Winner of 5 Czech film critics’ awards. Further information.
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