UK Jewish Film Festival 2023

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Amazing Grace (Hessed Mufla) (Country: Israel; Year: 1992; Director: Amos Guttman; Writer: Amos Guttman; Stars: Sharon Alexander, Aki Avni, Dvora Bartonov, Ishai Golan, Gal Hoyberger, Rivka Michaeli)
Against the backdrop of AIDS, this drama explores two families, each with a gay son..
Barren (Country: Israel; Year: 2022; Director: Mordechai Vardi; Writer: Mordechai Vardi; Stars: Mili Eshet, Yoav Rotman, Ilanit Ben-Yaakov, Nevo Kimchi, Gil Frank, Golan Azulai, Renana Raz, Henry David, Yana Yossef, Michael Weigel)
A childless young ultra-orthodox couple faces a crisis after a traumatic treatment to help them conceive.
Children Of Nobody (Country: Israel; Year: 2022; Director: Erez Tadmor)
In the heart of the historic and ultra-gentrified Neve Tzedek neighbourhood in Tel Aviv, Margalit runs a shelter for at-risk youth, offering her children love, guidance and motherly care. When tragedy strikes, and with ruthless real estate developers competing for the valuable property, her assistant who grew up there himself, comes up with a plan to ensure he and the kids can continue living together.
The Future (Country: Israel; Year: 2023; Director: Noam Kaplan; Writer: Noam Kaplan; Stars: Reymonde Amsellem, Samar Qupty, Dar Zuzovsky, Aviva Ger, Salwa Nakkara)
Nurit, a criminal profiler, is recruited by Israel’s secret service to interrogate a young Palestinian woman who assassinated a government minister. Over the course of their meetings, Nurit realises some uncomfortable truths.
A Room Of His Own (Country: Israel; Year: 2023; Director: Matan Yair; Writer: Matan Yair; Stars: Yarden Bar-Kochba, Gilad Lederman, Israel Bright, Dror Keren, Neta Roth)
Uri makes a mistake in his interview for the army - he tells the truth. He says he's been sharing a room with his mother, his father is about to leave them, and he doesn't think he'll fit in in the army. In his last year of high school, Uri will have to find his path in life and a room of his own.
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