Honeymood
CLOSING NIGHT GALA FILM
19 Nov
7.30pm + Interviews, + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: The Jerusalem Foundation, Isabelle & Ivor Seddon
GALAS
The End of Love
CENTREPIECE GALA FILM
14 Nov
7.30pm + Festival Awards Ceremony, + Introduction, + Q&A, Special Event, UK Premiere
online
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
OPENING NIGHT GALA FILM
5 Nov
7.30pm + Interviews, + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: The Rosemarie Nathanson Charitable Trust
DRAMA
15 Years
12 Nov
7.30pm UK Premiere
A Call to Spy
Suspenseful drama revealing the little-known heroines of the Second World War.
8 Nov
An Irrepressible Woman
6 Nov
4.30pm + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: Sallyrose and Jonathan Lewis, Stella & Zamir Joory
Asia
6 Nov
Black Mercedes
13 Nov
Golden Voices
Forced to take odd jobs to make ends meet, and struggling to adjust to their new culture, a Russian couple who have made aliyah, are in danger of drifting apart.
6 Nov
Happy Times
15 Nov
Peaches and Cream
16 Nov
Shiva Baby
7 Nov
The Art of Waiting
9 Nov
The End of Love
CENTREPIECE GALA FILM
14 Nov
7.30pm + Festival Awards Ceremony, + Introduction, + Q&A, Special Event, UK Premiere
online
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
8 Nov
4.30pm + Panel Discussion, Special Screening
online
Sponsors: Nimrod Capital, Anne Joseph & James Libson, Italian Cultural Institute London
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
OPENING NIGHT GALA FILM
5 Nov
7.30pm + Interviews, + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: The Rosemarie Nathanson Charitable Trust
Winter Journey
6 Nov
COMEDY
5 to 7
Classic romantic comedy and a brilliant life-affirming story with fantastic joie de vivre starring Glenn Close and Frank Langella and the late Anton Yelchin.
18 Nov
A Matter of Size
16 Nov
Blumenthal
Even after his death, celebrated playwright Harold Blumenthal (Brian Cox) continues to provoke his nearest and dearest. Meet a new generation of self-obsessed Jewish New Yorkers.
9 Nov
Honeymood
CLOSING NIGHT GALA FILM
19 Nov
7.30pm + Interviews, + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: The Jerusalem Foundation, Isabelle & Ivor Seddon
It Happened in St Tropez
6 Nov
Mossad
8 Nov
7.30pm + Introduction
online
Sponsors: Sandra and Geoffrey, Nili and David Chinn, Judith Gordon & Alan Spier
Private Benjamin
12 Nov
Salsa Tel Aviv
14 Nov
DOCUMENTARY
Aulcie
6 Nov
Beyond the Music: The Barenboim-Said Academy
13 Nov
4.30pm + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: Ruth and Martin Dunitz, The Embassy of Switzerland
Breaking Bread
15 Nov
4.30pm + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: The Blair Partnership, Moishe House with the support of the Genesis Philanthropy Group
Children of the Inquisition
Dayan: The First Family
16 Nov
Double Income Kids
Golda
7 Nov
Hollywood’s Second World War
Holy Silence
9 Nov
7.30pm + Introduction, + Panel Discussion, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: Part of the Alan Howard International Documentary Strand
Love & Stuff
6 Nov
Man on the Bus
Eve Ash uncovers the truth about her Holocaust surviving parents and re-evaluates everything she has ever thought she knew about her family - and herself.
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy
6 Nov
4.30pm + Discussion, + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: Part of the Alan Howard International Documentary Strand
The Prophet
17 Nov
7.30pm + Panel Discussion, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: Part of the Alan Howard International Documentary Strand
The Viewing Booth
18 Nov
They Call Me Dr Miami
15 Nov
Transkids
6 Nov
4.30pm + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: Manchester University, The Centre for Jewish Studies
Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations
11 Nov
7.30pm + Introduction, + Panel Discussion
online
Sponsors: Part of the Alan Howard International Documentary Strand
TV SERIES
Muna
6 Nov
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy
6 Nov
4.30pm + Discussion, + Introduction, UK Premiere
online
Sponsors: Part of the Alan Howard International Documentary Strand
PEARS SHORT FILM FUND
BRITISH SHORTS - PROGRAMME 1
From ageing to transitioning, this dazzling array of new shorts explores the gamut of Jewish experiences in the UK today.
Carrying the Candle
Ganef
9 Nov
Jude (dir. Amos Menin)
9 Nov
Moshe and Amira
9 Nov
Sunrise Not Sunset
9 Nov
The Covenant
9 Nov
The Eleventh Plague
9 Nov
Woman of Valour
BRITISH SHORTS - PROGRAMME 2
A selection of some of the most inventive, quirky and thought-provoking new British films.
ISRAELI SHORTS - PROGRAMME 1
The shorts in this programme boldly explore some of the most burning issues in Israeli society today.
ISRAELI SHORTS - PROGRAMME 2
Whimsical, funny and romantic: a selection of films to fall in love with.
THE PRIDE COLLECTION - A SHORTS PROGRAMME
Fiction, documentary, or animation: the shorts in this strand are as diverse as the communities they celebrate.
WOMEN'S HOUR - A SHORTS PROGRAMME
The challenges, heartbreaks and triumphs: a collection of powerful films about women and sisterhood.
Alina
6 Nov
Eleanor of Illinois
6 Nov
Kosher
6 Nov
Prologue
6 Nov
The Schnoz
The Woman Who Heard Too Much
6 Nov
FAMILY MATTERS - A SHORTS PROGRAMME
The good, the challenging and the beautiful: the many facets of our most sacred institution.
Butterflies
Carrying the Candle
Mum’s Hairpins
6 Nov
Over My Dead Body
6 Nov
Petting Zoo
6 Nov
Woman of Valour
SPECIAL EVENTS
Antisemitism & Film
16 Nov
Dorfman Best Film Award 2020
14 Nov
Home Movie
Israel on Screen
15 Nov
Not just a few squirts of ketchup
6 Nov
