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A Jewish father and son return to the village from which they were deported, and where indifferent bystanders seized their home.
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A Jewish father and son return to the village from which they were deported, and where indifferent bystanders seized their home.
A group of Jewish American pilots smuggled planes out of America to fight for Israel in its War of Independence.
This powerful and captivating true story explores the little known role of South African Jews in consigning Apartheid to history.
Unhappy with her restrictive religious home, Rebecca secretly breaks taboos, joining a dance class where she meets a secular kibbutznik.
Three sisters return to their childhood home in Israel to confront their life choices. Set during the final days of Yitzhak Rabin’s reign.
As the Germans advance, 13-year-old Fanny finds herself in charge of a group of young children trying to reach the Swiss border.
Winner of an Israeli Academy Award in 2015. An 80-year-old man's body is found with three stab wounds to the chest and a mysterious tattoo.
When Anat, the scion of a distinguished musical family, learns that her new born baby might become deaf, she decides to do the unthinkable.
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.
Daniel Radcliffe as a young Israeli, fresh out of the army, who embarks on a South American jungle adventure which quickly goes wrong.
When his wife dies, sales assistant Menashe tries to follow the rabbi’s decree which obliges him to remarry in order to get custody of his young son Rieven.A rare Yiddish film set in orthodox Brooklyn
The estranged son of a once famous Jewish Moroccan musician is unexpectedly transformed after returning to his homeland, in this bittersweet and quirky crowd-pleaser.
London’s criminal underbelly and Haredi Jewish community collide in a dark portrait of disintegrating urban lives with an outstanding performance by Stephen Graham.
Joining the French Jewish Resistance during the war, mime artist Marcel Marceau helped save the lives of thousands of Jewish children.
A retired Mossad agent is drawn back into service to protect a Lebanese collaborator brought to a safe house in Hamburg.
Esther, a Jewish-Norwegian teenager, escapes the Nazis and winds up on an occupied farm, where she pretends to be a boy.
During one of his many business trips to Berlin, Israeli Oren visits a café and falls instantly in love – both with its cakes and with Thomas, the baker who makes them.
In a fantastical and beautifully-imagined Paris, a concentration camp survivor unravels her past to her grandson as they wander together through the city.
It’s 1941 and the SS sends a wounded officer to protect the Kaiser (Christopher Plummer). He falls for pretty maid Mieke (Lily James), a Jewish spy in disguise, passing intel to the Brits.
Latvia’s 2020 Oscar submission: the true story of blue-collar worker Zanis Lipke’s epic rescue operation during the war, which saved the lives of some 40 Jews.
Starring Martin Freeman and Diane Kruger as a Mossad agent, sent to spy in Tehran, only to be faced with a choice between nation or love.
A teenager makes his grandfather the subject of a school art project and discovers his heroic escape from the Nazis as a child.
Expecting a quiet night, Yakov finds himself fighting an ancient and malicious demon which threatens to take over his mind and spirit. The Vigil tells a gloriously scary – and very Jewish – tale.
This sensitive, superbly acted drama was selected as Hungary’s 2020 Oscar entry. Two solitary, lost souls form a strong bond that protects them from the trauma of the war.
A fascinating historical drama revolving around the real-life figure of Zdeněk Toman, a Jewish high-ranking official in post-war Czechoslovakia who ran the secret police.
The seder from hell! Enjoy this raucous family comedy starring New Girl's Max Greenfield (in his most Jewish role) where the festival's most important question is asked: When Do We Eat?
NEW RELEASE: UK premiere of the gripping, character-driven Israeli TV series thriller about a once-honest judge that is forced to shed his morals in order to protect his son. Pre-order now.