A selection of short films, exploring various aspects of British-Jewish life through film.
Screening in this programme:
Our Neighbour’s Ass – dir. Max Goldberg – A widow, played by Dame Maureen Lipman, left with the responsibility of caring for her late husband’s donkey, comes up against her neighbours’ frustrations as the animal becomes a local nuisance.
Friday Night Flop – dirs. Elliot Gerner and Simon Friedberg – Tracy-Ann Oberman plays a mother losing touch with her daughter in an age of digital distraction. But a turn of events sparks a new beginning.
The Adeni of Stamford Hill – dirs. Hannah Rosen and Aviel Lewis – A rare snapshot of the little-known community of Jews from Aden, Yemen, who live in the midst of the ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi community of Stamford Hill.
Orphaned Graveyards – dir. Jonny Weinberg – Far from Britain’s big Jewish communities, forgotten burial grounds have become places for Jews to find each other and fight to preserve their overlooked heritage.
Torn – dir. Carol Isaacs – After October 7th, a very personal reflection on the torn posters of the kidnapped, in the search for a symbol of hope and healing.
Pini on the Roof – dirs. Tilly Wax and Chaia Crompton-Schreiber – Pini on the Roof is a humorous and moving day-in-the-life portrait of Yiddish Blues singer Pini, as he navigates belonging in the secular world whilst not rejecting his past.
Fridays at S. Cole – dir. Eitan Badouk-Epstein – Life at S. Cole, a family-run poulterer from the Jewish East End that has resolutely been serving chicken to migrant communities for more than a century.
Psalms – dir. Benjamin Till – A mesmerising and moving musical film exploring what unites us in an increasingly divided world.
Event/ This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the creative team behind Our Neighbour’s Ass.