After going online last year the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival (HKJFF) returns to theatres for its 22nd year.
The HKJFF will screen 32 films, documentaries and shorts, over 8 days and nights from 13-21 November at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center in Admiralty and the Golden Scene Cinema in Kennedy Town.
Opening the festival is Mano Khalil‘s Neighbours a film full of humour and satire based on the experiences of Sero, a Kurdish boy dealing with border wars and anti-Zionist rhetoric, in 1982 Syria.
In 2021 the HKJFF teams up with the Hong Kong French Film Festival on the 18 November at Golden Scene cinema for a night of French films including Aurélie Saada’s Rose, and Sandrine Kiberlain‘s A Radiant Girl (Une fille qui va bien).
Twenty Second Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
Date: 13-21 November, 2021
Venue: Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Golden Scene Cinema
Tickets: $100
More info: www.hkjff.org