Shorts 2
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe 20th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
Screening 3:15pm – 4:45pm
Travelogue Tel Aviv
Director: Samuel Patthey | Switzerland | 2017 |Short / Documentary / Animation | Silent | 6 mins
A young art student from Switzerland arrives for six months in Tel Aviv. Through drawing he will learn to analyze, understand and free himself to this contrasted environment.
Sponsored by Louise Brown & Udi Oz, Supported by The Consulate General of Switzerland in Hong Kong
How to Swim
Director: Noa Gusakov | Israel | 2018 | Short / Comedy / Drama | Hebrew | English subtitles |15 mins
In the last few days of her pregnancy, a terrified mother-to-be kidnaps a maternal stranger for an afternoon of high jinks.
Sponsored by Louise Brown & Udi Oz, Supported by the Consulate General of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau
Shabbos Kallah
Director: Aleeza Chanowitz|Israel2018|Short/Drama| Hebrew|English subtitles| 17 min
Elka tries to prove that her best friend Daniela will still need her once she’s married, especially for her great knowledge about sex.
Parent Advisory: Disturbing content and language
Please note: This film is not suitable for children under 16 years.
Sponsored by Louise Brown & Udi Oz, Supported by the Consulate General of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau
The Youngest
Director: Rachel Elitzur | Israel | 2018 | Short / Drama / Romance | Hebrew | English subtitles | 19 mins
Leah, an ultra-Orthodox woman who works in her widowed mother’s store, is ready for love, but her mother seems unwilling to let her go.
Sponsored by Louise Brown & Udi Oz, Supported by the Consulate General of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau
Shmil
Director: Baruch Rosenstein | Israel | 2018 | Short / Drama | Hebrew | English subtitles | 15 mins
When Shmil is expelled from a prestigious ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, he will do anything in his power to be allowed to return.
Sponsored by Louise Brown & Udi Oz, Supported by the Consulate General of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau
Terror
Director: Yonatan Shehoah | Israel | 2018 | Short / Action / Drama | Hebrew | English subtitles | 17 mins
Dan, who suffers from PTSD after bring wounded in a terrorist attack, finds himself thrown together with his Arab co-workers when multiple terror attacks hit Jerusalem.
Sponsored by Louise Brown & Udi Oz, Supported by the Consulate General of Israel in Hong Kong & Macau
Event Details
Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty