UKJFF Film Library
A constantly expanding selection of film highlights from past UK Jewish Film Festivals which are available to show on DVD for group screenings at a time and place to suit you and your community or organisation. Already hugely popular, the UKJFF Film Library provides entertainment and history as well as matters of Jewish concern and interest.
UKJFF Standard Film Hire Charges per screening*
Feature Film £85 - Documentary £75 - Short Film £50**
Free film hire for academic institutions and student organisations (up to maximum of 4 per year)
To book a film please email our office at info@ukjff.org.uk
Or call us 020 3176 0048
*These charges apply where the audience is 50 people or less. The film hire charge includes one way film postage
**Some variation above and below this figure depending on the length of the short film
SEARCH  My NoseDirector : Gayle Kirschenbaum USA 2007 13 mins One can hardly come closer to stereotypes than talking about Jewish noses and Jewish mothers. In My Nose Gayle Kirschenbaum proves that there is still room for an original take on both subjects. Her witty journey is an attempt to come to terms with both body image and family ties and is certain to make you laugh. Its endearing charm is also guaranteed to make you look at your profile as soon as you're out of the cinema.  My TerroristDirector : Yulie Cohen Gerstel Israel 2002 58 mins In the 1970s a young woman was wounded by a terrorist from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine whilst she was a member of an El Al flight crew in London. As a grown woman with daughters of her own she is afraid to allow out on the streets in Israel for fear that they will be caught up in a suicide bombing. In this documentary journey Yulie is driven to seek reconciliation with the man who injured her and who is still serving his sentence in a UK prison. In the incessant climate of violence and hatred on both sdes Yulie tried to find a way to sow the seeds of reconciliation and to process her own experience in order to make sense of the world in which her children are living.  One Day CrossingDirector : Joan Stein USA 2001 25 mins Budapest, Hungary, 1944. A woman struggles to survive the brutality of war while protecting her family and hiding her own dark secret as she tries to pass herself off as a Christian.  One of the Hollywood TenDirector : Karl Francis UK 2000 104 mins Jeff Goldblum, Greta Scacchi, and Angela Molina star in this powerful feature about Jewish director Herbert Biberman. During the McCarthy era of the 1950s, Biberman was one of the Hollywood Ten sent to jail for refusing to testify against his colleagues and name them as communists. The film presents a remarkable portrait of a time when all of Hollywood was caught up in Cold War paranoia, and many artists named names to save their careers. Biberman’s wife, Academy Award-winning actress Gale Sondergaard, who stood by her husband and her principles, couldn't find work for decades. Biberman directed The Salt of the Earth (1953), a drama about Mexican laborers in California. That film was one of the first 100 films chosen to be preserved in the Library of Congress.  Personal GoalsDirector : Ran Carmeli Israel 1996 16 mins Danny Tranto will do anything to make Yaron, his nine-year-old son, a famous soccer player. Yaron, however, has other ideas.  PromisesDirector : BZ Goldberg, Justine Shapiro, Carlos Bolado USA 2001 106 mins This documentary film features seven Israeli and Palestinian children from east and west Jerusalem. Each child offers a dramatic, emotional and at times hilarious perspective into issues that are at the heart of the Middle East conflict. The film explores the boundaries that lie between these children living no more than 20 minutes apart, but locked in separate worlds, and tells the stoy of a few who dared to cross the lines to meet their neighbours.  Sea HorsesDirector : Nir Bergman 1998 Israel 17 mins Ten year old Noam has a teenage sister, a younger sister and parents who have decided on a trial separation.  SilenceDirector : Orly Yadin UK 1998 11 mins This imaginative animated film captures the haunting, surreal world of a child who survived Teresienstadt thanks to her resourceful grandmother.  Sliding FloraDirector : Talya Lavie Israel 2003 12 mins Flora is waiting in a coffee shop that requires complex acrobatic skills. She is finding it hard to cope but she still has her dramatic talent.  Sour MilkDirector : Amit Gicelter UK/Israel 2007 10 mins Jerusalem 1929, set against the backdrop of one of the harshest Arab attacks on Jews in Bristish mandatory Palestine. Seven -year-old Haya goes with her mother, Leah, to the market to buy groceries for the Sabbath. Forgetful of the late hour and unaware of the events brewing, they find themselves trapped in riots, in a local Arab spice store. Thanks to the kind-hearted storekeeper, Leah is offered a chnce to save her daughter and perhaps herself as well. |
