British-Jewish Life on Film

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The programme includes Our Neighbour's Ass starring Maureen Lipman as the owner of a pet donkey who terrorises the residents of the cul-de-sac where it lives. Plus Friday Night Flop where Tracy-Ann Oberman is a mother losing touch with her reclusive, gambler daughter. 

Also showing Benjamin Till's mesmerising and moving new musical film, Psalms, exploring what unites us in an increasingly divided world. Filmed in the UK's most iconic and spiritual locations, including Glen Coe, Hadrian's Wall, the Peak District, the Neolithic stones at Rollright, and performed in Hebrew, Yiddish, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish and English dialects, this stunning 35-minute, entirely a capella cinematic journey shows how ancient Jewish themes resonate with modern day life. 

Full line-up includes: 

Our Neighbour's Ass (Dir. Max Goldberg)

Friday Night Flop (Dir. Simon Friedberg, Elliott Gerner)

The Adeni of Stamford Hill (Dir. Hannah Rosen, Aviel Lewis)

Pini on the Roof (Dir. Tilly Wax, Chai Crompton-Schreiber)

Torn (Dir. Carol Isaacs) Orphaned Burial Grounds (Dir. Jonny Weinberg)

Fridays at S. Cole (Dir. Eitan Badouk Epstein)

Psalms (Dir. Benjamin Till)

This programme will be a followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Benjamin Till, Max Goldberg, Melissa Sorrell and Richard Knight.

Also showing as part of the UK Jewish Film Festival on tour is The Performance (2024, 112mins, Dir. Shira Piven), playing at the Cottage Road Cinema on Thursday 24th November. For more info and to book head here.