20th UK International Jewish Film Festival at Cineworld, Didsbury and HOME

Tom Grieve, Cinema Editor

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20th UK International Jewish Film Festival at Cineworld, Didsbury and HOME

Cineworld Didsbury, Manchester
6-20 November 2016

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The UK Jewish Film Festival turns twenty this year and they have lined up a huge selection of documentaries, features and short films throughout November. For this year’s edition of the fest, Manchester will host screenings at both HOME and Cineworld in Didsbury.

Highlights of the festival include a 9th November screening of Janina Quint’s fascinating sounding documentary Germans and Jews, which explores the position of Jewish people in Germany today and the UK premiere of Moos: a Dutch comedy about family life and the pressures of young dreams on the 13th November. Both films screen at HOME and Moos will be followed by a Q&A with director Job Gosschalk.

South of the city centre, Cineworld Didsbury will play Yuval Delshad’s Israeli Academy Award Winner Baba Joon on November 16th. Set in a Persian-immigrant moshav of the 1980s, the film tells the story of a young boy whose desire to build motorcars clashes with his father’s plans for him to work on the family turkey farm.

Also showing at Cineworld is twisty thriller The Origin of Violence, which follows a young Catholic schoolteacher who unearths family secrets when he finds a picture of his father in a concentration camp. Veteran French-Jewish director Élie Chouraqui will be on hand afterwards to answer your questions on the 15th November.

There are seventeen films screening across the two sites. For full details, visit the website.

Where to go near 20th UK International Jewish Film Festival at Cineworld, Didsbury and HOME

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Park
Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden

Fletcher Moss Park in Didsbury Village incorporates the Alpine House and Parsonage Gardens, and eventually leads down to the River Mersey via boardwalks through Stenner Woods.

Didsbury
Restaurant
The Wishing Well

A new gastro pub in Didsbury Village, specialising in hearty meals and high-quality drinks. 

Cheese and Win platter by Cheese Hamlet
Didsbury
Shop
Cheese Hamlet

Head to the Cheese Hamlet in West Didsbury for a huge range of cheese, must have deli items, and preserves.

Didsbury
Restaurant
Rudy’s Didsbury

Rudy’s Neapolitan Pizza serve up world-famous pizza at multiple UK branches, including this new Didsbury branch.

Didsbury
The Art of Tea

Nestled in the leafy side streets of Didsbury high street, The Art of Tea is the perfect place to grab a heart warming brew and read a book.

Didsbury
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Home Community Café

Independent, volunteer-run, and super family-friendly cafe in Didsbury serving cakes and proper coffee.

Bhaji Pala
Stockport
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Bhaji Pala

Bhaji Pala is an all-vegan Indian small-plates restaurant at the heart of the booming South Manchester food scene.

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