Hitler Satire 'Jojo Rabbit' Headline UK Jewish Film Fest
in Toronto and now tipped for Oscars glory, is set to close the 2019 U.K. Jewish Film Festival.
The news – announced Thursday – may help settle any fears about the sensitive nature of the story, in which the New Zealand filmmaker, Jewish on his mother’s side, plays a boisterous and idiotic version of Adolf Hitler, who appears as the imaginary friend of a young boy in WWII Germany. Boasting what it claims to be the largest Jewish film festival program in the world, the 23rd U.K. Jewish Film Festival – running from November 6-12 across London with a U.K. tour hitting 20 cities – will include 96 films, alongside Q&As and discussions., with other gala screenings including the U.K.
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