Festival blog Thursday

Festival blog Thursday, 8 May 2025

In the slideshow below, we take a look back at the festival Wednesday.

Today, Thursday, the JFBB is all about identity, memory and personal emancipation.
Right in the afternoon, at 2:30 pm, the film series Antisemitism in Post-Socialism will be showing the film THE SECRET by Polish director Przemysław Wojcieszek in Berlin's Filmkunst 66 (Room 2). Ksawery is gay, Karolina is Jewish. The two visit Ksawery's grandfather Jan in the country. They are confronted with a long-suppressed anti-Semitic family secret - a dense, atmospheric story about speaking and silence. The director will be present for the Q&A.

EID, the gripping feature film debut by Yousef Abo Madegem, will be screened at Filmmuseum Potsdam at 15:30. It is the first film produced in Israel by a Bedouin director. The film tells the story of a young man torn between patriarchal tradition, the desire for self-realisation and a forbidden love. The director is also here in person for a discussion.

PINK LADY is the new film by Nir Bergman and can be seen at 16:30 in Filmkunst 66 (Saal 1). Bati and Lazer are happily married members of Jerusalem's ultra-orthodox community. But then blackmail photos appear showing Lazer kissing another man. Screenwriter Mindi Ehrlich will be present for the Q&A and will talk about the making of this sensitive, courageous film.

At Moviemento Berlin at 18:00, the documentary JACOB DE HAAN - A VOICE OUT OF TIME is dedicated to an almost forgotten poet and activist. Jacob de Haan was gay, Jewish, pacifist - and was probably murdered for this reason. Zvi Landsman's documentary approaches his eventful life with empathy and vigour. The director is also on site.
To round off the day, there will be a film portrait of one of the most influential comic artists of our time: ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE will be shown at 20:30 at the Thalia cinema in Potsdam. The documentary sheds light on the life of the Mouse author, his creative crises, his visions and his political stance. The two directors Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin will be present for a discussion after the film.

Tickets for all screenings cost 10 EUR, concessions 8 EUR, and are available online at jfbb.info and directly at the cinemas. You can find an overview of kosher restaurants in Berlin at berlin-judentum.de/koscher.