Best of British: Jewish Culture Month (18)

An entertaining and thought-provoking evening of some of the most outstanding British-Jewish short films commissioned by UK Jewish Film over the first quarter of the 21st century. ? Screening in this programme: Beshert? (Dir. Lewis Rose) - When a grumpy old man in a Leeds care home meets a reluctant Barmitzvah boy, it sparks an unlikely friendship that will change their lives forever.? Sidney Turtlebaum? (Dir. Tristram Shapeero) - Sidney, an eccentric in his eighties, earns his living as a pickpocket and con-man in Golders Green. Primordial Chicken Soup? (Dirs. Barney Pell-Scholes, Daisy Abboudi) - Friendship that lasts a lifetime - an exploration of the deep connection formed between eight Scouse Jewish women.? The 10th Man? (Dir. Sam Leifer) - Kidnapping and dirty tricks are the way of the street amongst the ageing Jewish community of London?s East End in this dark comedy.? Orphaned Burial Grounds? (Dir. Jonny Weinberg) - Far from Britain?s big Jewish communities, forgotten burial grounds have become places for Jews to find each other.? Growing Up Mizrahi? (Dir. Carol Isaacs) - A short documentary exploring what it?s like to be the UK-born daughter of Iraqi Jews growing up in an Ashkenormative world.? Hannah Cohen?s Holy Communion? (Dir. Shimmy Marcus) - In 1970s Dublin, seven-year-old Hannah Cohen can?t wait to make her Holy Communion ? only problem is: she?s Jewish!? The Chop? (Dir. Lewis Rose) -?Finding himself out-of-work, a charismatic Kosher butcher disguises himself to land a job at a Halal butcher.? ? (Image: Hannah Cohen?s Holy Communion)