From 28 January to 6 February 2025 at Espace Rachi – Guy De Rothschild
Since 2021, the Dia(s)porama Festival has been showcasing the classics and never-before-seen nuggets of Jewish cinema. Created by the Centre d’Art et de Culture – Espace Rachi and the FSJU, it shares these works from around the world in all the French regions thanks to local partnerships. A crossing of fields and songs of emotions. Like Jewish humour, Jewish cinema is not the monopoly of Jews. It is a presentation of themes linked to this culture, as Alexandre Arcady, President of the Fiction Jury, reminds us.
One of the highlights of these presentations at the Espace Rachi will be the screening of ‘Colleyville’ by Dani Menkin on 5 February at 8pm, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Hypercacher attacks. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister, and Richard Odier, President of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and Director General of the FSJU.
And don’t forget the ‘Witnesses to 7 October’ day on 9 February, with the screening of Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Screams Before Silence’ at 3pm, followed by a debate with writer Sarah Barukh and Sarah Aizenman, president of the ‘Nous vivrons’ (We’ll Live) collective, moderated by Lise Benkemoun, artistic director of the Dia(s)porama Festival. Then, at 5pm, the screening of ‘Looking For Yotam’ by Caroline Bongrand and Georges Benayoun, followed by a discussion with them.
The following films will also be shown at Espace Rachi: Edward Sloman’s ‘Surrender’ on 2 February at 3.30pm, Roberto Otero Morfa’s ‘Between the Stone and the Flower’ on 6 February at 6pm, Julia Mintz’s ‘Four Winters’ on 6 February at 8pm and Adam Breier’s ‘All About the Levkoviches’ on 10 February at 7.30pm. The Jury Prize, Audience Prize and Student Prize will also be announced on 10 February.