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SUMMARY:Captain Guillon – The Cruel Price of Resistance in South West France
DESCRIPTION:This is the story of an ordinary human being who showed remarkable moral and physical courage in demonstrating solidarity and support for Jewish refugees who\, mistakenly\, thought they would be safe from Nazi persecution by fleeing to the “Free Zone” in Southern France. As Captain of the Gendarmerie in Villefranche-de-Rouergue\, Lucien Guillon risked his personal safety and that of his family by issuing visas\, fabricating identity papers and warning Jews of pending roundups. He paid the price of dismissal\, arrest and deportation to Neuenbürg and Ravensbrook concentration camps for his resistance activities.  It was not until 1995 that France formally recognized its role in the roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi concentration camps. In 2012 President Hollande opened to the public the National Archives of WW2. This study has also benefited from testimonies from family\, survivors\, and archivists at the Neuenbürg Memorial Museum. \n \nHamish Macdonald taught History in Secondary Schools in and around Bristol and worked as an Education Adviser for Bristol Children and Young People’s Service. He also published several history books written for school students. Since 2010 he has lived near Villefranche-de-Rouergue in South West France where he continues to work as an historian and writer. Following his investigation of local and national archives\, and other resources\, he has just completed a biography of a Gendarme who was in the French Resistance during the Second World war. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/captain-guillon-the-cruel-price-of-resistance-in-south-west-france/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:UK Jewish Film Festival - Once Upon My Mother / Beshert
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThis UKJFF event presents two films – a main feature film\, Once Upon My Mother and a short film\, Beshert . \nNOTE – Tickets to be booked from UKJFF box office: www.ukjewishfilm.org \n \nOnce Upon My Mother\nDrama | Dir. Ken Scott | 102 mins | France\, 2025 | French with English subtitles \nCelebrating a mother’s love in its most profound form\, and as Jewish tradition dictates\, also its most passionate\, Once Upon My Mother\, based on Roland Perez’s bestselling autobiographical novel\, is an absolute gem of a film: a big-hearted\, colourful\, emotional yet funny portrayal of excessive\, boundless\, parental love\, spanning decades. France\, 1963. Heartbroken to learn that Roland\, her sixth child\, was born with a clubfoot\, Esther Perez\, a Jewish immigrant from Morocco\, refuses to accept her son’s disability\, instead looking for alternative methods — as well as praying for a miracle — that would cure him. Esther remains utterly devoted to her son even after her prayers have been answered\, and well into Roland’s adulthood. Accompanied by a nostalgia-inducing soundtrack of French pop classics — including some by Jewish icon\, Sylvie Vartan (who also appears in the film) –— Once Upon My Mother\, with its indomitable heroine\, is a larger-than-life\, not-to-be-missed\, cinematic experience. \n \nBeshert\nDrama | Dir. Lewis Rose | 15 mins | UK\, 2025\nWritten by Gary Enkin\nProduced by Jason Solomons and Naomi Gryn \nA poignant\, tender drama about a grumpy old man in a Leeds care home and a reluctant Barmitzvah boy — and the unlikely friendship that changes their lives forever. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/uk-jewish-film-festival-details-to-be-confirmed/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:UK Jewish Film Festival - Pink Lady / To Fly or Float
DESCRIPTION:This UKJFF event presents two films – a main feature film\, Pink Lady and a short film\, To Fly or Float . \nNOTE – Tickets to be booked from UKJFF box office: www.ukjewishfilm.org \n \nPink Lady\nDrama | Dir. Nir Bergman | 104 mins |  Israel\, Italy\, 2024 | Hebrew with English subtitles \nSet in Jerusalem’s strictly Orthodox community\, this story centres on the marriage of a Haredi couple\, Bati (Nur Fibak — Israeli Film Academy Best Actress nominee for Ahed’s Knee)\, and her husband\, Lazer (Uri Blufarb\, The Stronghold). When Bati discovers that Lazer is being blackmailed with photographs of him with another man\, the couple navigates the community’s attempts to “cure” Lazer of his homosexuality with religious conversion therapy. Seen primarily from Bati’s point of view\, as she attempts to save their marriage despite the ostracisation that she and her family experience\, this film is utterly fascinating as we are drawn into the lives of the central characters. Pink Lady premiered in competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival where it won the Best Director prize for its multiple-award-winning Israeli Director\, Nir Bergman. \n \nTo Fly or Float\nDrama | Dir. Charlotte Peters | 15 mins | UK\, 2025 |\nWritten by and produced by Olivia Maiden\n\nBirmingham\, 1979. An orphaned girl and her estranged uncle try to navigate their grief\, connecting through faith\, and the creation of a kite. \n  \n  \n  \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/uk-jewish-film-festival-details-to-be-confirmed-2/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
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