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Jerusalem International Writers Festival 2025 at the Jerusalem Cinematehque

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Jerusalem International Writers Festival 2025 at the Jerusalem Cinematehque

The guests of the Jerusalem International Writers Festival introduce their film selections 

Writers on Film: Radka Denemarková

Opening remarks by writer Radka Denemarková. Czech author, playwright, translator and screenwriter Radka Denemarková is regarded as one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Czech literature.

Green Border

Dir.: Agnieszka Holland
| 152 minutes

A family of refugees from Syria, an English teacher from Afghanistan and a border guard all meet on the Polish-Belarusian border during the most recent humanitarian crisis in Belarus.

Writers on Film: Ariana Harwicz

Opening remarks by writer Ariana Harwicz, whose radical writing is known for its violence, erotic intensity, and searing social critique. Her work has been translated into more than 15 languages, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker award

13 Tzameti

Dir.: Gela Babluani
| 90 minutes

While renovating his neighbor's roof, Georgian immigrant Sebastian overhears a get-rich-quick scheme. After the neighbor's sudden death, he discovers a letter leading him on a dangerous treasure hunt. Gela Babluani's stylish black-and-white debut is a captivating thriller with a slow, suspenseful plot reveal.

Writers on Film: Gábor T. Szántó

Opening remarks by writer Gábor T. Szántó, a Hungarian-Jewish author and the editor-in-chief of Jewish culture and politics magazine Szombat. His short story Homecoming, 1945 was the basis for Ferenc Török’s acclaimed film 1945

1945

Dir.: Ferenc Török
| 91 minutes

A Hungarian village in August 1945. The festive ambiance of the clerk’s daughter’s wedding is tainted when two Orthodox Jews arrive carrying a mysterious trunk. Have they come to claim their lawful inheritance? A touching and powerful film. 

Writers on Film: Shalom Auslander

Opening remarks by writer Shalom Auslander, whose latest book, Feh: A Memoir, is a caustic, darkly funny, and artistically nuanced satire that offers a fresh look at identity, religion, heritage and guilt.

Blazing Saddles

Dir.: Mel Brooks
| 93 minutes

Mel Brooks' third film describes what really happened in the Wild West. The pair of heroes are an African-American sheriff and an alcoholic gunslinger who set the order in the West, until the last scene of the film (as anarchistic as they get) - the crazy chase across the sets of the Warner Bros.studios in Hollywood.