Austin Jewish Film Festival director David Finkel was hosting a visiting Israeli student in his home when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel and murdered more than 1,300 people on Oct. 7. The student learned the next day that his grandfather had been killed, and his grandmother and uncle were kidnapped. It’s just one of the many personal connections that people associated with the festival, now in its 21st year, have to the horrors of that day, and to the ongoing fighting in Gaza.
There’s a cliche for times like these: “The show must go on.” But what about now? And what Finkel and the other festival organizers ultimately decided was: especially now.
“One of the conversations was: Is it appropriate for us to go ahead?” Finkel recalls. “And the prevailing feeling was that you don’t want to let the terrorists win, essentially. You want to continue living your life — which...
There’s a cliche for times like these: “The show must go on.” But what about now? And what Finkel and the other festival organizers ultimately decided was: especially now.
“One of the conversations was: Is it appropriate for us to go ahead?” Finkel recalls. “And the prevailing feeling was that you don’t want to let the terrorists win, essentially. You want to continue living your life — which...
- 10/31/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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