Title
Who’s Afraid Of Jewish Humor?
Who’s Afraid Of Jewish Humor?
Broadcaster
ZDF/ARTE, ORF
Release Date
2021
Runtime
1 x 75 Mins (Festival), 2 x 52 Mins (TV)
Team
Directed by: Jascha Hannover
Written by: Jascha Hannover and Arkadij Khaet
Cinematography: Omri Aloni
Film Editors: Michal Oppenheim and Fritz Busse
Music: Daphna Keenan
Producer: André Schäfer (Florianfilm GmbH)
Broadcaster: ARTE/ZDF, ORF
Festivals
Toronto Jewish FF, Canada
Les Bobines du sacré, France
UK Jewish FF. United Kingdom
Austin Jewish FF, USA
Miami Jewish FF, USA
Palm Beach Jewish FF, USA
Limmud Festival, UK
Berkshire International FF, USA
Charleston Jewish FF, USA
Winnipeg Int Jewish FF, USA
DIASPORAMA, France
World Sales
ORF Enterprises (Sales) / 7th Art Releasing (Festival distribution)
Production Company
Florianfilm GmbH
Jewish humor has travelled from the Shtetl to Hollywood, from the Torah to Comic books. Jewish humor is tradition and pop culture – and also a cliché? Especially in Germany and Austria, Jewish jokes became very popular after the Second World War. Jewish humor is, allegedly, self-ironic – and laughing about the Jews together with the Jews seems like a convenient way for the perpetrator countries to cope with their dark pasts. But is Jewish humor really always self-mocking – or is the matter more complex?
