Recto/Verso Festival

A collaboration of La Tricoterie and IMAJ as part of the BJIFF Laughing at yourself, laughing at others, laughing with others. Recto/Verso, a cinema festival, brings together Jewish and Arab comedies to show us that these two cultures share, beyond their differences, the same love for absurd situations, dysfunctional families (overbearing mothers and overwhelmed fathers), and self-deprecation filled with tenderness. Recto/Verso brings together these cinemas that everything is supposed to separate, to show us that humor is universal and that it heals, sometimes better than words, the souls that history has bruised. Films, then. Laughter. And perhaps, between the two, a few certainties wavering... Discover the complete program below. Dates & times Friday, November 6, 2026 – 6:00 PM > 11:00 PM Sunday, November 8, 2026 – 2:00 PM > 11:00 PM Venues: Boudoir + Salon Pour for more information about the festival which will also take place at CCLJ, visit www.bjiff.be. For more information about the partner IMAJ, visit www.imaj.be. Complete program: - Friday, November 6 — 6:00 > 8:00 PM · Special Belgian Jewish short films Screening of several short films followed by a Q&A with the directors, around the theme of comedy. On the program: > La Dinde de Sam Garbarski > Alice & Moi de Micha Wald > Les Golems does not exist by Lila Dascotte — 8:30 > 10:45 PM: A Real Pain De Julia von Heinz, with Lena Dunham · 2024 · Germany/France/Poland/United States · Comedy-drama · 1h52 · Original title: Treasure Ruth, an American music journalist, travels to Poland with her father Edek to visit the places of her childhood. Mais Edek, a Holocaust survivor, has no desire to unearth his past and sabotages the trip, which takes an unexpected turn. A father-daughter road movie as funny as it is moving, presented at the "Berlinale Special Gala in 2024". - Sunday, November 8 — 2:00 > 3:50 PM · Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm Mockumentaire by Eli Batalion & Jamie Elman · 2024/2025 · Canada/Sweden · Documentary (mockumentary) · approx. 1h The Montreal comedy duo YidLife Crisis sets off for Stockholm on the traces of an overlooked Swedish Jewish community and discovers how Yiddish became a minority language officially recognized by the Swedish state. — 4:00 > 6:30 PM · The Smugglers Documentaire de Yaniv Berman and Tony Copti · 2025 · Israel/Palestine · Documentary · 1h26 · Original title: Al-Muharibeen In Jaffa, a bookseller and his nephew embark on smuggling Arabic books to bypass restrictions hitting Palestinian culture. A documentary road movie blending absurd comedy and gravity, between Bethlehem, Le Caire and Amman, on the censorship of Palestinian books in Israel. The screening will be followed by a Q&A in the presence of the two directors. — 6:30 > 9:00 PM · Between the Temples De Nathan Silver, with Jason Schwartzman · 2024 · United States · Comedy-drama · 1h52 A synagogue cantor in the middle of a crisis of faith reconnects with his former music teacher, who wants to have her bat mitzvah at over 70 years old. A tender and wacky comedy about faith, mourning, and transmission, presented notably at Sundance and the Berlinale in 2024.