So, below are reviews for all the films that have yet to go up on the site and in addition to the festival films, there are a few bonus new-releases reviewed. Jojo Rabbit Writer director Taika Waititi (“Thor: Ragnarok,” “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”), brings his signature style of humor and pathos to his latest film, “Jojo Rabbit,” a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy (Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson)Read More Jojo screams; “Fuck off!” and kicks him out the window of his room. A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Jojo Rabbit (2019) Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events Jojo Rabbit (2019) Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘The Aeronauts,’ Netflix Titles Feature in London Film Festival Lineup New films from Michael Caton-Jones, Wash Westmoreland to receive world premieres By Robert Mitchell CAST: TAIKA WAITITI, ROMAN GRIFFIN DAVIS, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, SAM ROCKWELL JOJO RABBIT won the Audience Award at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Taika Waititi and Roman Griffin Davis in the film JOJO RABBIT. The film went on to win the Toronto International Film Festival Audience (Popular) Film Award. Garnering the prestigious Audience Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Jojo Rabbit is an outrageous, must-be-seen-to-be-believed, tender story of a relationship that evolves between two young people caught in the midst of a war they did not ask for. Jojo wants to be the best Nazi at camp, but one day some of the older boys decide to test him on his commitment by commanding him to kill a rabbit. 7, Dion. Upper Left Theatre A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Photo by Kimberley French. Charlottesville, VA – February 12, 2020 – The Virginia Film Festival announced today that the 33rd annual VAFF will take place from October 21-25, 2020.. Festival Officials Announce Launch of 2020 Call for Entries. **The last screening of this film will be Thursday, January 23rd. 108 min. Director: Taika Waititi Featuring: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Taika Waititi, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson A lonely German boy has his world view turned completely upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Hitler tells him that rabbits have their good qualities, and to go back to them and prove them wrong. The Virginia Film Festival is a program of the University of Virginia and the Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts. "Jojo Rabbit" director and actor Taika Waititi, Alfie Allen, Roman Griffin Davis and more pose at the Toronto International Film Festival through laughs, hat tosses and air lifts. Evening 2019. © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved USA. Jojo, by the way, earned his ... Thessaloniki Film Festival. Then one day, Jojo’s anti semitic views are challenged when it turns out that his mom (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. English. Toronto Film Festival Critic’s Notebook: ‘Knives Out’ slays, ‘Jojo Rabbit’ splutters Daniel Craig, from left, Lakeith Stanfield and Noah Segan in the movie “Knives Out.” (Claire Folger) 2019 Jojo Rabbit Jojo Rabbit . Areopagitou St. 117 42 Athens. Contact us. Jojo Rabbit. Jojo is a devoted 10-year-old member of the Nazi youth, who daily receives pep talks and advice by an imaginary friend, no other than Adolf Hitler himself! 2020 Virginia Film Festival Set for October 21-25. Waititi is charming us with his quirky and funny Der Führer interpretation in this colourful nazi-satire. The Virginia Film Festival announced today that the 33rd annual VAFF will take place from October 21-25, 2020. The scene elicited loud laughs and the guy next to me the screening happened to turn to me, where he, clearly a Jew, who had suffered anti-Semitism shared the laughs with me.