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Jewish Ledger ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT By Joe Baur BERLIN (JTA) – There’s a swastika drawn inside of a high school bathroom stall. Dima Liebermann, the protagonist of the German short film “Masel Tov Cocktail,” uses a marker to alter the hate symbol, giving it eyes and wings. “Nice owl,” a woman smoking in the stall with Dima says. “Nazi owl,” he replies with a smirk. So begins the darkly comic 30-minute film on a day in the life as a young Jewish person in Germany, which pokes fun at several layers of a society still not fully comfortable with how to intera...

Streaming: the best films for lockdown Valentine's Day Guy Lodge © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy For some, Valentine’s Day is one red-letter occasion that won’t be significantly spoiled by a global pandemic and attendant lockdown: skipping the impossible-to-book dinner date and settling for a cosy couple’s night in isn’t too much of a sacrifice. For those who don’t live with the one they love, however, it further emphasises this pained, indefinite period of isolation and separation. For them, it will be a Valentine’s Day of FaceT...

The darkly comic 30-minute film on a day in the life as a young Jewish person in Germany pokes fun at several layers of a society.

There’s a swastika drawn inside of a high school bathroom stall. Dima Liebermann, the protagonist of the German short film “Masel Tov Cocktail,” uses a marker to alter the hate symbol, giving it eyes and wings.

“We wanted to show a Jew who hits back and isn’t a victim,” said the director of the award-winning film, which is now viewable online through American festivals.