Jewish Film Festival

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Documentary | 53 Minutes

A little film with a great big heart, that follows the lives of several members of the Shira Choir, compromised of an exceptional group of singers with special needs, and the choirmaster, Daniel Benlolo, cantor and rabbi that unites them.
 

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Feature Film – Drama | 100 Minutes

Christian and Jewish students search for the truth behind a portrait that leads to painful events and a subsequent collective (of the Christian and Jewish students) stands towards personal, existential and cultural commitment. Trying to unravel the mystery behind the portrait, these boys embark on a journey through a night of horror that cannot be forgotten: the raid of the Roman Ghetto.
 

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Feature Film – Comedy | 88 Minutes

When a retired Israeli senior is forced into an older adult community, he yearns to return to his beloved family home. In this comedy film Dov, a widower, is forced by his family to move to a nursing home – and there’s nothing he can do or say about it. He’s broke since he lost his pension savings, and he blames the state for it. The nursing home feels like a prison, and all Dov can think about is getting out of there, buy his old house back and live there ‘till he dies. When he notices that all his fellow residents smoke legal medical cannabis, he realizes that weed will be his salvation – selling it, not smoking it. When love, cops and gangsters come into play, Dov finds himself at a crossroads: Will he risk it all to make his dream come true?
 

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Feature Film – Drama | 96 Minutes

The son of a Holocaust survivor who lives in Trieste as a surgeon begins to doubt his actions of refusing to help a victim of a traffic accident that he encountered on his way home from work.
 

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Documentary Film | 74 Minutes

This film tells the amazing story of Aulcie Perry, an African American basketball player from the Newark Ghetto who didn’t make it into the NBA, traveled to Israel, changed the country and himself forever. Having converted to Judaism, Perry changed his name to Elisha Ben Abraham and seemed to have it all, but everything changed when he was arrested and jailed for narcotics smuggling, the end result of a hidden by growing addition to drugs. Now, Aulcie is committed to uplifting others confronting addiction and abuse in Israel and across the world.
 

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Documentary Film | 69 Minutes

On the eve of Israel’s War of Independence, a group of Jewish teenagers risked their lives to secretly manufacture bullets for freedom fighters.
 

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Documentary Film | 80 Minutes

A Tree of Life creates a deeply personal portrait of the survivors, victims and the victims’ family members of the Saturday October 27, 2018 attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, and brings into sharp focus the hate-based crisis that threatens our collective safety and democracy.
 

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Feature Film – Dark Drama | 124 Minutes

In a Syrian border village in the early 80’s, little Sero attends school or the first time. A new teacher has arrived with the goal of making strappy Pan-Arabic comrades out of the Kurdish children. With a fine sense of humor and satire, the film depicts a childhood which manages to find light moments between dictatorship and dark drama.
 

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Feature Film – Drama, Historical Fiction | 109 Minutes

Starring Michael Aloni of the Israeli TV phenomenon Shtisel, the film is based on the incredible true story of the Avengers. In 1945, a group of Jewish vigilantes, men and woman, who after surviving the Holocaust, vow to avenge the death of their people. Led by charismatic leader Abba Kovner, they formulate the biggest revenge operation in history – “Plan A“. They infiltrate German water companies as undercover engineers with only one goal: to poison the drinking water in Nuremberg, Munich, Cologne, Weimar and Hamburg, Germany.
 

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Followed by an Israeli cuisine tasting by Mia Eylon of Mia’s Meals

Documentary Film | 85 Minutes

This Israeli documentary shines a light on Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s MasterChef, and the A-sham Arabic Food Festival, which is dedicated to creating social change through food. At the Festival, Arab and Jewish Israeli chefs collaborate on delectable dishes, working together to transform traditional recipes.
 

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Feature Film | 92 Minutes

Aharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult it might be time for him to live in a specialized home. While on their way to the institution, Aharon decides to run away with his son and hits the road, knowing that Uri is not ready for this separation. Or is it, in fact, his father who is not ready?
 

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Documentary Film | 97 Minutes

The crucial historical lessons of Black-Jewish cooperation are revisited and revived in this utterly fascinating, urgent call to action. From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to today, this potent, inspiring story of unity, empathy and partnership validates the ubiquity of the human experience, and how freedom and equality for all can be achieved only when people come together.
 

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Documentary Film | 79 Minutes

This documentary centers on an artifact that seems culled from the futuristic universe of The Jetsons: The Automat, brainchild of entrepreneurs Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart. A vending machine offering fresh cooked meals for a nickel in a commissary-style eatery, the Automat became a staple of New York and Philadelphia city life from 1902 to 1991. Included is a Mel Brooks’ song, specially composed for the film.
 

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Animated Feature | 80 Minutes

In this beloved 1986 animated film, An American Tail tells the story of Fievel Mousekewitz, a young Russian mouse, as he and his family emigrating to the United States. When Fievel becomes separated from his family, he sets out on a mission to find them while trying to survive in a new country.
 

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Feature Film | 90 Minutes

This is the story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. Once day, Gerda and Otto’s parents are arrested, leaving the siblings on their own. The Crossing is a film about the confidence, uncompromised loyalty, and great courage you can find even in the youngest of children.
 

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