2023 mjff schedule

Portland

Opening Night Screening

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25th Anniversary

Celebration

Portland museum Of Art
November 4, 4pm

Prosecco and cheese reception with music by Palaver Strings

Screening of the award-winning Israeli film KARAOKE

Party in the Great Hall catered by David Turin, with music by Matt Fogg Trio

Tickets $150.

All Festival Pass

for PORTLAND screenings only - November 5-11

(The pass does not cover the Opening Night Celebration on November 4th.)

Sunday November 5th - The Portland Museum of Art
12:00 pm

In conversation: Portland: Karen Montanaro a world-renowned dancer, mime artist, and award-winning choreographer, whose recent one-woman show, Tony Montanaro: A Love Story, is an intimate and comical recounting of her relationship with her late husband, soulmate, and teacher: the Founder of Celebration Mime Theater and an early student of Marcel Marceau.

This screening is sponsored by Coffee By Design

THE ART OF SILENCE &
THE PEACOCK THAT PASSED OVER

Monday November 6th - THE HILL ARTS
76 Congress Street, Portland
3:00 pm

When Hamas terrorists rampaged Kfar Aza, Yahav Winner was murdered while giving his wife Shaylee, holding their infant daughter, moments to escape.. See THE BOY, this talented young filmmaker’s nuanced film (set in Kfar Aza) along with a few other Israeli short films.

THE BOY

Donate as you wish at the door with a check to MJFF with "for Shaylee" on the memo line.
All proceeds will be wired to Shaylee Atary through Go2Films.
Monday November 6th - THE HILL ARTS
76 Congress Street, Portland
7:00 pm

Post-film conversation with Cape Elizabeth resident Piotrek Stamieszkin,
who lived through this period in Poland

In partnership with The Hill Arts

Tuesday November 7th - THE HILL ARTS
76 Congress Street, Portland
7:00 pm

Post-film conversation with Dr. David Rosmarin, Director, Spirituality & Mental Health Program,
McLean Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School.

In partnership with The Hill Arts

Wednesday November 8th - Portland Museum of Art
2:00 pm

This screening is sponsored by The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein

Post-screening conversation with Adam Golonka, PsyD, BCBA-D, Behavior Analyst with the Developmental Disorders Program at Spring Harbor Hospital; and Colleen Foley-Ingersoll, M.Ed., BCBA, Senior Director Developmental Disorders Services, Maine Behavioral Healthcare at The Glickman Lauder Center of Excellence in Autism and Developmental Disorders.

I AM NOT &
TUESCO: LAUGHING IN THE FACE OF DISABILITY

Wednesday November 8th - Portland Museum of Art
6:30 pm
Post-film conversation: with Rabbi Tamar Manasseh and Filmmaker Brad Rothchild.

RABBI ON THE BLOCK

Thursday November 9th - THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART
3:00 pm

VALERIA IS GETTING MARRIED​

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This screening is sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel to New England

Thursday November 9th - THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART
7:00 pm

STAY WITH US (RESTE UN PEU)

Friday November 10th - The Portland Museum of Art
3:30 pm + 6:30 pm
Bearing Witness: Two Films about War Photographers

Post-film conversation with Bob Keyes, former Culture Editor of the Portland Press Herald,
and Michael G. Seamans, award-winning Waterville-based photojournalist.

Searching for Gerda Taro is sponsored by The Cedars

One ticket includes both films.

3:30 pm - Film: Part 1:

SEARCHING FOR GERDA TARO

6:30 pm - Film: Part 2:

1341 FRAMES OF LOVE AND WAR

Saturday November 11th - PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART
Afternoon Screening and Closing Reception
3:00 pm

Bangor

Saturday November 4th - BANGOR MALL CINEMAS
7:00 pm

Moderators: Derek Michaud, Rabbi Bill Seimers, Emmanuel Boss

STAY WITH US (RESTE UN PEU) ​

Tickets to Bangor Mall Cinemas (BMC) screenings can be purchased at the cinema or online.
Sunday November 5th - Congregation BETH EL
7:00pm

Moderator: Laurie Osher

REPAIRING THE WORLD:
STORIES FROM THE TREE OF LIFE

Tickets are Free
Tuesday November 7th - BANGOR MALL CINEMAS
5:45 pm + 7:00 pm
Bearing Witness: Two Films about War Photographers
5:45 pm - Film: Part 1:

SEARCHING FOR GERDA TARO

7:00 pm - Film: Part 2:

1341 FRAMES OF LOVE AND WAR

Tickets to Bangor Mall Cinemas (BMC) screenings can be purchased at the cinema.
Check back for details about online ticketing. One ticket includes both films.
Wednesday November 8th - BANGOR MALL CINEMAS
7:00 pm

THE ART OF SILENCE &
THE PEACOCK THAT PASSED OVER

Tickets to Bangor Mall Cinemas (BMC) screenings can be purchased at the cinema.
Check back for details about online ticketing.
Thursday November 9th - BANGOR MALL CINEMAS
7:00 pm

Post-film conversation
Elizabeth Neiman Department of English
Zach Ludington Modern Languages Dept.
Rosalie Purvis Department of English

ALEGRÍA

Tickets to Bangor Mall Cinemas (BMC) screenings can be purchased at the cinema. Check back for details about online ticketing.
Friday November 10th - BANGOR MALL CINEMAS
3:00 pm

Post-film conversation
Alan Cobo-Lewis (moderator) Center for Community Inclusion
and Disability Studies & members of Speaking Up For Us

I AM NOT

TUESCO: LAUGHING IN THE FACE OF DISABILITY

Tickets to Bangor Mall Cinemas (BMC) screenings can be purchased at the cinema.
Check back for details about online ticketing.
Saturday November 11th - BANGOR MALL CINEMAS
7:00 pm

Tomek Herzog: Education, UMaine Presque Isle & Affiliated Faculty, UMaine Judaic Studies Program

March '68

Tickets to Bangor Mall Cinemas (BMC) screenings can be purchased at the cinema. Check back for details about online ticketing.

Lewiston

Sunday November 5th - Bates College / Olin Arts Center 104
1:00pm

REPAIRING THE WORLD:
STORIES FROM THE TREE OF LIFE

Tickets Are Free
Monday November 6th - Bates College / OLIN ARTS CENTER 104
7:00 pm
Followed by discussion led by Bates College Hispanic studies film students.
Wednesday November 8th - Bates College / Pettengill Hall, Ground Floor
7:00 pm
Followed by discussion led by Bates College Hispanic studies film students.

SEARCHING FOR GERDA TARO ​

Bethel

Sunday November 5th - THE GEM THEATER
Doors at 1:00pm, film at 1:30 pm

The Gem is partnering with the Maine Jewish Museum to bring the Maine Jewish Film Festival to Bethel.

Marcel Polak of Woodstock will share his family history of surviving the Holocaust in France. Leland Faulkner of Auburn will tell the story of the Celebration Barn Theater in Norway which he co-owned and directed, having developed his mime art there under the mentorship of Tony Montanaro.
 

THE ART OF SILENCE &
THE PEACOCK THAT PASSED OVER

Waterville

Sunday November 5th - MaiNe Film Center
12:00 pm
Bearing Witness: Two Films about War Photographers

SEARCHING FOR GERDA TARO &
1341 FRAMES OF LOVE AND WAR

Tickets to these screenings can be purchased at the cinema or online. One ticket includes both films.

Brunswick

Sunday November 5th - Bowdoin College / Mills Hall 129
2:00pm

Lesley Levy, Director of Student Accessibility
at Bowdoin College, will host the post-film conversation.

I AM NOT

Through the sponsorship of Bowdoin College, tickets are free to the Bowdoin and greater Brunswick communities.
Monday November 6th - Bowdoin College / Mills Hall 129
7:00pm

Davis Robinson will host the post-film conversation.
Davis is Professor of Theater and Chair of Theater and Dance at Bowdoin College. He is Artistic Director of Beau Jest, and a former student of Tony Montanaro, Maine’s most famous mime and a student of Marcel Marceau’s.

THE ART OF SILENCE​

THE PEACOCK THAT PASSED OVER​

Through the sponsorship of Bowdoin College, tickets are free to the Bowdoin and greater Brunswick communities.
Friday November 10th - Bowdoin College / Mills Hall 129
7:00pm

The discussion will be hosted by Rachel Reinke, Director of Gender Violence Prevention & Health Education and Natalie Turrin, Director of the Sexuality, Women and Gender Center at Bowdoin College.

This screening is co-hosted by the Bowdoin Film Society.

VALERIA IS GETTING MARRIED​

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This screening is sponsored by
The Consulate General of Israel
To New England 

Through the sponsorship of Bowdoin College, tickets are free to the Bowdoin and greater Brunswick communities.
Saturday November 11th - BOWDOIN COLLEGE / MILLS HALL 129
7:00pm

The discussion will be hosted by Mira Nikolova, Visiting Lecturer in Russian, East European, and
Eurasian Studies and Page Herrlinger, Professor of History and Chair of REES.

March '68

Through the sponsorship of Bowdoin College, tickets are free to the Bowdoin and greater Brunswick communities.