Festival: 2017

Made Like a Gun

What price is paid by a society in perpetual combat?  “I feel like the discussion of values, ethics and morality has disappeared from the Israeli

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The Last Mentsch

Evocative cinematography and superb acting drive this poignant story of denial and destiny. Marcus Schwarz (German Academy Award winner Mario Adorf) escaped Auschwitz and spent

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The Last Laugh

Can the Holocaust be funny? Are jokes about Nazis and genocide in poor taste or a people’s way of coping with tragedy? When is “too

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Joe’s Violin

A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin  to an instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from the Bronx and unexpectedly, his own.

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Harold & Lillian

From executive producer Danny DeVito comes the love story of two of Hollywood’s greatest unsung heroes – Harold and Lillian Michelson. Although their work as

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Freedom Runners

A young Jewish teacher in Tel Aviv starts a running club for his students, the sons and daughters of African asylum seekers.  Their talent and

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Freedom to Marry

Even though you know how the story ends, this surprisingly suspenseful look at the struggle for marriage equality will have you on the edge of

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For the Love of Spock

Mr. Spock is one of film and television’s most iconic and resonant characters. Logical, detached and a keen observer of human emotion – Spock’s half-human

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Flory’s Flame

Flory’s Flame showcases 90-year-old Flory Jagoda on her mission to preserve and share her Ladino musical heritage.  The film weaves the history of Sephardic music

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Dimona Twist

The distinct voices of women immigrants, rarely heard, are the subject of this fully compelling film. Vivid historical footage is intertwined with first-person reflections of

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Bogdan’s Journey

July 4, 1946: Polish soldiers, policemen and civilians massacre dozens of Jews returned from the Holocaust to the city of Kielce. The 70’s:  Bogdan Bialek,

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Blue Like Me

Shimmering and  resplendent as Persian miniatures, riotous and contemporary as pop art and Bollywood, the art of  Siona Benjamin synthesizes world religions with eastern myths

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Bar Bahar (In Between)

In the permissive atmosphere of Tel Aviv, three Palestinian millennial women navigate “in between” traditional norms and modernity. Laila, high powered attorney by day and wild-woman

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Bamidbar

Against the backdrop of the biblical Israeli desert, Avi, a war hero scarred by his experience and Shiri his estranged teenage daughter,excited to join the

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