2015 Festival Films
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SUKKOT IN WARSAW
Sukkot in Warsaw portrays members of the Jewish community living in today's Warsaw. In the district of Muranow, located at the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, the second generation Jews, the children of Holocaust survivors, celebrate Sukkot as they remember their parents who miraculously lived against all odds. At the Jewish youth organization Moishe House, college students speak about what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century Poland as they build a sukkah out of branches and twigs. As one of the Jewish residents of Warsaw poignantly emphasizes "this was our country, the wild strawberries are our wild strawberries, the kasha is our kasha, pierogies are our pierogies..."
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WED JAN. 21 @ 7PM
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Dmitriy Khavin Genre: Short film Origin: USA Language: English IMDB |
THE DOVE FLYER
Between the years 1950-51 close to 130 thousand Jews left Iraq. The most ancient community in the world ceased to exist.
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WED JAN. 21
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Nissim Dayan Genre: Drama Origin: Israel Language: Arabic IMDB |
UNDER THE SAME SUN
The film is set in the near future, and it looks back on how peace was made in 2013 between Israel and Palestine. It is the story of two businessmen - one Palestinian and one Israeli - who struggle to set up a solar energy company. Both come from societies where there is strong opposition to cooperating with the other, and the film tells how they overcome hostility from within their own families and from the people around them. In the end, they mount a Facebook campaign that brings popular support both to their joint venture and to the peace process. The film was produced by Amir Harel, an Academy Award-nominated Israeli producer, and directed by Sameh Zoabi, a leading Palestinian film-maker.
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THURS JAN. 22 @ 7PM
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Sameh Zoabi Genre: Drama, History, War Origin: USA, Israel, Palestine Language: Arabic, Hebrew, English IMDB |
SHORT DOCUMENTARY - LOCAL
Please join us on Saturday evening for a sneak preview of a brand new short documentary film about the ISJL’s most recent itinerant Rabbi, Marshal Klaven, created by a new local filmmaker. This will be your only opportunity to view the film in Mississippi prior to its premier in 2015.
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SAT JAN. 24 @ 7PM
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Origin: Mississippi Language: English |
HILL START
A comic drama that tells the story of the Geva family - a bourgeois family from Jerusalem. When the mother of the family, Ora, goes into a coma after a car accident, the family members try to bring her back in every way possible.
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SAT JAN. 24
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Oren Shtern Genre: Comedy Origin: Israel Language: Hebrew, Arabic IMDB |
BROKEN BRANCHES
A fourteen year old Jewish girl from Poland is sent by her family to Israel on the eve of the second World War. Her story is told in through the eyes of her grand daughter who animates her story.
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SUN JAN. 25 @ 2PM
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Ayala Sharot Genre: Documentary, Animation, Short Origin: Israel Language: Hebrew IMDB |
THE ZIGZAG KID
Nono wants to be like his father - the best police inspector in the world - but he constantly gets in trouble. Two days before his Bar Mitzvah, he is sent away to his uncle Sjmoel, who is supposed to get him back on track. However, during the train ride Nono gets one last chance to prove himself... Together with master-burglar Felix Glick - an old acquaintance of his father - he stops the train and enters a world of disguises, chases, French chansons and Zohara, a mysterious woman whose secrets will change Nono's life forever.
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SUN JAN. 25
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Vincent Bal Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family Origin: Netherlands Language: English, Dutch, French IMDB |