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Sunday, April 7, 2024 • 7:00 PM • at Philadelphia Film Center

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In this explosive true-crime drama, a newly married young man’s ambition to open a computer store in his ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood begets a shocking clash of tradition versus modernity. Devout yeshiva student Yair (Roy Nik) tries to support his family... Read More»

Sunday, April 16, 2023 • 7:00 PM • at PFS East

Barren
עקרה

A graceful, compelling look at a young ultra-orthodox couple in Safed, as they suffer and work through a family trauma. Beautifully photographed and acted, it presents the orthodox society in which the couple lives as complex and multifaceted, in contrast to the often-used approach that portrays religious life as uniformly repressive and the secular world as unironically positive. Read More»

Saturday, April 15, 2023 • 8:45 PM • at PFS East

Matchmaking
בחורים טובים

A comic-dramatic glimpse into the modern world of matchmaking, weddings and relationship in the Orthodox world. Hilarious at times, emotional at others, "Matchmaking" is as entertaining as it is revealing. Read More»

Sunday, April 10, 2022 • 3:00 PM • at Philadelphia Film Center

Women of Valor
אשת חיל

Like many other Israeli women, Esty was raised to be a woman of valor. As the oldest of 12 and daughter of a Rabbi, 41-year-old Esty is fed up with the rigid expectation of women in the Ultra-Orthodox community. In... Read More»

Saturday, March 16, 2019 • 8:30 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House

The Unorthodox
הבלתי רשמיים

When Yakov Cohen finds out that his daughter was expelled from her high school because of her ethnicity he decides that enough is enough. With a pair of friends, a lot of anger, and little money, Cohen sets out to... Read More»

Tuesday, March 25, 2003 • 7:30 PM • at The Perelman Jewish Day School

Tikkun
התיקון

Providing an insider’s view of the lives of ultra-orthodox women, this film introduces us to Rebbitzen Leah Kook. Who is this woman? A religious missionary? An actress? A motherly housewife? What is the source of her power? This rare documentary... Read More»

Saturday, March 23, 2002 • 8:00 PM • at KleinLife

On the Fringe
פאות ירוקות

This film follows four ultra orthodox young men during Israeli army IDF basic training. They have chosen to break away from their community’s tradition and enlist despite family pressure. These boys have left the insular world of the yeshiva to... Read More»

Saturday, March 17, 2001 • 8:00 PM • at KleinLife

Reaching for Heaven
לתפוס את השמים

An honest and authentic depiction of a family facing a conflict between the father’s recent religious awakenings and their attempts of preserving a loving family unit. This film is co-sponsored by the Israel House of the Israeli Consulate and the... Read More»

Wednesday, March 9, 2005 • 7:00 PM • at The Perelman Jewish Day School

Insight
תאום כוונות

The film examines the deep bond between two religious soldiers (Dan Shapira and Alon Abutbul) during the Yom Kippur War, as they struggle to understand the aftermath of a traumatic tank battle on the Golan Heights. Read More»

Saturday, March 18, 2006 • 7:30 PM • at Congregation Or Shalom

Eicha
איכה

Is “EICHA”, the biblical Scroll of Lamentations read on Tisha B’Av, a name that a beautiful 18 year old can live with? Eicha (Hila Gazit) and her parents (Irit Gidron and Guri Segal) teat their relationship in this short comedy-drama. Read More»

Saturday, March 18, 2006 • 7:30 PM • at Congregation Or Shalom

Green Chariot
מרכבה ירוקה

Yair (Vitali Friedland), a top Torah student and engaged to a beautiful religious girl (Daniella Wircer) from a good family, finds a necklace with a cross among his dead mother’s possession. He struggles with his new religious identity in this heartfelt... Read More»

Sunday, March 18, 2018 • 7:00 PM • at Kimmel Center, Perelman Theatre

A Quiet Heart
לב שקט מאוד

A young classically trained pianist (Ania Bukstein) who moves to Jerusalem to escape the pressure of her life in Tel Aviv. The story tells of two unexpected connections Naomi makes with an Ultra-Orthodox musical prodigy (Lior Lifshitz) and an Italian... Read More»

Sunday, March 8, 2015 • 7:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House

Magic Men
הבן של אלוהים

An estranged father and son – a 78-year-old Greek Holocaust survivor (Makram Khoury) and a newly Orthodox Hasidic rapper (Zohar Shtrauss) – find themselves together on a road trip to locate a life-saving magician from the father’s past. The occasionally... Read More»

Saturday, March 14, 2015 • 8:45 PM • at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy

Apples from the Desert
תפוחים מן המדבר

Inspired by the award-winning play of the same name, this poignant drama centers around Rivka (Moran Rosenblatt), the only child of Ultra Orthodox Jewish parents from Jerusalem, who begins to secretly explore the secular world. She befriends Dubi (Elisha Banai),... Read More»

Thursday, March 19, 2015 • 7:00 PM • at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy

Sacred Sperm
זרע קודש

A fascinating, eye-opening documentary exploring the concept of sacred sperm within the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community which considers new life pure if born of “sacred sperm” and the spilling of sperm murder. In this documentary Director/Narrator Ori Gruder shares his journey... Read More»

Sunday, March 17, 2013 • 7:00 PM • at The Ritz East

Fill the Void
למלא את החלל

After her sister dies in childbirth, an ultra-Orthodox 18-year-old woman (Hadas Yaron) is pressured to call off her engagement in order to marry her late sister’s husband (Yiftach Klein). Refusing him is not an option in this community, where tradition,... Read More»

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will you show this again? It was sold out?

Not sure how a judge can force a theater to show this film against their will. Perhaps there will be a lawsuit against you. Honestly, I don't know who should win this dispute. I don't doubt many of those associated with the festival don't want it to be a tool of nationalism. Perhaps the Israeli consulate should not have been involved, as this becomes primarily a political issue, not cultural

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I don't see very big attendance, or am I wrong? I think that scheduling in the secular horrible days (הימים הנוראים בין יום השואה ליום הזיכרון) is one reason. Also - location, location, location...