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Hunting Elephants

January 13, 2014 · by Aelon Porat · in

Sir Patrick Stewart joins Israeli acting veterans Sasson Gabai and Moni Moshonov in this crowd-pleasing crime comedy, involving three elderly men and a young teenager who decide to rob a Jerusalem bank. The teen, Yonatan, is a boy genius and…

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Join us for Running on Sand, this Saturday evening at the Philadelphia Film Society PFS East Theater. Its a drama-comedy about a runaway Eritrean migrant worker whos mistaken for a famous Nigerian soccer player at the airport and is then recruited to a local soccer team. https://iffphila.com/movie/running-on-sand/

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Tickets for tonights The Child Within Me screening at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute are still available in person at the theater! Due to overwhelming response, the movie was moved to a larger auditorium.

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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

www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/bryn-mawr-film-institute-the-child-within-me/?fbclid=IwAR3ZEuJR...

As you may have seen on social media or read in the news, there was a coordinated attempt to block the Israeli Film Festival from presenting our music documentary The Child Within Me at BMFI in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. This attempt to censor the arts and culture of Israel was not successful.

The Bryn Mawr Film Institute decided to cancel the screening yesterday, a day prior to its scheduled date. However, the Israeli Film Festival has filed for and was granted a court order earlier today requiring BMFI to meet its commitment to the festival and the community, and proceed with the screening as planned.

IFF’s mission and mandate is to connect all of us through the beauty, vibrance, humor, history and soul that shine throughout Israeli’s unforgettable films. For 28 seasons, we’ve shared these wonderful dramas, documentaries and comedies and are deeply proud of the impact they’ve had in bringing people together.

The show must (AND WILL) go on.

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Great opening last night at the Israeli film Festival with the film Seven Blessings 📽️📽️📽️📽️📽️screening the film writer and actress Elinor Sela in attendance.

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PLEASE JOIN US AT THE UPCOMING ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL COMING UP 4/6-4/14
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Full details in the attached link - dates, times and the synopsis of the 7 films to be screened. Tickets can be purchased online. Please join us to support Israeli Art and Culture!

2024 FILMS 🍿 📽️🍿📽️🍿📽️

Seven Blessings
Seven Blessings שבע ברכות

Philadelphia Film Center
1412 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Saturday, April 6, 2024, 8:45 pm

Admission: General $20, Students and seniors $18

In Israel’s official entry for the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film, Ayelet Menahemi’s Seven Blessings revolves around an eventful Jewish Moroccan family wedding and the traditional blessings that are pronounced during the ceremony, again at the reception, and... Read More»

Guest Speaker: Elinor Sela, Actor and Screenwriter

Eleanor Sela is a screenwriter, actress and producer. She created and wrote the feature film Seven Blessings, which won 10 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Film and Best Screenplay. It was chosen by the Israeli film critics society as the best Israeli film of 2023 and has also been selected as Israel’s entry to the 2024 Oscars. Eleanor acted in one of the leading roles in the film. She created the successful stand-up show A Thousand Faces, One Truth – an artistic stand-up startup with customized writing. Each show is a one-off, and Eleanor has performed it in Israel and abroad for over a decade in front of the largest commercial bodies in Israel. Additionally, Eleanor has written, directed, and produced video content for numerous companies. Her book From a Life of Permission to a Life of Inspiration was published in 2021 and became a bestseller.

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Generation 1.5
Generation 1.5 דור 1.5

Philadelphia Film Center
1412 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Sunday, April 7, 2024, 3:00 pm

Admission: General $15, Students and seniors $13

The massive Aliyah from the former USSR left an indelible mark on Israeli society. However, their integration into Israeli society was not without challenges and sacrifices. The film captures the profound narrative of the monumental exodus from the Soviet Union...
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Philadelphia Film Center
1412 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Sunday, April 7, 2024, 7:00 pm

Admission: General $15, Students and seniors $13

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...

Guest Speaker: Benny Fredman, Director

For a decade, Benny Fredman owned a chain of stores in ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhoods. After graduating from the Camera Obscura School of Art, he directed and produced the Netflix thriller Suicide, the series Suspect, and the documentary Moving to the Embassy.
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The Child Within Me
The Child Within Me הילד שבי

Bryn Mawr Film Institute
824 West Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 7:00 pm

Admission: General $15, Students
and seniors $13

Yehuda Poliker, one of Israel’s musical giants – in a retrospective meeting of his own life – stares calmly into the camera; sometimes with longing, sometimes with regret, but mostly lovingly. He watches rare archival footage,
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 • 8:45 PM • at PFS East

Running On Sand
Running On Sand לרוץ על החול

Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee who lives in Israel washing dishes for a living, is caught by the immigration police, and deported to his country. At the last moment he manages to escape at the airport and runs straight into...
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Sunday, April 14, 2024 • 4:00 PM • at PFS East

Children of Peace
Children of Peace ילדי השלום

Arabs and Jews have lived in ongoing conflict for over a century. A group of dreamers decided to challenge everything they know about their nationalities and histories and founded a village in 1970s Israel as a social experiment.

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PFS East
125 S. 2nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Sunday, April 14, 2024, 7:00 pm

Admission: General $15, Students and seniors $13

The Monkey House
The Monkey House גן קופים

Nominated for 11 Israeli Academy Awards, legendary Israeli director Avi Nesher’s critically acclaimed film The Monkey House is a splashy cinematic gem melding a literary mystery, a rambunctious comedy, and a moving character study that follows the unexpected connection

https://iffphila.com/2024-films/

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A Special Film Event from the

ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL

IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

DOCUMENTARY FILM:

BACK TO BERLIN

Shortly after his father dies, Bobby returns to England and finds an old suitcase revealing the truth his father hid about his family who perished in the Holocaust. Bobby invites Manuel, his childhood friend with a German background, to translate the documents. Manual shares that he too recently discovered a family secret: his great uncle was the infamous Nazi director Veit Harlan, who directed Jew Suss - the most notorious anti-Semetic propaganda film in history. Together they embark on a journey back to Berlin that tests their friendship.
Written and directed by Bobby Lax
Israel, 2021, 60 min.

Cost: FREE for members!

A LINK TO WATCH THIS FILM WILL BE SENT ON JANUARY 25

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CLOSING NIGHT AT THE Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT THE MOVIES 🍿📽️🎥🍿🎥📽️🍿🎥📽️🍿🎥📽️🍿🎥📽️

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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...