Saturday, March 7, 2015 • 8:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House
The Farewell Party מיתה טובה
This dark comedy follows the story of an elderly man named Yehezkel (Ze’ev Revach) and his friends who construct an euthanasia machine to help a dying friend. Once word gets around the retirement community that one can die quickly, painlessly,... 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»
Sunday, March 15, 2015 • 7:00 PM • at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Orange People אנשים כתומים
Set in the Israel’s dwindling Moroccan community, three generations of women grapple with issues of family, femininity, folklore, and food. Clairvoyant grandmother Zohara (Rita Shukrun) predicts the future by cradling her client’s possessions while she sleeps. She wants her similarly-gifted... 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»
Thursday, March 19, 2015 • 8:00 PM • at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
The Polgar Variant וריאנט פולגר
The extraordinary story of three Hungarian-Jewish sisters who were raised in Communist Budapest of the 1970s to be chess masters. The Polgar sisters did not choose to become the heroines of this story. It was their father, who, driven by... Read More»
Saturday, March 21, 2015 • 8:45 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House
Hill Start זינוק בעלייה
Israeli comic-genius Shlomo Bar-Aba leads a star-studded cast in this outrageous dramedy as the head of a bourgeois family about to implode under the weight of a tough father , a comatose mother, a passive son, an unmarried daughter, a... Read More»
Sunday, March 22, 2015 • 5:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House
A War Story יומן מלחמה
“A War Story” sheds light on the untold tale of Israel’s Channel 10 media correspondents, as they cover the deadly Gaza conflict during the 2014 Protective Edge operation. Interviews with reporters and unedited video footage expose the intricate decision-making process... Read More»
Sunday, March 22, 2015 • 7:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House
Seed of Life משהו ממני
This riveting documentary follows a bereaved mother’s determination to keep something alive of her only son. To that end, with the devoted assistance of a fertility doctor and a surrogate, she embarks on an eleven-year mission to give her son... Read More»
Saturday, March 28, 2015 • 9:00 PM • at Gratz College
The Green Prince הנסיך הירוק
From the Academy Award Winning Producers of Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar Man and One Day in September, this critically acclaimed documentary retraces the details of an unprecedented partnership that developed between sworn enemies. Set against the chaotic backdrop... Read More»
Sunday, March 29, 2015 • 7:00 PM • at The Ritz East
A Borrowed Identity ערבים רוקדים
Set in the late 1980’s, Eyad (Tawfeek Barhom), a young Arab, tries to fit in with his Jewish classmates in a prestigious Jerusalem boarding school. He’s isolated until the lovable Naomi (Danielle Kitsis) and the wheelchair-bound Yonatan (Michael Moshonov) befriend him.... Read More»
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