Saturday, March 4, 2017 • 8:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House
Mr. Predictable ילד טוב ירושלים
Adi has never had a backbone. Everyone takes advantage of him – his needy mother (Evelin Hagoel) , entitled boss, cold wife (Mali Levi), and spoiled son. That is, until he learns he only has a few weeks to live. Amos... Read More»
Sunday, March 5, 2017 • 7:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House
The Milk Trial מבחן החלב
Ancient superstition meets one woman’s fight for independence and love among the mountain-dwelling tribes of Morocco. When Zaya secretly gives birth to a child by a non-Jewish Tuareg rider, her Jewish tribe forces her to undergo the “Milk Trial” to... Read More»
Saturday, March 11, 2017 • 8:00 PM • at KleinLife
Operation Wedding מבצע חתונה
The compelling documentary by Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov revisits the daring escape plot that her parents hatched 45 years ago with a group of other Soviet Jewish dissidents. Under the guise of attending a local wedding, twelve young Jews hijacked a Soviet... Read More»
Sunday, March 12, 2017 • 12:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House
Is That You? ?האם זה אתה
Is That You? is the story of Ronnie (Alon Aboutboul), a 60 year old Israeli film projectionist, who has been fired from his job and is going to the U.S. in a search for Rachel (Suzanne Sadler), the love of... Read More»
Sunday, March 12, 2017 • 3:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House
Abulele אבוללה
Ten year-old Adam (Yoav Sadian) feels isolated and guilty after his older brother dies in a car accident. Everything changes when he forms a remarkable friendship with a magical creature, known in local folklore as an “Abulele” (Idan Barkai). Adam tells... Read More»
Sunday, March 12, 2017 • 7:00 PM • at The Ritz East
On The Map - Ritz East 77:78 - על המפה
In 1977, the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team prevailed over CSKA Moscow (known in the West as Red Army), a team that refused to play against Israel. Moments after this highly charged and historical win, Israeli-American basketball hero Tal Brody... Read More»
Monday, March 13, 2017 • 7:00 PM • at Hillel at Drexel University
On The Map - Hillel at Drexel University 77:78 - על המפה
In 1977, the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team prevailed over CSKA Moscow (known in the West as Red Army), a team that refused to play against Israel. Moments after this highly charged and historical win, Israeli-American basketball hero Tal Brody... Read More»
Saturday, March 18, 2017 • 8:30 PM • at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
Aida's Secrets הסודות של איידה
This documentary digs up the 70-year mystery of one Israeli gardener’s genealogy. Adopted out of a displaced person’s camp as a child, Izak partners with Yad Vashem (the global Holocaust remembrance organization), the genealogy group MyHeritage, and documentarians Alon and... Read More»
Sunday, March 19, 2017 • 12:00 PM • at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
My Special Brother אחי מיוחד
When your brother has “special needs,” it turns out that your whole family becomes “special.” So says Nadav, whose twin brother was born with disabilities. This documentary film sensitively examines how three extraordinary families not only cope with but ultimately triumph... Read More»
Sunday, March 19, 2017 • 7:00 PM • at The Ritz East
Between Worlds בין העולמות
Bina (Maya Gasner), a religious woman from Jerusalem, arrives at the hospital panic-stricken after her son Ulli (Ori Lachmi) was severely injured in a stabbing attack. This is the first time she has seen him since he became secular and... Read More»
Saturday, March 25, 2017 • 8:45 PM • at Gratz College
On The Map - Gratz College 77:78 - על המפה
In 1977, the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team prevailed over CSKA Moscow (known in the West as Red Army), a team that refused to play against Israel. Moments after this highly charged and historical win, Israeli-American basketball hero Tal Brody... Read More»
Sunday, March 26, 2017 • 7:00 PM • at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Who's Gonna Love Me Now? ?מי יאהב אותי עכשיו
This humorous and sensitive documentary follows one man’s struggle for acceptance in the face of seemingly impossible odds. Saar Moaz, an HIV-positive gay man, dares to face his homophobic Orthodox family that 20 years earlier banished him from the kibbutz. Now living... Read More»
Saturday, April 1, 2017 • 8:45 PM • at Gratz College
The Settlers המתנחלים
Shimon Dotan’s provocative documentary about Israeli settlers in the West Bank is sure to spark conversation. Dotan turns the camera on the settlers themselves and asks the question, “What is a settler?” What we hear is a diversity of responses, ranging... Read More»
Sunday, April 2, 2017 • 7:00 PM • at Kimmel Center, Perelman Theatre
Past Life החטאים
Set in 1977, two Israeli sisters investigate rumors of their father’s controversial actions during WWII. Nana (Nelly Tagar) and Sephi (Joy Rieger) have always butted heads with their gruff authoritarian father (Doron Tavory). But when a shocking accusation makes them question his history... Read More»
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