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Staten Island JCC Jewish Film Festival

Saturday, November 17- Tuesday, November 20

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Saturday Night, November 17 – 
Kick Off Film and Party
Staten Island JCC 8PM ,
Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall

8pm
SOUTH WIND ON HILTON BEACH
Director: Karin Kainer
Israel, 2006 50 min Hebrew w/English subtitles

Followed by 3 short movies for the same price!
MY NOSE
Director: GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM
USA, 2006 13 min

WEST BANK STORY
Directed by Ari Sandel
USA, 2006 22 min English

JEWS IN THE HOOD
Director: Joshua Stern
USA, 2005 5 minutes English

 

11am
Three Mothers
Director: Dina Zvi-Riklis Israel 2006 106 minutes
Hebrew, Arabic w/English subtitles

1 PM
 RIGHT TO BE WRONG
Director: Beth Toni Kruvant USA

3 PM
LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER
Director: Leonid Prudovsky Israel, 2006 50 min
Hebrew w/English
 with
BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY
Director: Shosh Shlam Israel/USA, 2005 50 min.
English, Hebrew w/English subtitles

6:00 PM
TURN LEFT AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Director: Avi Nesher Israel/France, 2004 110 min
Hebrew, French and English w/English subtitles


Cocktail Party for Sponsors and Patrons
Opening Night Film Followed by Israel @ 60 Birthday Bash
 
Monday Evening, 35 mm Films @ 
the UA 16 Regal Theatre on Forest Ave.

5 PM
Out of Sight
Director: Daniel Syrkin Israel, 2005 86 min., 35mm
Hebrew w/English subtitles

7:30PM
Rape of Europa
Directors: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham
USA, 2006 117 min., 35mm English

 
Monday – Films all Day @ the J

11:00 AM
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
Director: Dan Katzir USA 2006 80min
English, Hebrew and Yiddish .
Sneak Preview Screening
 with
Backseat Bingo
Director: Liz Blazer Country: USA released 2004 Duration: 6 min.,
English

1 pm
43 Group: Secret Battle of Britain
Producer: Ben Evansky England 1996 52 minutes
English

5 PM
Planet Krulik -
Three short films by Washington’s leading maker of ironic pop-culture shorts
Hitler’s Hat USA, 2003/46 minutes
English 
I Created Lancelot Link USA, 1999/30 min
English
Obsessed with Jews USA/8 min
English

7:30 PM
Wisdom of the Pretzel
Director: Ilan Haytner Israel, 2002 101 minutes
Hebrew with English subtitles



Tuesday, 35 mm Films @ 
the UA 16 Regal Theatre on Forest Ave.

11am
Family Law
Director: Daniel Burman
Argentina/Italy/France, 2005 102 min., 35mm Spanish w/English subtitles

1 pm
La Petite Jerusalem
Director: Karin Albou France, 2005 94 minutes, 35mm
French, Arabic and Hebrew w/English Subtitles

 

Tuesday - Films all Day @ the J
3PM
To Die in Jerusalem
Director/Producer Hilla Medalia
Israel/USA 2007, 75 minutes
5 PM
Creating Harmony: The Displaced Persons Orchestra from St. Ottilien 
by John J. Michalczyk. A sequel to Displaced: Miracle at St. Ottilien


Special Closing Night Film
The US PREMIERE of:
7:30 pm
A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World
Producer: Lionel Friedberg 
USA 2007 60 min English
 

For Sponsorship opportunity or any
information about the Festival,
please contact Cheryl Armitage Bergeron,
Film Festival Director at 718-475-5262 or by E-Mail