5 Oct
Dancing in Jaffa
2013 Israel/USA Documentary Dir: Hilla Medalia 88 mins
A story to make your heart sing. The renowned dancer and
teacher Pierre Dulaine returns to his native Jaffa for the first time
since he left as a child, along with his Palestinian-French mother
and Irish father. He is determined to teach the ‘two step’ to 11
year-old Palestinian and Israeli children in his own bid to
overcome political and cultural differences. Not a simple task…
1 Nov
Orthodox
2015 UK Drama Dir: David Leon 98 mins
Benjamin, a boy bullied for his Jewish faith, takes up boxing as a
means of self-defence, alienating himself from his religious
community. As an adult caught between two worlds, his
desperation to provide for his family becomes the catalyst for a
devastating series of events that ensures he may never find the
acceptance he has always craved.
6 Dec
The Heartbreak Kid
1972 USA Comedy Dir: Elaine May 106 mins
Three days into his Miami honeymoon Lenny, a Jewish New
Yorker, meets tall, blonde Kelly, a beautiful blonde Midwesterner
on vacation with her wealthy WASP parents. This convinces him
that he has made a serious mistake marrying Lila, and he decides
he wants Kelly instead. Her rich father is less than keen and lets
everyone - including Lenny - know that he hates everything about
him and the way he carries on.
3 Jan
Wondrous Oblivion
2003 UK Comedy/Drama Dir: Paul Morrison 106 mins
Eleven year old David Wiseman loves to play cricket but is no
good at it. When a Jamaican family move in next door and build a
cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven. But
this is 1960s England, and when the neighbours start to make life
difficult for the new arrivals, David's Jewish family is caught in the
middle, and he has to choose between fitting in and standing up
for the new friends who have turned his world upside down.
7 Feb
Blessed is the Match
2008 USA Documentary Dir: Roberta Grossman 86 mins
Young Hungarian poet Hannah Senesh, a Special Operations
Executive operative, leaves the safety of Palestine to be
parachuted by the British Army into Yugoslavia to assist in the
rescue of Hungarian Jews. She is swiftly captured and executed
by the Nazis. The film blends dramatic re-enactments with
recitations from Senesh's letters to her mother, interviews with the
other parachutists and kibbutz members, and a discussion with
the late historian Sir Martin Gilbert.
7 Mar
The Flat
2011 Israel/Germany Documentary Dir: Arnon Goldfinger 97 mins
Cleaning out an apartment of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv leads to
unexpected discoveries and repressed family
emotions coming to the surface. The flat was where the director’s
grandparents had lived since they immigrated to Palestine in the
1930s. Objects, pictures, letters and documents awaited him there,
revealing traces of a troubled and unknown past, involving unexpected national interests, a friendship that crossed enemy lines, and
even some secrets that should have probably remained untold…
4 Apr
Hester Street
1975 USA Drama/Romance Dir: Joan Micklin Silver 91 mins
Hester Street tells the story of Jewish immigrants who came to the
Lower East side of New York City in 1896 from Europe and lived on
Hester Street in Manhattan. When Yankle first comes to the US, he
quickly assimilates into American culture and becomes Jake. He also
begins to have an affair with Mamie, a dancer. His wife, Gitl, who
arrives later with their son, Yossele, has difficulty assimilating. The
film is noteworthy for its detailed reconstruction of Jewish immigrant
life in New York at the turn of the century, with much of the dialogue in
Yiddish with English subtitles.
2 May
Flory’s Flame
2014 USA Documentary/Music Dir: Curt Fissel, Ellen Friedland
60 mins. Meet Flory Jagoda .Her perfect, trilling voice invokes the
soulful musical Altarac family heritage stretching back to
pre-Inquisition Spain. This 90-year old legendary Sephardic National
Heritage Fellow musician shares her powerful and inspiring life story
interwoven with original songs that she performed with fellow musicians at her September 2013 Celebration Concert at the US Library of
Congress.
6 Jun
Wakolda / The German Doctor
2013 Argentina Historical drama Dir: Lucía Puenzo 94 mins
This macabre drama-thriller, set in the beautiful, remote Patagonian
landscape in 1960, is based on a chilling true story of an Argentine
family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity,
and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all
time.
4 Jul
Cupcakes
2013 Israel Comedy/Musical Dir: Eytan Fox 100 mins
Best friends have no idea they will be thrown into the spotlight when
they create their own song for the Universong contest. This hilarious
candy-coloured comedy is a refreshing ode to music and friendship
and an endearingly goofy celebration of the right to be yourself.
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