Events, Seattle Jewish Film Festival

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March 10 - 18, 2001

Events

JOIN US for our Opening Night Gala, March 10th at 7:30 pm featuring a post-film champagne dessert reception hosted by Tom Douglas of Dahlia Lounge, Palace Kitchen and Etta's Seafood fame as well as Red Hook Brewery, Noble Wines, and Noah's bagels. We will be screening All My Loved Ones. Czechoslovakia's nominee for an academy award gets this year's festival off to a wonderful start. Set in 1939 just before the outbreak of the war, All my Loved Ones is a tragicomic dance at the edge of a precipice, and a heart warming story of an extraordinary deed. We will be serenaded beforehand by Tiferet, the first Jewish chanting group in the Northwest, and fêted afterwards with a scrumptious dessert banquet presented by master chef Tom Douglas.

Special Guest: Music by Tiferet

Bagel and Film Brunch
Sunday, March 18
10:00 am, Bagels / 10:30 am, Films
The Bagel and film Brunch has become one of the festival's major treats. This year, we journey to the mountains of Nepal with Seder Trek, and then join filmmaker Bill Chayes on a voyage of discovery with Jews and Buddhism. Appropriate for all ages. Dietary laws observed.

Special Guest: Filmmaker Bill Chayes

Film and Memory
Sunday, March 18, 3:00 pm
"The future of Memory" has long been on e of SJFF's most important themes. This program will explore that theme as it relates to film, art, and the festival itself. Join our distinctive panel of guests for a thought provoking afternoon of cinematic conversation.

Post film moderated with special guests: Filmmakers Peter Forgacs, Joan Stein, Jacky Comforty; Miriam Greenbaum…Moderated by Regina Hackett, Senior Art Critic, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Days and Nights of Music
In addition to the terrific scores of many of this year's films, we are delighted to include the following live musical highlights:

All My Loved Ones
Opening Night - March 10th, 7:30 pm
Music before and after by Tiferet, the first Jewish chanting group in the Northwest, under the musical direction of Stephen Merritt and the Spiritual direction of Rabbi Ted Falcon.

The Life of the Jews in Palestine
March 11th, 4:00 pm
This recently unearthed silent film, hailed by one critic as a find comparable to discovering "images of Moses descending Mount Sinai," will be accompanied throughout by Lori Goldston, Kyle Hanson, and Don Crevie of the Black Cat Orchestra. This screening is part of our Days and Nights of Music.

The Optimists
March 17th, 7:00 pm
The US premiere of Jacky Comforty's thrilling film will be preceded by traditional and contemporary music of Bulgaria, performed by Seattle's own Balkan Time Zone.

The Jazzman from the Gulag
March 18th, 12:00 pm
Bassist Jon Sampson and trumpeter Jim Knodle will play music inspired by the life and work of Eddie Rosner, the "jazzman from the gulag."

Pre-Festival Party a success!
A good time was had by all at our Purim Costume Party at Red Hook on February 24th.