4th Annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival
Seattle Chapter of the American Jewish Community

 

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Saturday | march 13
7:30 PM Opening Night Gala Screening
The Harmonists
124 min • Germany/Austria, 1998
German w/ subtitles
Joseph Vilsmaier, Director
Gala Dessert Reception
following screening

 

Sunday | march 14
1:00 PM The Island on Bird Street
107 min • Denmark/Great Britain/Germany, 1997
Soren Kragh-Jacobson, Director
Suitable for children age 13 and over

 

3:00 PM Special double matinee!
Florentene
180 min • Israel, 1997
Eytan Fox, Director
All six original episodes are featured in this special double matinee
(15 min intermission)

Invited Guest: Director Eytan Fox

 

7:30 PM The Last Days
90 min • USA, 1999
James Moll, Director
June Beallor/ Ken Lipper, Producers
Presented by Steven Spielberg and The Shoah Foundation
Introduction By: Howard Schultz
CEO Starbucks Coffee Company
Special Guests: Director James Moll, Producer June Beallor
Presented by Steven Spielberg and The Shoah Foundation

 

Monday | march 15
7:30 PM Special Free Program at
UW Kane Hall!

Nothing To Be Written Here
47 min • Canada, 1996
Wendy Oberlander, Director
Special Guest: Wendy Oberlander

 

Tuesday | march 16
7:00 PM In Our Own Hands
The Hidden Story of the
Jewish Brigade in WWII
85 min • USA, 1998
English, Hebrew w/subtitles
Chuck Olin, Director

 

9:30 PM Man Is A Woman
97 min • France, 1998
French w/ subtitles
Jean Jacques-Zilbermann, Director

 

Wednesday | march 17
2:00 PM Free For Seniors Matinee
A Letter To Mother
106 min • Poland, 1938
Yiddish w/ subtitles
Joseph Green, Director

 

7:00 PM Mother Stayed There
40 min • Israel, 1997
Hebrew w/ subtitles
Dalia Mevorach, Director

 
Gesho
25 min • Canada, 1996
Hebrew w/ subtitles
Beverly Shaffer, Director
Special Guest: Avi Granot, Former Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia

 

9:00 PM Out for Love...Be Back Shortly
55 min • Israel, 1997
Dan Katzir, Director
Invited Guest: Director Dan Katzir

 

Thursday | march 18
7:00 PM Making A Killing
50 min • United Kingdom, 1998
Christopher Spencer, Director
Anne Webber, Producer
Invited Guests: Anne Webber and
Art Detective Willi Korte

 

Silence
10 min • Great Britain, 1998
Sylvie Bringas & Orly Yadin, Directors

 

9:00 PM Women
96 min • Israel, 1996
Hebrew w/ subtitles
Moshe Mizrahi, Director

 

Saturday | march 20
7:30 PM Man Is A Woman
97 min • France, 1998
French w/ subtitles
Jean Jacques-Zilbermann, Director

 

9:30 PM For My Baby
102 min • Netherlands, 1998
English
Rudolf van den Berg, Director

 

Sunday | march 21
10:00 AM Bagel & Film Brunch
Under the Chuppah:
Jewish Weddings Nineties-Style

 

Two Weddings
7 min • USA, 1998
Harvey Wang, Director

 

A Jewish Wedding
50 min • United Kingdom, 1997
Stephen Walker, Director

 

Chicks in White Satin
20 min • United Kingdom, 1993
Elaine Holliman, Director

 

1:00 PM Autumn Sun
108 min • Argentina, 1996
Spanish w/ subtitles
Eduardo Mignogna, Director

 

3:00 PM Special Program
Religious And Secular,
At Home, Together?

As greater numbers turn towards strict religious practice, what becomes of family unity when gaps in observance and belief separate brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, parents and children?  Can religious and secular Jews survive together as one family, and on a larger scale, as one people?
Panel discussion following the screenings.

 

Fifth Commandment
45 min • Israel, 1998
Hebrew w/subtitles
Shimon Azulay, Director

 

I Thee Wed
16 min • Israel, 1995
Anat Maskens, Director

 

Ido
30 min • Israel, 1998
Hebrew w/ subtitles
Gilaad Goldschmidt, Director
Panel discussion following screenings
Invited Guest: Gili Goldschmidt

 

7:30 PM CLOSING NIGHT
The South: Alice Never Lived Here
82 min • Israel, 1998
Sini Bar-David, Director
Introduced By: Marie Shek
Israeli Cultural Attache
Invited Guest: Sini Bar-David

 

Adio
19 min • USA, 1998
Gregori Viens, Director
Panel discussion following the screenings

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