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Seattle Jewish Film Festival Schedule March 13-21 - King Kat Theater, Seattle, WA |
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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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 9:30 PM | Man Is A Woman 97 min • France, 1998 French w/ subtitles Jean Jacques-Zilbermann, Director
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| Wednesday | march 17 | |
| 2:00 PM | Free For Seniors Matinee
A Letter To Mother 106 min • Poland, 1938 Yiddish w/ subtitles Joseph Green, Director
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| 7:00 PM | Mother Stayed There 40 min • Israel, 1997 Hebrew w/ subtitles Dalia Mevorach, Director
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| Gesho 25 min • Canada, 1996 Hebrew w/ subtitles Beverly Shaffer, Director Special Guest: Avi Granot, Former Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia
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| 9:00 PM | Out for Love...Be Back
Shortly 55 min • Israel, 1997 Dan Katzir, Director Invited Guest: Director Dan Katzir
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| 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
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| Silence 10 min • Great Britain, 1998 Sylvie Bringas & Orly Yadin, Directors
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| 9:00 PM | Women 96 min • Israel, 1996 Hebrew w/ subtitles Moshe Mizrahi, Director
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| Saturday |march 20 | |
| 7:30 PM | Man Is A Woman 97 min • France, 1998 French w/ subtitles Jean Jacques-Zilbermann, Director
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| 9:30 PM | For My Baby 102 min • Netherlands, 1998 English Rudolf van den Berg, Director
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| Sunday | march 21 | |
| 10:00 AM | Bagel & Film Brunch Under the Chuppah: Jewish Weddings Nineties-Style
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| Two Weddings 7 min • USA, 1998 Harvey Wang, Director
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| A Jewish Wedding 50 min • United Kingdom, 1997 Stephen Walker, Director
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| Chicks in White Satin 20 min • United Kingdom, 1993 Elaine Holliman, Director
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| 1:00 PM | Autumn Sun 108 min • Argentina, 1996 Spanish w/ subtitles Eduardo Mignogna, Director
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| 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.
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| Fifth Commandment 45 min • Israel, 1998 Hebrew w/subtitles Shimon Azulay, Director
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| I Thee Wed 16 min • Israel, 1995 Anat Maskens, Director
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| Ido 30 min • Israel, 1998 Hebrew w/ subtitles Gilaad Goldschmidt, Director Panel discussion following screenings Invited Guest: Gili Goldschmidt
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| 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
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| Adio 19 min • USA, 1998 Gregori Viens, Director Panel discussion following the screenings
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