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Thursday, April 23
Opening Night Film & Festivities
Little Traitor, The
Thursday, April 23 at Program Begins 8:00 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | Israel | 2007
Based on Amos Oz's novel Panther in the Basement, this uplifting family-friendly film captures the unlikely bond between ostensible foes.
[MORE]Saturday, April 25
Clown & Führer, The (El Pallasso i el Führer)
Saturday, April 25 at 7:15 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | Spain | 2008
A psychological drama depicting the true story of Charlie Rivel, the internationally acclaimed Spanish clown, who was summoned by the Gestapo to perform at Hitler's birthday party in 1944. Plays with: The Wall.
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Wall, The (short)
Saturday, April 25 at 7:15 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | United States | 2007
Through the wall of their New York City apartment, a guilt-ridden cellist and a Holocaust survivor form an unlikely bond.
Plays with: Clown and Fuhrer.
Lemon Tree (Etz Limon)
Saturday, April 25 at 9:30 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | France | 2008
A Palestinian widow, Salma (Hiam Abbas), finds her beloved lemon grove - a family legacy - threatened when a stubborn Israeli defense minister.
[MORE]Sunday, April 26
MATZOH MOMMA BAGEL BRUNCH FAMILY FILM
Holy Land Hardball
Sunday, April 26 at 10:00AM (Brunch) | 11:00 AM (Film starts) | CINERAMA THEATRE | United Kingdom | 2008
What happens when a Boston bakery owner with no sports experience brings America's favorite pastime and secular religion to the Holy Land?
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Circumcise Me!
Sunday, April 26 at 1:00 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | United States | 2007
Yisrael Campbell is Israel's funniest Hasidic comedian. The son of an ex-nun and Catholic teacher, Campbell converted to Judaism, not once, but three times: Reform, Conservative, then Orthodox. Great fodder for Jewish humor!
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Israel's Hottest TV Series
Arab Labor
Sunday, April 26 at 2:20 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | Israel | 2007
Created by a 32-year-old Israeli-born Palestinian journalist, Arab Labor focuses on a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen's search for acceptance into Israeli society.
My Olympic Summer (short)
Sunday, April 26 at 6:40 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | United States | 2007
Using his parents 8mm home movies, filmmaker Daniel Robin creates a fictional account of their troubled marriage against the backdrop of the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Plays with: One Day You Will Understand.
One Day You Will Understand
(Plus Tard, Tu Comprendras)
Sunday, April 26 at 6:40 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | France | 2008
Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim) stars in this latest introspective drama by director Amos Gitai about Holocaust memory, reconciliation and family.
Plays with: My Olympic Summer.
Battle of Cable Street, The (animated short)
Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | United Kingdom | 2006
A young boy is taken inside the magical world of his own sketchbook by his grandfather.
Plays with: A Gift to Stalin.
Gift to Stalin, A
Sunday, April 26 at 9:00 PM | CINERAMA THEATRE | Israel | 2008
An orphaned Jewish boy, Sashka, is found in a rail car by a Muslim rail worker in rural Kazakhstan, yet dreams of finding his exiled parents. Gorgeous panoramas of the vast Kazakhstan steppes dazzle the eyes, as Sashka's story touches the heart. Plays with: Battle of Cable Street.
[MORE]Monday, April 27
At Home In Utopia
Monday, April 27 at 6:30 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | United States | 2008
"The Coops" (cooperative Bronx apartments), symbolized an experiment in justice and equality for thousands of Jewish immigrant garment workers who catapulted themselves out of urban slums. Plays with: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg.
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Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (short)
Monday, April 27 at 6:30 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | United States | 2007
The life and career of Gertrude Berg, the creator, writer and star of The Goldbergs. Plays with: At Home in Utopia.
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Defiant Beauty: Two Films About Women, Beauty & Bucking Tradition
Lady Kul El Arab
Monday, April 27 at 8:30 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | Israel | 2008
Duah Fares is the first Druze woman to compete for the title of Miss Israel, but her traditional community's values clash with her aspirations. Plays with: Tulip Time.
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Tulip Time: The Rise and Fall of the Trio Lescano
Monday, April 27 at 8:30 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | Netherlands | 2007
These Dutch Jewish sisters could really swing (a la the Andrew Sisters), but the Fascist Italian government cancelled their contracts and threw them in jail. Their complex relationship to Judaism is captured in rare found footage of their unique performances. Plays with: Lady Kul El Arab.
Credit: Song sheet from David Chapman Collection.
[MORE]Tuesday, April 28
Blessed is the Match: The Life & Death of Hannah Senesh
Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | United States | 2008
This creative and inspiring documentary commemorates the life of the Hungarian resistance fighter and national heroine in Israel. Narrated by Academy Award nominee Joan Allen.
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Why Mumbai?
Jews in India, Then & Now
Flipping Out
Tuesday, April 28 at 8:40 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | Israel | 2007
The Himalayan foothills provide refuge for Israeli youth, who after mandatory military service go to India and "flip out." Plays with: In Search of Bene Israel.
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Why Mumbai?
Jews in India, Then & Now
In Search of Bene Israel (short)
Tuesday, April 28 at 8:40 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | India | 2008
Sadia Shephard spent her Fulbright year with an old hand-drawn map and her grandmother's family tree, unraveling the mysteries of her Nana's past while discovering her Indian Jewish ancestors. Plays with: Flipping Out.
[MORE]Wednesday, April 29
Stroum JCC "Senior" Screening Music, Bagels & Coffee
Cost: $7
Beau Jest
Wednesday, April 29 at 12:00 PM Noon | Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) | United States | 2008
Lainie Kazan stars in this romantic comedy about a young school teacher (her daughter) trying to fulfill her Jewish mother's dreams.
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Yom Ha'atzmaut
Israeli Independence Day Community Celebration
Case For Israel, The: Democracy's Outpost
Wednesday, April 29 at 6:30 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | United States | 2008
Famed attorney Alan Dershowitz makes his "case" for Israel, with insights by political luminaries, such as Shimon Peres, Dennis Ross and Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky.
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Yom Ha'atzmaut
Israeli Independence Day Community Celebration
Sharon
Wednesday, April 29 at 8:40 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | Germany | 2008
An intimate look at Ariel Sharon - hero of the Six Day War and unlikely endorser of the Road Map to Peace prior to his devastating stroke in 2006.
[MORE]Thursday, April 30
Ceremonies of the Horsemen (short)
Thursday, April 30 at 6:15 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | United States | 2008
During a late night drive, a man convinces his college age nephew to confront the past.
Plays with: Fugitive Pieces.
Fugitive Pieces
Thursday, April 30 at 6:15 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | Canada | 2008
A powerful, poetic, and emotionally-charged drama about loss, love and redemption, starring Ayelet Zurer (Munich) and Stephen Dillane (The Hours).
Plays with: Ceremonies of the Horseman.
Stalags: Holocaust and Pornography in Israel
(Stalagim: Shoa ve pornographia re’ Israel)
Thursday, April 30 at 9:15 PM | SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL | United States | 2007
During the early 1960s, erotic pocketbooks called stalags featured buxom female SS officers. They were condemned as porn but reveal uncomfortable truths about Israeli consciousness to this day.
[MORE]Saturday, May 2
For My Father (Sof Shavua B' Tel Aviv)
Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 PM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | Israel | 2007
Terek, a young Palestinian on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv, is given a second chance at life and love when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate.
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TWO SCREENINGS: SEATTLE & TACOMA
Strangers (Zarim)
Saturday, May 2 at 9:30 PM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | Israel | 2007
On their way to the World Cup soccer finals in Berlin, an exchange of bags and magnetic glances initiates an improbable romance.
[MORE]Sunday, May 3
Ladino Love
Sephardic Film Double Feature
Island of Roses: Tragedy in Paradise (L' Isola Delle Rose: La Tragedia di un Paradiso)
Sunday, May 3 at 11:00 AM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | Italy | 2007
Pregnant with her second child, director Rebecca Samona travels with her mother to Rhodes, where their family and the Rhodeslis Jewish community lived for generations.
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Ladino: 500 Years Young
Sunday, May 3 at 11:00 AM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | Israel | 2006
The film follows the rise of Ladino singer, Yasmin Levy, as she rediscovers her father, Yitzhak Levy, the revered Ladino singer, who dedicated his life to recording and documenting the old Ladino songs before they became extinct.
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Israel's Hottest TV Series
Srugim
Sunday, May 3 at 1:30 PM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | Israel | 2007
A Friends-style TV series about the singles scene in Jerusalem among the hip, well-educated, 30-something Modern Orthodox set.
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Woman From the Bubble
Sunday, May 3 at 3:30 PM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | Israel | 2007
Lee Dan is best known for her "role" on Israeli TV in "the bubble," gesticulating in sign language onsreeen as she translates for deaf audiences. But it is Lee's charisma, easy laugh and warm heart that resound.
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Free Screening
Donations to Benefit NW Sarcoma Foundation
My Left Hand
Sunday, May 3 at 5:00 PM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | United States | 2008
Seattle filmmaker Joshua Isaac documents his experience dealing with a rare tumor initially found in the palm of his left hand. His faith in G-d and Judaism helps him endure and, ultimately, celebrate life.
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CLOSING DAY: FREE "GREEN SCREEN"
& PANEL
Renewal: Stories From America's Religious Environmental Movement (selected shorts)
Sunday, May 3 at 5:00 PM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | United States | 2007
Three short films about Jewish, Muslim & Catholic environmental efforts lead off "SJFF 14, Go Green!" Closing Day Roundtable. Free and open to the public.
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CLOSING DAY: FREE "GREEN SCREEN"
Fuel
Sunday, May 3 at 7:00 PM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | United States | 2008
An insightful portrait of America's addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions.
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Secrets (HaSadot)
Sunday, May 3 at 9:00 PM | MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY (MOHAI) | Israel | 2007
The story of a gifted and pious daughter of an Orthodox rabbi and her rebellious quest for individuality.
[MORE]Saturday, May 9
SJFF IN TACOMA: ENCORE SCREENING
Strangers (Zarim) - Tacoma Screening
Saturday, May 9 at 7:00 PM | WA State History Museum (Tacoma) | Israel | 2007
On their way to the World Cup soccer finals in Berlin, an exchange of bags and magnetic glances initiates an improbable romance.
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