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Israel, 2008, 78 min.
A stop-motion animated film with a decided undertone of irony and wit, Tatia Rosenthal's surprising film uses puppets to bring to life a quirky set of characters inhabiting a Tel Aviv building.... more
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Adam Resurrected
USA, 2008, 106 min.
Paul Schrader's brilliant new work tells the story of Adam Stein, who grapples with a paralytic case of survivor’s guilt in the aftermath of the Holocaust. An extraordinary performance by Jeff Goldblum captures the essence of the complex central character.... more
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Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
USA, 2008, 86 min.
Joan Allen narrates this powerful film about the remarkable life of Hannah Senesh — a 23-year-old Hungarian writer living in Palestine in 1944, who volunteered for a doomed mission to try to rescue Jews in Budapest. Revelatory archival footage and moving interviews combine to great effect.... more
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Cycles
France, 2007, 92 min.
Empty-nest syndrome packs a double whammy for Judith. Just as her son is ready to head off on his own, her Holocaust-survivor mother begins slipping into Alzheimer's. This incisive and tender first feature follows three generations of Parisian Jews as they come to grips with change.... more
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Forgotten Transports: To Estonia
Czech Republic, 2008, 85 min.
Bearing witness to some little-told stories of the Holocaust, this moving documentary offers an important contribution to WWII history as it traces the harrowing three-year odyssey of roughly 100 young Czech Jewish women after they arrived in Estonia on September 5, 1942.... more
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The Gift to Stalin
Kazakhstan, 2008, 95 min.
Set against the sweeping beauty of the Kazakh steppes, Gift is the heartwarming tale of a young orphaned Jewish boy who is sent into exile during a Stalinist purge, but saved by a gruff older Muslim.... more
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Goodbye Mothers
Morocco, 2007, 110 min.
Set in 1960s Morocco as the Jewish population surreptitiously immigrates to Israel in search of a better life. The sawmill owned by Brahim, a Muslim, and Henry, his Jewish business partner, is failing. Henry decides to try his luck in Israel.... more
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The Green Dumpster Mystery
Israel, 2008, 50 min.
Like Daniel Mendelsohn's nonfiction bestseller The Lost, this tightly paced tour de force of detection vividly evokes the now-extinguished lives of an extended family seared by the Holocaust and modern Israeli tragedies.... more
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The Jester
Poland, 1937, 90 min.
Set in a Galician shtetl before World War II, this famous Yiddish-language musical comedy is rich with itinerant performers and star-crossed lovers. Shown in a beautiful tinted and toned newly restored print.... more
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The Little Traitor
Israel, 2007, 88 min.
After precocious 11-year-old Israeli Proffy Liebowitz (Ido Port) is captured while violating curfew, he forms an improbable friendship with British officer Sergeant Dunlop (Alfred Molina), setting the stage for this touching tale of trust and betrayal.... more
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Salt of This Sea
Palestine, 2008, 109 min.
Brooklyn-born Soraya decides to move to Palestine and reclaim her heritage on both spiritual and financial levels. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever.... more
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The Seven Days
Israel, 2008, 115 min.
When a large clan (a who's who of Israel's finest performers) gathers for the funeral and shiva of a loved one, bitterness and family feuds soon take precedence over mourning. Best Feature, Best Actress, Jerusalem Film Festival.... more
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Waltz with Bashir
Israel, 2008, 87 min.
A film about memory and responsibility that uses powerful animation to recreate the hallucinogenic qualities of recollection, this unique documentary shows how Lebanon is part of the Israeli psyche, its shadow, its other place.... more
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The Wedding Song
Tunisia, 2007, 100 min.
Karin Albou's (Little Jerusalem) sophomore feature confirms her status as a rising star in the art-film firmament. The story of a Muslim girl and a Jewish girl who bond intensely during the Nazi occupation of Tunis is taboo-breaking, sensual and political, all at the same time.... more
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Zrubavel
Israel, 2008, 72 min.
This first feature-length Israeli drama created by Ethiopian-Israeli filmmakers centers on a multigenerational family of Ethiopian émigrés and poignantly shows the younger generation trying to assimilate with Israeli culture and disregarding the customs cherished by their elders.... more
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