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David
USA, 2011, 80 min.
A charming coming of age tale promoting tolerance and cross-cultural understanding, David bridges one of the world's defining sociopolitical rifts when a young Muslim Brooklynite semi-accidentally passes as Jewish.... more
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Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
USA, 2011, 84 min.
This moving and gripping documentary places the daring Operation Entebbe hostage-rescue mission by Israeli Defense forces against the fascinating backdrop of the largely untold life story of its commander, Yoni Netanyahu, older brother of the current Israeli Prime Minister.... more
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Footnote
Israel, 2011, 103 min.
A brilliant, acerbic suspense film with an unusual subject:academic standing. When Professor Shkolnik is finally accorded the Israel Prize that has eluded him so long, he still can’t quite bring himself to forgive his son for being too popular. Winner of 9 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Pict... more
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Hotel Lux
Germany, 2011, 110 min.
A charming womanizer who makes a living impersonating Stalin flees Nazi Germany and lands at the famous Hotel Lux in Moscow, where he is mistaken for Hitler’s astrologist. The real Stalin is very keen to hear what may lie ahead… ... more
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In Darkness
Poland, 2011, 145 min.
Acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa) offers a compelling look at the complex reasons a man might risk his life for others with this true story of a Polish sewer worker who saved many Jewish lives. ... more
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Let My People Go!
France, 2011, 86 min.
In Finland, a few days before Passover, a series of misunderstandings result in the breakup of a Frenchman and his hunky Finnish lover, sending the former reeling back to Paris and his dysfunctional family just in time for the Jewish holiday. An inspired marriage of camp and farce.... more
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Man Without a Cell Phone
Palestinian Territories, 2010, 80 min.
An Arab-Israeli village's new cell-phone tower quickly goes from minor annoyance to symbol of oppression. In turn, charming slacker Jawdat abandons youthful aimlessness for activism. Tempering its pointed politics with gentle humour, Sameh Zoabi's dramedy is an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser. ... more
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My Australia
Israel, 2011, 100 min.
In the mid-1960s, two young Polish brothers involved in an anti-Semitic crime receive a rude awakening when they learn that they are actually Jewish and their mother is moving them to Israel (or “Australia”, as she tells the younger sibling).... more
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My Best Enemy
Austria, 2011, 109 min.
When the Nazis confiscate his family’s Michelangelo sketch, Victor Kaufmann (Mauritz Bleibtreu) is set on a twist-filled World War II odyssey. An audaciously entertaining picaresque from the producers of The Counterfeiters.... more
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My Father Baryshnikov
Russia, 2011, 88 min.
Set circa 1986, this charming end-of-Soviet-era tale– a sort of Russian Billy Elliot meets Goodbye Lenin! –follows an irrepressible youth enrolled at a strict dance academy who pretends that his father is the famous dissident dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. ... more
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Off White Lies
Israel, 2011, 86 min.
A poignant comedy about a teenager who returns to Israel to get to know her eccentric father, who is currently “between apartments.” As war in Lebanon begins, the father proposes a creative plan to put a roof over their heads.... more
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Omar Killed Me
Morocco, 2011, 85 min.
An Arab worker becomes the scapegoat for a brutal murder in this gripping thriller based on one of the most shocking miscarriages of French justice in the last 20 years. Zem’s film shines a revealing light on racism, class problems and prejudice.... more
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Restoration
Israel, 2011, 105 min.
In this bittersweet drama, an antiques restorer is forced to face up to uncomfortable home truths when his lifelong business partner dies, leaving unpaid bills that go beyond the financial variety. Best Film: Jerusalem & Karlovy Vary Film Festivals.... more
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Sonny Boy
Netherlands, 2011, 132 min.
Offering a sweeping epic encompassing the years 1911–1945, this eagerly anticipated screen version of the bestselling novel by Annejet van der Zijl tells the real-life love story of a mixed-race couple and their struggle in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.... more
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Wunderkinder
Germany, 2011, 96 min.
A moving tribute to innocence, Rosenmüller’s drama focuses on three gifted child musicians—two Jewish and one German—in 1941 Ukraine whose friendship is torn apart when the Nazis invade the Soviet Union.... more
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