The 2017 BJFF Catalog

BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

NOVEMBER 8–20 / 2017 www.bjff.org

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2 OPENING NIGHT

Bye Bye Germany

Frankfurt, 1946. Jews remaining in Displaced Wednesday Persons camps must make new rules to NOVEMBER 8 survive. So, David Bermann (Moritz 7:00 pm Bleibtreu, Run Lola Run) recruits some friends to sell linens to Germans at highly Coolidge Corner inflated prices. But while his friends are Theatre earning the money for their tickets to America, David is meeting with an American investigator who is determined to discover Director Sam Garbarski the secret he is hiding. Narrative, 2017 Germany/Luxembourg/Belgium Official Selection, Berlin International Film 101 min Festival, 2017 German with subtitles Boston Premiere Invited Moritz Bleibtreu Join us for a Passholder Party at Osaka Restaurant following the Opening Night screening. Sponsored by First Republic Bank

Supported by

1 MIDFEST EVENT

Bombshell: Wednesday The Hedy Lamarr Story NOVEMBER 15 Hedy Lamarr was called the most beautiful 6:30 pm woman in the world, but she was so much Coolidge Corner more. From her early role in a pre-war erotic Theatre film to her invention of the cellular technology used in WiFi, Lamarr’s life was filled with excitement and intrigue. Rare recordings, interviews, and excerpts from Lamarr’s Director Alexandra Dean own diary expose how this secret genius with Documentary, 2017 a scandalous past never received the respect USA, 90 min she deserved – in film or in science.Narrated English by Susan Sarandon, voiced by Diane Kruger. Boston Premiere Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival, 2017 Join us for a Passholder Party at Hops n Scotch after the MidFest Preceded by screening A performance of History at Play’s “Tinseltown Inventor: The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Hedy Lamarr” (November 15)

In Person Director Alexandra Dean

2 CLOSING NIGHT

Keep the Change

A rom-com set in world where no character Monday is typical. David is obsessed with being NOVEMBER 20 perceived as “normal” – thanks in part to 6:30 pm his parents (Tibor Feldman, The Sopranos and Jessica Walter, Arrested Development). Boston Public When David is forced to attend an autism Library support group, he wants nothing to do with the other members…until he meets Sarah, who exudes positivity and confidence. But Director Rachel Israel when David brings Sarah home to meet his Narrative, 2017 family, their romance is challenged. USA, 94 min English Keep the Change’s cast includes actors on New England Premiere the autism spectrum. Join us for a Passholder Party In Person Preceded by at the Back Bay Social Club after Director Rachel Israel, A performance of History at Play’s the screening Actors Brandon Polansky and “Tinseltown Inventor: The Most Beautiful Samantha Elisofon Co-presented with Woman in the World, Hedy Lamarr” (November 15)

In Person Sponsored by Director Alexandra Dean

3 FRESHFLIX Events Join fellow young professionals for films, parties, and special events that celebrate new voices in Jewish film. Look for the FRESHFLIX icon in the brochure and check bjff.org for updates. This year’s FreshFlix films are:

In Between NuWave: Saturday, November 11, 8:45 pm The Virtual Reality Experience Museum of Fine Arts Thursday, November 16, 5:30 pm Saturday, November 18, 6:30 pm Brookline Interactive Group Somerville Theatre Keep the Change Pinsky Monday, November 20, 6:30 pm Saturday, November 18, 9:15 pm Boston Public Library Somerville Theatre Winter Hunt House of Z Monday, November 13, 7:00 pm Tuesday, November 14, 7:00 pm Somerville Theatre Coolidge Corner Theatre Wednesday, November 15, 6:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts (Alfond Auditorium)

7th annual FRESHFLIX Short Film Competition Screening Time Thursday, November 9, 7:00 pm Somerville Theatre Our annual celebration of the next generation of filmmakers. Selected by a jury of young professionals, this year’s program includes short films from Israel, USA, and the UK. Film selections include:

Black Swell Out of Reach Dir. Jake Honig (Narrative, 2016, USA, 9 min) Dir. Efrat Rasner (Narrative, 2015, Israel, 19 min)

The Chop The Seven Men of Hanukkah Dir. Lewis Rose (Narrative, 2015, UK, 17 min) Dir. Daryl Lathon (Narrative, 2016, USA, 16 min)

The Disposers Thank you to our prestigious jury for selecting Dir. Eden Hadad (Narrative, 2016, Israel, 14 min) this year’s lineup: Goldie Eder, Mollie Elkin, Emilie Golenberg, Mark Kiefer, Matt Kramer, In Other Words Emily Lodish, Laura Mandel, Adam Riemer, Dir. Tal Kantor (Narrative, 2015, Israel, 6 min) Anna Shur-Wilson, Ben Vainer Join The Club Dir. Eva Vives (Narrative, 2016, USA, 5 min)

Sponsored by Sponsored by

6 Women on the Verge: Short Film Program Screening Time Sunday, November 19, 2:30 pm Institute of Contemporary Art

116 Cameras A Portrait of a Beautiful Woman Director Davina Pardo Director Yula Gidron Documentary, 2017 Narrative, 2017 USA, 16 min Israel, 21 min English Hebrew with subtitles New England Premiere New England Premiere Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor, After an argument shakes up the takes part in a new project: comfortable routine of her marriage, preserving survivors’ stories as Gabi runs away to wander the streets interactive holograms. on a nocturnal journey. Wig Shop Hinda and Her Sisterrrz Director Kat Coiro Director Michael Kissinger Narrative, 2016 Documentary, 2017 USA, 15 min Canada, 27 min English, Russian, and Yiddish English with subtitles New England Premiere At a visit to a local wig shop, an When Hinda Avery began painting the Orthodox Jewish woman (Emily women in her family, they emerged as Mortimer, The Newsroom) uncovers a heroic women taking on the Nazis. life-changing secret.

Winner of the FreshFlix Short Film Competition Film to be announced November 9th.

Event Time Sunday, November 19, 12:00 pm Check www.bjff.org/guests for complete list of guest speakers Museum of Fine Arts and post-film discussion information. (Remis Auditorium)

7 32 Pills: My Sister’s The 90 Minute War Suicide

Director Hope Litoff Director Eyal Halfon Documentary, 2017, USA, 85 min Narrative, 2016, Israel/Germany/ English Portugal, 85 min Massachusetts Premiere Arabic, English, Hebrew and Hope Litoff’s sister, Ruth, was dynamic Portuguese with subtitles and artistic. But after years of mental Boston Premiere health struggles, Ruth committed The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about suicide in 2008. Since then, her to be resolved…by a soccer match. belongings, including her exceptional In this politically-incorrect, satirical photography, have lived in a storage mockumentary, it’s winner-take-all to facility. In this beautifully crafted, remain in the Holy Land. As managers intimate film, Hope unpacks the Moshe Ivgy (My Lovely Sister) and storage space and explores her sister’s Norman Issa (Arab Labor) prepare life and relationships while opening a for the highest-stakes game of their painful — and potentially dangerous — careers, nothing is easy — from path for herself. finding a stadium to agreeing on a Official Selection, HotDocs, 2017 referee. The trials that ensue take a fresh, and hilarious, lens to the Co-presented with conflict. 3 Ophir (Israeli Academy) Award Nominations Invited Screening Times Director/Protagonist Hope Litoff Saturday, November 11, 9:15 pm Sponsored by Brattle Theatre Saturday, November 18, 6:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

Screening Time Thursday, November 16, 6:30 pm Brattle Theatre

8 1945 A Bag of Marbles

Director Ferenc Török Director Christian Duguay Narrative, 2017, Hungary, 91 min Narrative, 2017, France/Canada/ Hungarian with subtitles Czech Republic, 110 min Boston Premiere French with subtitles Massachusetts Premiere 1945. Two Orthodox Jewish strangers are spotted at the train station of a In German-occupied France, 10-year- small Hungarian village that is the old Joseph and his older brother middle of preparing for a wedding Maurice have to make it all the way to and quickly becomes abuzz — who the “Free Zone” where they will meet are these men? Have they come to their parents. On their way, they meet reclaim stolen Jewish property? Shot a few kind, and not-so-kind, strangers. in breathtaking black and white, 1945 But their adventures do not end when revisits a time of uncertainty and they arrive…soon the Nazis invade and chaos, as Hungary rebuilds itself post- the brothers must form a new plan for war and must define its relationship survival. Based on the autobiographical with Europe’s surviving Jews. novel by Joseph Joffo. Official Selection, Berlin International Note: Ages 10+ Film Festival, 2017 Screening with The Forger (16 min) Screening as part of the Cummings November 13 and 16 Social Justice Film Series Screening as part of the Cummings Screening Times Social Justice Film Series Thursday, November 9, 7:00 pm Join us in the Passholder Lounge at West Newton Cinema L ’ Aroma Café after the West Newton Sunday, November 12, 12:00 pm screening Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) Sponsored by Tuesday, November 14, 7:00 pm Arlington Capitol Theatre

Screening Times Saturday, November 11, 6:30 pm JCC Riemer-Goldstein Theater Monday, November 13, 7:00 pm & 7:15 pm Foxboro Patriot Place Thursday, November 16, 7:00 pm Arlington Capitol Theatre Sunday, November 19, 12:00 pm West Newton Cinema

9 Bang! The Bert Berns Big Sonia Story

Directors Brett Berns and Bob Sarles Directors Leah Warshawski & Todd Soliday Documentary, 2016, USA, 95 min Documentary, 2016, USA, 93 min English English Boston Premiere Music meets the mob in this At 90, Sonia is famous around town – at documentary about Bert Berns, the her shop for her huge personality, and record producer who brought us hits at schools and prisons for her visits to like Twist and Shout, Brown Eyed Girl, share her Holocaust experience. When and Piece of My Heart. He launched she learns her shop must close, Sonia the careers of greats like Van Morrison must imagine life without the work that and The Isley Brothers, but Berns’ keeps her mind off the past. Directed life was cut short at the young age by Sonia’s granddaughter, the film is a of 38. Directed by Berns’ son with portrait of an incredible nonagenarian interviews by the likes of Ben E. King, and a reflection on how the Holocaust Van Morrison, Keith Richards, and affects generations of family. Paul McCartney, Bang! The Bert Berns Screening with Joe’s Violin Story is a delightful foray into Berns’ Director Kahane Cooperman world – one inhabited by some of the Documentary, 2016, USA, 24 min brightest lights in rock and soul as well English as shady characters of the gangster underworld. A violin changes the lives of a Holocaust survivor and a young girl. Join us for a Rock ‘n Roll Party after the November 18 screening Screening as part of the Cummings Social Justice Film Series In Person Directors Brett Berns and Bob Sarles Join us in the Passholder Lounge at L ’ Aroma Café before and after the Screening Times Saturday, November 18, 6:30 pm West Newton screening BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL JCC Riemer-Goldstein Theater Sponsored by FOUNDATION Sunday, November 19, 3:00 pm Brattle Theatre Jewish Studies Program, and Departments of History, Political Science, and Sociology & Anthropology

Screening Times Wednesday, November 15, 1:00 pm Coolidge Corner Theatre Sunday, November 19, 3:30 pm West Newton Cinema 10 Bombshell: The Hedy Bye Bye Germany Lamarr Story

Director Alexandra Dean Director Sam Garbarski Documentary, 2017, USA, 90 min Narrative, 2017, Germany/Luxembourg/ English Belgium, 101 min Boston Premiere German with subtitles Hedy Lamarr was called the most beautiful Boston Premiere woman in the world, but she was so much Frankfurt, 1946. Jews remaining more. From her early role in a pre-war in Displaced Persons camps must erotic film to her invention of the cellular make new rules to survive. So, David technology used in WiFi, Lamarr’s life Bermann (Moritz Bleibtreu, Run Lola was filled with excitement and intrigue. Run) recruits some friends to sell Rare recordings, interviews, and excerpts linens to Germans at highly inflated from Lamarr’s own diary expose how prices. But while his friends are this secret genius with a scandalous past earning the money for their tickets never received the respect she deserved to America, David is meeting with – in film or in science.Narrated by Susan an American investigator who is Sarandon, voiced by Diane Kruger. determined to discover the secret he Preceded by a performance of is hiding. History at Play’s “Tinseltown Inventor: Screening as part of the Cummings The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Social Justice Film Series Hedy Lamarr” (November 15) Join us for a Passholder Party at Osaka Join us for a Passholder Party at Hops n Restaurant following the Opening Scotch after the MidFest screening Night Screening. Sponsored by In Person First Republic Bank. Director Alexandra Dean Invited November 15 and 16 Screenings Moritz Bleibtreu Sponsored by Supported by November 16 November 19

Screening Times Screening Times MidFest: Opening Night: Wednesday, November 15, 6:30 pm Wednesday, November 8, 7:00 pm Coolidge Corner Theatre Coolidge Corner Theatre Thursday, November 16, 1:00 pm Sunday, November 12, 7:30 pm Coolidge Corner Theatre The Center for the Arts in Natick Sunday, November 19, 1:00 pm Tuesday, November 14, 7:00 pm Orchard Cove West Newton Cinema 11 Dimona Twist The Genius and the Opera Singer

Director Michal Aviad Director Vanessa Stockley Documentary, 2016, Israel, 71 min Documentary, 2017, UK, 70 min Hebrew with subtitles English Massachusetts Premiere Boston Premiere In the 1950s and 60s Jews from Jessica and her mother, Ruth, have cosmopolitan Arab cities like lived in the same crowded rent- Baghdad and Casablanca arrived in stabilized NYC apartment for over 50 Israel, often finding themselves in years. Jessica is fiercely intelligent and small, undeveloped towns. Meet hot-tempered — and living a different seven women who grew into life from the one she imagined. Ruth, adulthood in Israel’s Negev, where now housebound and under her food was often scarce and education daughter’s care, was once an aspiring lacking. But for these women, this opera diva. The two spend their days new reality wouldn’t stop them from crooning old Sinatra standards and creating rich lives - or from throwing slinging bitter insults at each other and dance parties set to twist records anyone else who gets in their way. A smuggled from Morocco. A glimpse cinema vérité portrait of an intense into an important and overlooked mother-daughter relationship. chapter of Israel’s early history. Official Selection, HotDocs, 2017 Best Documentary Film Award, Co-presented with Jerusalem International Film Festival Ophir (Israeli Academy) Award Nomination, Best Documentary, 2017 Sponsored by Followed by a conversation Sponsored by

Screening Time Screening Times Thursday, November 16, 9:15 pm Saturday, November 11, 6:30 pm Brattle Theatre Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) Sunday, November 12, 1:00 pm West Newton Cinema

12 Heather Booth: Changing Holy Air the World

Director Lilly Rivlin Director Shady Srour Documentary, 2017, USA, 60 min Narrative, 2017, Israel, 81 min English Arabic, English, French, Hebrew and Massachusetts Premiere Italian with subtitles From registering Black Mississippians Boston Premiere to vote in the 1960s to advocating With news of a new baby on the way, for affordable childcare for working Adam reevaluates his life and realizes parents, Heather Booth has played it isn’t amounting to much. And to top a role in forging civil rights since it off, he needs to make some cash her teenage years. She continues — fast! An Arab Christian in Nazareth, to educate community organizers Adam comes up with an idea that through the Midwest Academy, which is perfect for the Pope’s upcoming she founded. Heather Booth: Changing visit: he will bottle and sell “Holy Air” the World is both a tribute to Booth — the very air that the Virgin Mary herself — revealing her to be an breathed. But before he can bring this inspiration in our current climate and a groundbreaking product to market necessary role model for activists and he’ll need to become allies with the average citizen alike — and a guide Nazareth’s three ruling cultures: the on how to make a difference. Jewish politicians, the Muslim mafia Join us for a Passholder Party at boss, and the Catholic church officials. L ’ Aroma Café following the screening In a politically unstable world where religion is just merchandise, can Holy In Person Air become Adam’s salvation? Director Lilly Rivlin Protagonist Heather Booth Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival, 2017 Sponsored by Invited Director/Actor Shady Srour Screening Times Thursday, November 9, 6:45 pm Screening Time Coolidge Corner Theatre Monday, November 13, 7:00 pm Saturday, November 11, 6:30 pm West Newton Cinema Brattle Theatre

13 House of Z Humor Me

Director Sandy Chronopoulos Director Sam Hoffman Documentary, 2017, USA, 87 min Narrative, 2017, USA, 93 min English English New England Premiere Zac Posen is one of the most recognizable brands in the fashion Once an acclaimed New York world. Discovered as a teenager, playwright, Nate (Jemaine Clement, Posen would design clothes for his Flight of the Conchords) can’t finish high school friends: New York cool his new play. And when his wife kids such as Chloë Sevigny and Claire (Maria Dizzia, Orange is the New Danes. A wunderkind who crashed Black) leaves him, taking their son and burned at an age when many with her, he becomes desolate. Broke designers are still finding their footing, and unable to pay the rent, Nate his fast ascent to fashion stardom also begrudgingly moves to New Jersey to was his downfall. Featuring interviews live with his father (Elliott Gould), in a with Posen’s family and friends retirement community. There, Nate’s (including Naomi Campbell and André misery is tested by his dad’s endless Leon Talley) and lots of style, House of jokes. When he stumbles across the Z follows Posen’s rise and fall…and, at senior citizens’ community-theater last, his recovery. troupe, he tries to give directing — and human interaction — another shot. Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival, 2017 Invited Director Sam Hoffman Followed by a conversation Screening Times Screening Time Thursday, November 16, 6:30 pm Tuesday, November 14, 7:00 pm Coolidge Corner Theatre Coolidge Corner Theatre Saturday, November 18, 6:30 pm Brattle Theatre

14 TICKETS

$16 General Admission, $14 Discount: BJFF Jr! Event November 12, 2:30 pm Discounted tickets are available for seniors (Coolidge Corner Theatre): Adults $24, (65+), students, and members of The Boston Kids $12, Ages 5 and under free Jewish Film Festival, Coolidge Corner MidFest Event November 15, 6:30 pm Theatre, Institute of Contemporary Art, (Coolidge Corner Theatre) $36/$32 Museum of Fine Arts, and WGBH. NuWave Event November 16, 5:30 pm Matinees: (Brookline Interactive Group): $30 November 15 & 16, 1:00 pm: $6 General Admission/$4 Discount. BJFF offers Closing Night November 20, 6:30 pm free matinee tickets to EBT Card to Culture (Boston Public Library) $36/$32 Cardholders, 2 per card. Group Sales (10 ticket minimum): Special Events: $11 per ticket, plus $4 per order mailing fee. Opening Night November 8, 7:00 pm Order online at www.bjff.org, by email at (Coolidge Corner Theatre): $36/$32 [email protected], or by phone at 617.244.9899. Not available for the special events listed above.

PURCHASING TICKETS

Tickets are not available at the For weekend evening screenings at the MFA: Festival Office. Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. Enter through the Linde Family Wing on Purchase Tickets Online at Museum Road. www.bjff.org: $1.50 processing fee per ticket. Online purchase closes at midnight Rush Line: the day of the screening. The Rush Line starts to form one hour before the screening. Additional tickets are By Phone: then released to the Rush Line fifteen min- Call 888.615.3332 (9:00 am - 9:00 pm utes before showtime. While we can’t make Mon-Sat, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Sun), $3.50 any guarantees, people in the rush line have processing fee per ticket. Phone purchases a very high probability of getting tickets. close at noon the day before a screening. Passes: At Cinema Box Office Locations: Passes are available until October 16. Tickets available beginning September 25 at Order your pass online or call 617.244.9899. Arlington Capitol Theatre, Coolidge Corner Admission is guaranteed to passholders Theatre, Institute of Contemporary Art, who arrive at least twenty minutes before Maynard Fine Arts Theatre Place, and the a screening. Present your pass at the BJFF Museum of Fine Arts. Each venue sells for table (or for MFA screenings, at the MFA its location only, with no processing fees. ticket desk). For MFA screenings: Friends Pass: MFA tickets ordered on the BJFF website or Admission to every film, and post- by phone will be at will-call and available for screening Parties, plus priority seating. pickup at any MFA ticket desk on the day of ($300) the screening. REELPass: The BJFF closes ticket sales on our website One admission to three screenings. and phone at 3:00 pm the Thursday before a Special Events (listed above) excluded. MFA weekend screening. ($42) For available tickets after then, check www.mfa.org, or the MFA box office. Tickets can be picked up in person. Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded. Please note that a film or Museum Admission ticket is required in order to enter the Museum; therefore, tickets cannot be held at the box office inside the Museum.

1515 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 7:00 pm Opening Night Bye Bye Germany ..... Coolidge Corner Theatre Thursday, November 9, 2017 6:45 pm Holy Air...... Coolidge Corner Theatre 7:00 pm 1945...... West Newton Cinema 7:00 pm FreshFlix Short Film Competition.... Somerville Theatre 9:15 pm Let Yourself Go!...... Coolidge Corner Theatre Friday, November 10, 2017, Veterans Day 12:00 pm Community Spotlight Etched in Glass...... Coolidge Corner Theatre Saturday, November 11, 2017 6:30 pm A Bag of Marbles...... JCC Riemer-Goldstein Theater 6:30 pm Dimona Twist...... Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) 6:30 pm Holy Air...... Brattle Theatre 8:45 pm In Between...... Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) 9:15 pm Sneak Preview Screening*...... JCC Riemer-Goldstein Theater 9:15 pm The 90 Minute War...... Brattle Theatre Sunday, November 12, 2017 12:00 pm Let Yourself Go! ...... JCC Riemer-Goldstein Theater 12:00 pm 1945...... Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) 1:00 pm Dimona Twist...... West Newton Cinema 2:30 pm BJFF Jr! with WBUR: Circle Round.... Coolidge Corner Theatre 2:30 pm The Jazz Singer...... Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) 4:30 pm Muhi-Generally Temporary...... West Newton Cinema 6:00 pm Subte-Polska...... Coolidge Corner Theatre 7:30 pm The Midnight Orchestra...... West Newton Cinema 7:30 pm Bye Bye Germany...... The Center for the Arts in Natick 8:30 pm The Young Karl Marx...... Coolidge Corner Theatre Monday, November 13, 2017 7:00 pm The Forger + A Bag of Marbles...... Foxboro Patriot Place 7:00 pm Winter Hunt...... Somerville Theatre 7:00 pm Heather Booth: Changing the World.... West Newton Cinema 7:00 pm The Midnight Orchestra...... Maynard Fine Arts Theatre Place 7:15 pm The Forger + A Bag of Marbles ...... Foxboro Partriot Place Tuesday, November 14, 2017 7:00 pm 1945 ...... Arlington Capitol Theatre 7:00 pm Bye Bye Germany ...... West Newton Cinema 7:00 pm House of Z...... Coolidge Corner Theatre Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:00 pm Joe’s Violin + Big Sonia ...... Coolidge Corner Theatre 6:30 pm Winter Hunt ...... Museum of Fine Arts (Alfond Auditorium) 6:30 pm MidFest Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story..... Coolidge Corner Theatre

1616 Thursday, November 16, 2017 1:00 pm Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story .... Coolidge Corner Theatre 5:30 pm NuWave: The Virtual Reality Experience...... Brookline Interactive Group 6:30 pm 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide...... Brattle Theatre 6:30 pm Humor Me...... Coolidge Corner Theatre 7:00 pm The Forger + A Bag of Marbles...... Arlington Capitol Theatre 9:15 pm The Genius and the Opera Singer...... Brattle Theatre 9:30 pm A Quiet Heart...... Coolidge Corner Theatre Saturday, November 18, 2017 6:30 pm The 90 Minute War...... Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) 6:30 pm Bang! The Bert Berns Story...... JCC Riemer-Goldstein Theater 6:30 pm Humor Me...... Brattle Theatre 6:30 pm In Between...... Somerville Theatre 8:45 pm Sneak Preview Screening*...... Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) 9:00 pm The Young Karl Marx...... Brattle Theatre 9:15 pm Pinsky...... Somerville Theatre Sunday, November 19, 2017 12:00 pm A Bag of Marbles...... West Newton Cinema 12:00 pm Muhi - Generally Temporary...... Brattle Theatre 12:00 pm Marlee Matlin Presents...... Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) 1:00 pm Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story..... Orchard Cove 2:30 pm Women on the Verge: Short Film Program...... Institute of Contemporary Art 3:00 pm Bang! The Bert Berns Story...... Brattle Theatre 3:30 pm Joe’s Violin + Big Sonia...... West Newton Cinema 5:30 pm Subte-Polska...... Institute of Contemporary Art 8:00 pm A Quiet Heart...... Institute of Contemporary Art Monday, November 20, 2017 5:30 pm Etched in Glass ...... The Center for the Arts in Natick 6:30 pm Closing Night Keep the Change...... Boston Public Library 7:30 pm Let Yourself Go!...... The Center for the Arts in Natick

*Sneak Preview Screenings will be announced in October. Please check bjff.org for details.

17 VENUES

Arlington Capitol Theatre Maynard Fine Arts Theatre Place 204 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington 19 Summer Street, Maynard 781.648.4340 978.298.5626 www.capitoltheatreonline.com www.fineartstheatreplace.com

Brookline Interactive Group* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Unified Arts Building 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston 46 Tappan Street, Brookline 617.267.9300 617.731.8566 www.mfa.org www.brooklineinteractive.org

Orchard Cove* Boston Public Library* 1 Del Pond Drive, Canton Rabb Hall 781.821.3100 700 Boylston Street, Boston www.hebrewseniorlife.org/orchard-cove 617.536.5400 www.bpl.org

Foxboro Patriot Place 24 Patriot Place, Foxboro Brattle Theatre 508.543.1450 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge www.patriot-place.com/cinemadelux 617.876.6837 www.brattlefilm.org

Somerville Theatre 55 Davis Square, Somerville The Center for the Arts in Natick* 617.625.5700 14 Summer Street, Natick www.somervilletheatreonline.com 508.647.0097 www.natickarts.org

West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street Coolidge Corner Theatre Route 16, West Newton 290 Harvard Street, Brookline 617.964.6060 617.734.2500 www.westnewtoncinema.com www.coolidge.org

Institute of Contemporary Art 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston 617.478.3100 www.icaboston.org

JCC Greater Boston Riemer-Goldstein Theater 333 Nahanton Street, Newton 617.558.6522 www.bostonjcc.org

*`New BJFF venues

18 VENUES

In Between 90th Anniversary Screening and Panel: The Jazz Singer

Director Maysaloun Hamoud Director Alan Crosland Narrative, 2016, Israel/France, 102 min Narrative, 1927, USA, 88 min Arabic and Hebrew with subtitles English Massachusetts Premiere 90 years after it became the first Laila, a sharp-witted lawyer, and “talkie,” The Jazz Singer is still Salma, a lesbian DJ, are part of Tel relevant. The film is an important Aviv’s ultra-hip Palestinian scene. touchstone in conversations about When Nour, a devout Muslim, moves Jewish life in America, Jews on the into their apartment, their lifestyles silver screen, the history of cinema, initially clash. But after Nour faces a and the relationship between Jews devastating event, a unique sisterhood and African Americans. forms. Slowly it becomes clear that Jakie Rabinowitz (Al Jolson) defies even in liberal Tel Aviv, these women his cantor father by leaving home to must grapple with traditional culture. become a jazz singer. But despite his This taboo-defying, award-winning success, Jakie, now Jack Robin, feels film exposes the world of Palestinians conflicted about leaving his home and living outside of traditional homes. his heritage. Note: Graphic content Join us for a screening of this seminal 12 Ophir (Israel Academy) Award film, followed by an in-depth panel Nominations, 2017 discussion about Jews in cinema, assimilation, race, and jazz as an Invited instrument of acculturation. Director Maysaloun Hamoud See website for panel speakers and Sponsored by information. Screening Time Sunday, November 12, 2:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) Screening Times Saturday, November 11, 8:45 pm Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium) Saturday, November 18, 6:30 pm Somerville Theatre

19 Keep the Change Let Yourself Go!

Director Rachel Israel Director Francesco Amato Narrative, 2017, USA, 94 min Narrative, 2017, Italy, 98 min English Italian with subtitles New England Premiere New England Premiere A rom-com set in a world where no In this screwball comedy, character is typical. David is obsessed psychoanalyst Dr. Elia Venezia (Toni with being perceived as “normal” — Servillo, The Great Beauty) is long thanks in part to his parents (Tibor separated from his wife — but she Feldman, The Sopranos, and Jessica lives in the apartment next door, does Walter, Arrested Development). When his laundry, and cooks his meals. David is forced to attend an autism When his doctor insists he begin support group, he wants nothing to exercising, Elia meets Claudia, a feisty do with the other members…until he and uninhibited personal trainer. His meets Sarah, who exudes positivity methodical and regulated life is swept and confidence. But when David into chaos as he finds himself letting brings Sarah home to meet his family, go of more than just a few extra their romance is challenged. pounds. Keep the Change’s cast includes Globo d’oro (Italian Golden Globe) for actors on the autism spectrum. Best Comedy, 2017 Join us for a Passholder Party at Preceded by A brief NIA instruction, a the Back Bay Social Club after the fun, cardio workout based on dance, screening martial arts and healing arts, fueled by inspiring music and rhythms. Co-presented with (November 12) In Person Screening Times Director Rachel Israel, Thursday, November 9, 9:15 pm Actors Brandon Polansky and Coolidge Corner Theatre Samantha Elisofon Sunday, November 12, 12:00 pm Sponsored by JCC Riemer-Goldstein Theater Monday, November 20, 7:30 pm The Center for the Arts in Natick

Screening Time Closing Night: Monday, November 20, 6:30 pm Boston Public Library

20 The Midnight Orchestra Muhi – Generally Temporary

Director Jérôme Cohen-Olivar Directors Rina Castelnuovo- Narrative, 2016, Morocco, 102 min Hollander and Tamir Elterman Arabic, English and French with Documentary, 2017, Israel/Germany, subtitles 87 min New England Premiere Hebrew and Arabic with subtitles Massachusetts Premiere Michael Botbol and his father Marcel, once a famous Jewish musician, return Four-year-old Muhi was brought to Casablanca, which they left over to an Israeli hospital from Gaza forty years ago amidst a sudden rise as an infant. His illness required in anti-Semitism. But only hours after amputating his limbs and he has lived arriving, Marcel dies and Michael sets there ever since. While most of his out to honor his father by gathering family is still in Gaza, Muhi has grown his beloved band from decades earlier. up speaking Hebrew and celebrating Together with a taxi driver (a fan of Jewish holidays with the other kids Marcel Botbol overcome by grief at his in his ward. His grandfather lives passing), Michael travels the city of with him at the hospital and there his childhood, searching for the band’s they have created a kind of “family” scattered members and unexpectedly — an Israeli man who lost a son discovering his own identity. to the conflict, Israeli nurses, and hospital volunteers who dote on the Join us in the Passholder Lounge at infectiously-sweet Muhi. L ’ Aroma Café before the West Newton screening Ophir (Israel Academy) Award Nomination, 2017 Screening Times Sunday, November 12, 7:30 pm Co-presented with West Newton Cinema Monday, November 13, 7:00 pm Maynard Fine Arts Theatre Place Join us in the Passholder Lounge at L ’ Aroma Café before and after the West Newton screening Screening Times Sunday, November 12, 4:30 pm West Newton Cinema Sunday, November 19, 12:00 pm Brattle Theatre

21 Pinsky A Quiet Heart

Director Amanda Lundquist Director Eitan Anner Narrative, 2017, USA, 74 min Narrative, 2016, Israel, 92 min English and Russian with subtitles Hebrew, English and Italian with Massachusetts Premiere subtitles New England Premiere Sophia Pinsky is doing just fine in NYC: she has a job, an apartment, and a Naomi moves to Jerusalem to find girlfriend. That is, until her girlfriend refuge from the pressure of her life breaks up with her and her grandfather as a concert pianist but finds herself dies on the same day. As her life starts pulled into a struggle between her to unravel, Sophia moves back in ultra-Orthodox and secular neighbors. with her overbearing Russian-Jewish A talented ultra-Orthodox kid from her grandmother in the Boston suburbs. building befriends her, sneaking in to When her grandmother reveals that play her piano. When her neighbors not only is she dating again but she’s discover that Naomi has been taking in love with the family’s rabbi, Sophia organ lessons from a charismatic is pitted against her grandmother in a Italian monk, she is faced with struggle to define loyalty and love, all escalating isolation and violence and while trying to become a “real adult,” she must use music to bridge religious once and for all. difference. In Person Screening Times Director Amanda Lundquist, Thursday, November 16, 9:30 pm Writer/Actress Rebecca Karpovsky, Coolidge Corner Theatre and other special guests Sunday, November 19, 8:00 pm Institute of Contemporary Art Supported by Action for Post-Soviet Jewry Screening Time Saturday, November 18, 9:15 pm Somerville Theatre

22 Subte-Polska Winter Hunt

Director Alejandro Magnone Director Astrid Schult Narrative, 2015, Argentina, 99 min Narrative, 2017, Germany, 74 min Spanish with subtitles German with subtitles New England Premiere USA Premiere As a young man,Tadeusz left Poland On a cold, wintry night, Lena shows to fight in the Spanish Civil War, up on the doorstep of the Rossberg leaving behind his family and the girl family mansion. She claims her car he loved, and then immigrating to has broken down, but her arrival Argentina. Decades later, the years is intentional. Lena is in pursuit of he spent digging Buenos Aires’ Anselm Rossberg (Michael Degen, subway tunnels and images of his Hannah Arendt), an aged Auschwitz past return to him in disorienting guard who lives with his daughter flashes. His family urges him to take Maria (Elisabeth Degen, Aimée & care of his health, but Tadeusz and Jaguar). Anselm and Maria both deny his buddies from his chess club have Anselm’s past, but Lena is determined other plans — to reconnect him with to get him to confess, even as her his long-lost love. own weapon is turned on her and she is forced into a moral dilemma. Screening Times Sunday, November 12, 6:00 pm Screening Times Coolidge Corner Theatre Monday, November 13, 7:00 pm Sunday, November 19, 5:30 pm Somerville Theatre Institute of Contemporary Art Wednesday, November 15, 6:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts (Alfond Auditorium)

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The Young Karl Marx Did you know this may be your only opportunity to see these critically acclaimed films?

Director Raoul Peck Subscribe to our e-newsletter to Narrative, 2017, France/Germany/ Belgium,118 min learn about our year-round events German, French, and English with at bjff.org subtitles New England Premiere Follow us on social media: This biopic by Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) finds Karl Marx in 1844 when he and his wife Jenny have been exiled to Paris. There, Marx, a radical German journalist, meets Friedrich Ticket and pass sales account Engels, the rebellious son of a wealthy factory owner. Together, these new for only 20% of our budget. best friends — brilliant, insolent and sharp-witted young men from good families — will go on to found the Your donations ensure that you Communist League and to write its defining document,The Communist see the best in independent film Manifesto. But in order to create all year long. the biggest theoretical and political transformation of the world since the Renaissance, they must withstand Donate at bjff.org or call censorship, police raids, riots, and 617.244.9899 political upheavals. Official Selection, Berlin International Film Festival, 2017 Screening Times Sunday, November 12, 8:30 pm Coolidge Corner Theatre Saturday, November 18, 9:00 pm Brattle Theatre

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