BEYOND BOLLYWOOD: 17TH ANNUAL KIDON On February 18, 2010, Israelis woke up to world-wide, front page stories showing CO-PRESENTED BY Mossad agents in Dubai a month earlier, implicating Israel in the assassination of FRANCE/ISRAEL, 2013, 97 MIN, Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. DIRECTED BY EMMANUEL This was a first — a hotel’s security camera NACCACHE, IN HEBREW AND system catching secret agents red handed! FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Even more surprising — Mossad leaders ....................................... knew neither the four people caught on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 camera nor the mission! Was the agency 7:30 PM framed by a group of small-time criminals? ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER That is the premise of this ingenious, fast- moving spy caper and comedy-thriller from Israel and France boasting a terrific ensemble cast including Tomer Sisley and “REFRESHING AND Israeli supermodel and actress Bar Refaeli. SOPHISTICATED. Nominated for two Israeli Oscars and winner (WITH ITS) TWISTY PLOT of the Audience Award for Best Film at the AND SENSE OF FUN, KIDON London Israeli Film & TV Festival, KIDON IS A BREEZY THROWBACK is smart, surprising, funny and a worthy TO THE CAPER COMEDIES addition to the heist genre. OF THE 1960S AND ‘70S.” HANNAH BROWN THE JERUSALEM POST MR. KAPLAN Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob URUGUAY/SPAIN/GERMANY, fled Europe for South America during World 2014, 98 MIN, DIRECTED BY War II. But now turning 76, he’s become ALVARO BRECHNER, IN SPANISH rather grumpy and questions his own place WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES in history. One beach bar may, however, ....................................... provide him with an unexpected opportunity to achieve greatness and recover his family’s SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 respect in the community: its owner, a 11 AM AT ENZIAN quiet, elderly German, raises Mr. Kaplan’s EAST COAST PREMIERE! suspicion of being a runaway Nazi. Ignoring his family’s concerns about his health, Jacob secretly recruits Contreras, a former police officer, to help him investigate and expose the German. Expertly distilling a potent mixture of emotional depth and deadpan comedy, Uruguay’s official submission for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® is a vivacious meditation on family, aging, and the “A HIGHLY AMUSING drive for significance. CROWD-PLEASER.” LESLIE FELPERIN THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 24 DAYS 24 DAYS is a gripping and carefully-plotted thriller that tells the true story of the 2006 FRANCE, 2014, 108 MIN, kidnapping and torture of 23-year-old Ilan DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRE Halimi in a Paris suburb by “The Gang of ARCADY, IN FRENCH WITH Barbarians,” whose heinous anti-Semitic crime ENGLISH SUBTITLES eventually sparked a national outcry in France. ....................................... Featuring a top-notch cast, the film focuses in SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 on the panicked and grieving family; the police 1:30 PM AT ENZIAN team whose efforts are increasingly stymied by their assumptions; and the ransom calls that are the detectives’ only clue to the kidnappers’ psychology. Ilan’s mother has another clue, one that the authorities are too slow to recognize: The kidnappers targeted her hapless son as a Jew, on the assumption that Jews have money. In the skilled hands of filmmaker Alexandre Arcady, this story based on Ruth Halimi’s book gains not only gravity—the inexorable pull “MESMERIZING, of expert craftsmanship as the crime and its COMPELLING, multifarious impact unfold—but gravitas, in the DISTURBING.” director’s understanding of both the intimate TORONTO FILM EXAMINER horror and the larger meaning of the act. THE STURGEON Four generations of a Jewish immigrant QUEENS family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium that USA, 2013, 54 MIN, DIRECTED BY survives and thrives. Produced to coincide JULIE COHEN with the 100th anniversary of the store, this ....................................... delightful and delectable documentary won MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Audience Awards at the Palm Beach, San 4:30 PM AT ENZIAN Diego, and Los Angeles Jewish Film Festivals. “A TOUCHING, FUNNY It features an extensive interview with two AND DELICIOUS FILM.” of the original daughters for whom the store was named, now 100 and 92 years old, and NY DAILY NEWS interviews with prominent enthusiasts of the store including Supreme Court Justice Ruth preceded by Bader Ginsburg, New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, 70 HESTER STREET and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer. USA, 2014, 10 MIN, DIRECTED BY CASIMIR NOZKOWSKI 70 HESTER STREET is about the director Casimir Nozkowski’s childhood home in New York City, all childhood homes and the lives of old buildings. The 140-year-old building he grew up in was a former synagogue, whiskey still, raincoat factory and art studio his parents rented for 45 years until its sale in 2012. THE GREEN PRINCE Set against the chaotic backdrop of recent events in the Middle East, THE GREEN GERMANY/ISRAEL/UK, 2014, PRINCE retraces the details of a highly 101 MIN, DIRECTED BY NADAV unprecedented partnership that developed SCHIRMAN, IN ENGLISH between sworn enemies. In the style of a AND HEBREW WITH ENGLISH tense psychological thriller, this extraordinary SUBTITLES documentary recounts the true story of the ....................................... son of a Hamas leader who emerged as one MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17 of Israel’s prized informants, and the Shin Bet 6:45 PM AT ENZIAN agent who risked his career to protect him. Based on Mosab Hassan Yousef’s bestselling memoir Son of Hamas, the film exposes a complex world of terror, betrayal, and impossible choices. Through exclusive first- hand testimony, dramatic action sequences, and rare archival footage, decades of secrets come to light in this unflinching exploration of a profound spiritual transformation and the “TERRIFIC. AS GRIPPING transcendent bonds of friendship. Winner of AS ANY HIGH-CONCEPT the Audience Award for Best World Cinema HOLLYWOOD THRILLER.” Documentary — Sundance 2014. XAN BROOKS, THE GUARDIAN PRESENTINGPRESENTING SPONSOR SPONSOR OF THE 2THE013-2 2014-2015014 JC JCCC CU CULTURALLTURAL ARARTSTS PROGRAMPROGRAM Wishing much success to the Central Florida Jewish Film Festival – Jonathan and Natasha Chisdes CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL FOR 16 YEARS OF WONDERFUL FILMS! THE TETENBAUM FAMILY MEDIA SPONSOR OPENING NIGHT FILM SPONSOR The festival is produced by Enzian Theater as part of the Cultural Festival Circuit and is co-presented by Enzian and the Roth JCC of Greater Orlando. This program is funded in part by local corporations and is supported by United Arts of Central Florida with funds from the United Arts Campaign and by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts..