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Tjff 2017 Programme.Pdf 25THTH TORONTOTORONTO JEWISHJEWISH FILMFILM FESTIVALFESTIVAL MAY 4-14 2017 TICKETS AT TJFF.COM GREAT FILMS. BUT JEWISH-ER. CONTENTS DRAMAS DRAMAS 25 OVERDRIVE AD COMEDIES COMEDIES 30 DOCUMENTARIES DOCUMENTARIES 32 ARCHIVAL FILMS ARCHIVAL ARCHIVAL FILMS 38 SHORT FILMS 43 SHORT FILMS SHORT 4 Schedule 20 Made in Canada 43 Short Films 9 Tickets 21 Oy Canada: Short Film Programme 47 Patron Circle 10 Governor General's Letter 21 Family Friendly Screenings 48 Rising Star 11 Prime Minister's Letter 21 New Israeli Cinema: Short 48 Friends and Fans 12 Mayor's Letter Film Programme 49 Special Thanks 13 Chair’s Message 21 ASL Interpreters @ TJFF 49 Nosh Donors 14 Artistic Director’s Welcome 22 TJFF Online 50 Sponsors 15 Programme Director’s Note 22 FilmMatters 51 Co-Presenters 16 Programmers’ Notes 22 Next Gen (NXTGN) Series 52 Volunteers 18 David A. Stein Memorial Award 22 25th TJFF Wrap Party 53 TJFF Board Members, Advisory 18 The Micki Moore Award 24 Opening / Closing Night Films Council and Staff 19 Richler On-Screen 25 Dramas 54 Advertisers 19 The Personal Cinema 30 Comedies 71 Films By Language of Dan Wolman: A Tribute 32 Documentaries 72 Films By Theme / Topic 19 Free Ticketed Screenings 38 Archival Films 74 Film Index Proudly adding a little spark to the Toronto Jewish Film Festival since 2001. overdrivedesign.com 2 Free Ticketed Programmes Mordecai Richler Series NextGen Programmes MAY 4 – 14 2017 TJFF.COM 25TH ANNUAL TORONTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 3 SCHEDULE THURSDAY MAY 4 SUNDAY MAY 7 VC AF EW6 EW9 ITH 7:00 PM 12:00 PM 7:00 PM | 1945 12:00 PM | Q for Quest: It’s (91 min, p.24) (77 min, p.42,38) 12:30 PM | No Pay, Nudity w/ Harder… 8:00 PM 1:00 PM • 1:00 PM | Like A Lotus Flower Spring Chicken (102 min, p.27) w/ Joe’s Violin 1:30 PM | Operation Wedding 2:00 PM (84 min, p.34) w/ Siberia • •• (75 min, p.35) • FRIDAY MAY 5 3:00 PM 3:00 PM | Heaven in Auschwitz 3:00 PM | Dearth of a Salesman AF EW6 EW9 VC w/ Yehudit w/ Insomnia… (53 min, p.39) 12:00 PM 3:30 PM | Taam, a Taste 12:00 PM | Once Upon 12:00 PM | Meyer’s Law 4:00 PM (82 min, p.33) of Rue des Rosiers w/ El Hara 4:00 PM | • a Time… The Mad Adventures (200 min, p.27) Ben-Gurion, (71 min, p.37) • (70 min, p.32) 1:00 PM of Rabbi Jacob w/ The Mad Epilogue 1:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM • Operation Wedding Stefan Zweig: Adventures of Rabbi Jacob w/ Siberia (75 min, p.35) Farewell To Europe (148 min, p.35,40) 2:00 PM • (106 min, p.29) 5:30 PM | Shir w/ Facing 5:30 PM | A Bag of Marbles 5:30 PM | 30 Years • 6:00 PM • the Wall (63 min, p.29) (110 min, p.25) of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story 3:00 PM 7:00 PM (115 min, p.32) 7:00 PM | The Women's Balcony 7:15 PM | Once Upon 4:00 PM (96 min, p.31) 4:00 PM | Praise the Lard w/ 8:00 PM a Time… The Mad Adventures • The Last Blintz of Rabbi Jacob w/ The Mad 5:00 PM (90 min, p.36) Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 8:30 PM | Cloudy Sunday 8:30 PM | Moos w/ Jewish 9:00 PM (148 min, p.35,40) • (114 min, p.26) Blind Date • (108 min, p.30) 10:00 PM • • SATURDAY MAY 6 11:00 PM AF CS2 CS3 ITH RC 11:00 AM 11:30 PM | Jacob Two Two MONDAY MAY 8 12:00 PM Meets the Hooded Fang AF EW6 EW9 HD ITH (81 min, p.40) 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM | Black to the Promised Land 1:00 PM 1:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM (90 min, p.38) Keep Quiet Measures of Merit w/ (97 min, p.34) Gravedigger’s … (67 min, p.34) • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM • : 3:00 PM 3 30 PM | Bambinger … w/ 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM The Essential Link The Street… (58 min, p.38) 3:30 PM | Praise the Lard w/ w/ 116 Cameras 3:30 PM | Body and Soul: An 3:30 PM | The Children 4:00 PM (100 min, p.33) The Last Blintz American Bridge w/ Mr. of Chance (90 min, p.25) 5:00 PM (90 min, p.36) • Bernstein (71 min, p.32) • • • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM | General Motors 5:30 PM | The 90 Minute War Presents: The Apprenticeship 6:00 PM w/ 5 Minutes of Your Time : : : 6 00 PM | The Origin 6 00 PM | One Week 7 00 PM of Duddy Kravitz w/ The (95 min, p.30) 6:15 PM | of Violence The Pickle Recipe and a Day w/ Against Acrobats (120 min, p.40) • 7:00 PM (111 min, p.28) w/ Bagels in the Blood the Reinheitsgebot 8:00 PM (102 min, p.31) (107 min, p.28) • • • 8:00 PM 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM A.K.A. Nadia 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM | (115 min, p.25) Body and Soul: An A Quiet Heart w/ The Last Band in 8:30 PM | Subte: Polska 8:30 | Oy Canada!: Short Film : American Bridge w/ Mr. Wig Shop (108 min, p.28) 9:30 PM | Lebanon w/ Fresh Meat (117 9 00 PM (115 min, p.29) (75 min, p.21) Love is Thicker 9:00 PM | Our Father Programme 10:00 PM ernstein (71 min, p.32) • min, p.30) Than Water (115 min, p.27) (105 min, p.28) • • 10:00 PM 11:00 PM • • • 11:00 PM • Indicates film has additional screening(s).Please Note: Running times do not include guest speakers where applicable. AF Alliance Française, 24 Spadina Rd. CS Famous Players Canada Square Cinemas, 2200 Yonge St. EW Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, 5095 Yonge St. HD Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W ITH Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. (at St. George) RC Royal Cinema, 608 College St. (at Clinton) Dramas Comedies Documentaries Archival Films Short Films 4 VC Cineplex Odeon Varsity and VIP Cinemas, Manulife Ctre., 55 Bloor St. W. Note: Running times do not include guest speakers where applicable. All films shown 5 in their original language. Films not in English are shown with subtitles. TUESDAY MAY 9 THURSDAY MAY 11 AF EW6 EW9 HD ITH AF EW6 EW9 HD ITH 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM | Austerlitz 1:00 PM | No Pay, Nudity 1:00 PM | Scandal in Ivansk (94 min, p.32) (92 min, p.27) (79 min, p.36) 2:00 PM 2:00 PM • • 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM | Taam, a Taste 3:00 PM | Shimon Peres, 3:00 PM | Joshua Then 3:30 PM | Heaven in Auschwitz of Rue des Rosiers w/ El Hara 3:30 PM | Winding w/ One for 3:30 PM | Ben-Gurion, 3:30 PM | Monsieur Self Portrait 3:30 PM | Keep Quiet and Now 4:00 PM (71min, p.37) 4:00 PM (100 min, p.37) (119 min, p.40) w/ Yehudit (82min, p.33) • the Road (73 min, p.37) Epilogue (70 min, p.32) Mayonnaise w/ A Wolf's Mind (97 min, p.34) • (113 min, p.34) • • • 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM | Dark Diamond (115 min, p.26) 5:30 PM | The Heir w/ : : 6 00 PM 6 00 PM (74 min, p.34) 6:00 PM | Scandal in Ivansk 6:00 PM | The Heir w/ Billsville 6:00 PM | One Week 6:00 PM | Dark Diamond 6:15 PM | The Women's Balcony • (79 min, p.36) Billsville (74 min, p.34) and a Day w/ Against : (115 min, p.26) • (96 min, p.31) 6 15 PM | An Israeli 7:00 PM 7:00 PM the Reinheitsgebot • • Love Story (107 min, p.28) • • (96 min, p.26) • • 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM | Riphagen 8:00 PM | Moos w/ (131 min, p.29) 8:30 PM | New Israeli Cinema: 8:30 PM | Stefan Zweig: Jewish Blind Date 8:30 PM | Harmonia 8:30 PM | New Israeli Cinema: 9:00 PM 9:00 PM (108 min, p.30) Short Film Programme Farewell To Europe (98 min, p.26) 9:00 PM | Let Yourself Go 9:00 PM | Love is Thicker Short Film Programme (98 min, p.21) (106 min, p.29) (98 min, p.21) (98 min, p.30) • Than Water (101 min, p.27) • • 10:00 PM • 10:00 PM • • • • 11:00 PM 11:00 PM WEDNESDAY MAY 10 FRIDAY MAY 12 AF EW6 EW9 HD ITH EW6 EW9 HD ITH 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM | Forever Pure 12:00 PM | A Quiet Heart (85 min, p.33) (108 min, p.28) w/ Wig Shop 12:30 PM | No Love for : : 1 00 PM 1 00 PM (110 min, p.41) 1:00 PM | Murder in Polna Johnnie (170 min, p.27) • 2:00 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM | Riphagen : : 3 00 PM 3 00 PM (131 min, p.29) 3:00 PM | Measures of Merit w/ 3:00 PM | The Essential 3:00 PM | My Michael …(67 min, p.34) (95 min, p.41) 3:30 PM | The Ruins of Lifta Gravedigger’s • 3:30 PM | Like A Lotus Flower Link w/ 116 Cameras 3:30 PM | The Patriarch's 4:00 PM (100min, p.33) 4:00 PM (77 min, p.36) w/ Joe’s Violin • Room (86 min, p.35) (84 min, p.34) • • • 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM | Beyond The 6:00 PM 6:00 PM Mountains and Hills 6:00 PM | 1945 6:00 PM | Heather Booth: (90 min, p.25) 6:15 PM | The 90 Minute War • (91 min, p.24) Changing… (61 min, p.33) 7:00 PM w/ 5 Minutes of Your Time 7:00 PM • (95 min, p.30) • 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM | Our Father (105 min, p.28) 8:30 PM | The Pickle Recipe 8:30 PM | A.K.A.
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