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From The Chair, Phyllis Fischer 1 The Great Debate: What Could be More Jewish? 2 PJFF 35 Sponsors 4 PJFF 35 Supporters 5 Pre-Fest 6 Tickets & Passes 10 Seating Information 1 1 Fall Fest Program 1 2 THANK YOU Fall Fest Calendar 34 TO OUR FALL Venues 36 FESTIVAL PJFF Committees 37 SPONSORS: PJFF Sponsor and Community Ads 3 8 LEONARD AND MADLYN ABRAMSON, PHYLLIS AND HOWARD FISCHER, NADINE LIEZ-WEINER AND BART WEINER FROM THE CHAIR | Phyllis Fischer

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the 35th Anniversary Season of The Gershman YÕs Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival! Thank you for joining us in celebration of this special year. This fall, we are proud to present to you a smorgasbord of 24 feature films from nine countries Ñ we have something to please everyoneÕs cinematic palate, from historic docudrama to sci-fi thriller.

The aim of the PJFF is to use the magnificent medium of film as a vehicle for perpetuating Jewish values, identity, culture, and community. Each of the films presented in our lineup accomplishes that mission in its own way, as you will see when you view them. You will witness those fighting for social justice, enduring the Holocaust, dramatizing the shtetl, eating deli, doing a mitzvah, belt out a song, baking a challah, uniting Palestinians and Jews, telling a story, falling in love, drawing cartoons, forging friendships, building a business, performing surgery, challenging the law, making music, and much more.

A festival such as ours, the second one established in the nation and one of the largest Jewish film festivals in the US, does not happen by itself. We are very fortunate to have the brilliance and creativity of Olivia Antsis as our PJFF Director, supported by the entire Gershman Y staff, led by Maxine Gaiber. As Artistic Chair, Dr. Iris Drechsler co-leads (along with Olivia) our remarkable Screening Committee, which previews hundreds of films to find just the right ones for our Philadelphia audience. Our PJFF Committee works steadfastly to develop our audience and our support in the community. And our volunteers and remarkable young interns form a dedicated corps of people who also lend their valuable time and energy to help us accomplish our mission.

Hats off to all of our Sponsors, Supporters, Advertisers, and Contributors who have helped make this season possible! And a special thanks to PJFF Co-Founders Judy Golden and the late great Archie Perlmutter for creating this festival for all of us to enjoy. YEARS Meet you at the movies, 35 Phyllis

THE 35TH PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 7Ð21, 2015

THE OUTRAGEOUS SOPHIE TUCKER

PJFF.ORG | 215-545-4400 | 1 THE GREAT DEBATE: WHAT COULD BE MORE JEWISH? PROJECTIONS OF AMERICA Our Pre-Fest opening night film, SABENA HIJACKING Ð MY VERSION, while seeking to document the events surrounding the Black September hijacking of the Belgian airline in 1972, also gives the hijackers, Palestinian terrorists, an opportunity to ÒWhy did you show this film?Ó the occasional film festival attendee asks. In recent air their grievances. While the film is designed for Israeli viewers, we believe our years the question Ñ once a matter of aesthetic taste Ñ has grown into a more audience will be able to respond critically to the assertions made by the hijackers ideological inquiry. and challenge any legitimacy to their claims. The film, which has been nominated for Jewish Americans pride themselves on their commitment to American values, critical an Academy Award in Israel, has been lauded for its powerful depiction of one of the thinking, and love of learning. We value the arts and the free expression of ideas most daring rescue missions in IDF history. that are essential for a truly democratic society. Yet, when confronted with sensitive issues like nationhood, political loyalty, or religious ideology, the upholding of these SOFT VENGEANCE: ALBIE SACHS AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA, the powerful values can prove challenging. As a Jewish film festival screening committee, we are documentary we selected to close out our fall season, narrates one of the most accustomed to viewing films that give us pause, leading us to ask ourselves the very fascinating figures to emerge from the epic struggle against apartheid in South same question: Why should we show this film?Ó Africa. As our Tikkun Olam Award Winner, Sachs has demonstrated incredible perseverance and resilience throughout apartheid South AfricaÕs most turbulent Thankfully, such difficult choices are few and far between. In many screening periods. Never allowing controversy to dim his commitment to upholding the ideals committee meetings, we are of one mind regarding the merit of including a of freedom and equality, never wavering from his beliefs despite their unpopularity particular film. We think about all of you, the members of our loyal audience, and or the personal sacrifices involved, Sachs will be honored as much for his achievements are confident that celebratory and poignant films like last seasonÕs THE STURGEON as for his courage. QUEENS or ABOVE AND BEYOND will have you leaving our theaters satisfied and entertained. Nevertheless, each season there are a few films that demand more of Another no brainer for the screening committee is the inclusion of films that make us; these films we discuss a little longer, debate a little harder, and examine a little us laugh and feel good, leading us to the next question we often hear: ÒIs this film more closely. We are reminded of the challenges we face as a screening committee Jewish enough?Ó to curate a Festival that not only shines light on the life-affirming and inspirational stories enduring in our midst but also the stories that add dimension and nuance to Each season we program a few films that contain very little explicit ÒJewishÓ content, our greater understanding of Jewish life around the world. yet are pervasively Jewish Ñ populated by Jewish characters, culture, and spirit. You may wish to place our Centerpiece selection, VERY SEMI-SERIOUS, in this Jewish But how do we distinguish between films that enlighten us to the world outside grey area, but we dare you to think of something more ÒJewishÓ than spending the our own experience from films that cross a line into condemnation? Consider a film evening with Roz Chast, one of our nationÕs greatest cartoonists, and gaining a sneak that depicts an Orthodox Jewish community as uniformly intolerant: coming from peek into the wiseacres behind the cartoons of The New Yorker. Do non-observant a non-Jewish director, one would perhaps rightfully declare the film anti-Semitic, Jews have a role to play in our celebration of Jewish culture? Certainly. but what if the director were raised in an orthodox family and based the film on his own experiences? Or consider a film that is funded by the State of IsraelÕs cultural Our goal as a Jewish film festival is to go beyond the celebration of all things Jewish ministry yet is critical of ethnic relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel: is such and characterizations that only paint Jews as heroes. Film, at its best, should a delicate subject only suitable for an Israeli audience or are American audiences question our assumptions about the world and challenge our notions about human ready to be exposed to the warts-and-all treatment of the difficult issues facing behavior and the meaning of our lives together. As long as our film selections keep Israel today? PJFFÕs screening committee wrestles with many stories like these in the inspiring dialogue, compassion, and understanding, we feel we can contribute to the course of paring down dozens and dozens of films to the final selection chosen for rich tapestry of the Jewish experience. presentation at the Festival. The PJFF Screening Committee is composed of members with diverse backgrounds One thing we always agree on is that it is important to include films that and perspectives. When a film inspires healthy debate among our group, we step encourage further contemplation and dialogue. back and take this as a good sign that our audience will also have much to consider once leaving the theater. In this, our 35th Anniversary Season, we hope that the 24 This season, we came across a film that brings attention to important public policies feature films chosen for Pre-Fest and the Festival, as well as the numerous talkbacks, regarding the boundaries of artistic expression. In Germany today, the restriction panels, and receptions, offer all of you ample opportunities to dialogue, debate, and of Nazi-era propaganda films has led to a debate about public access: can non- even disagree Ñ what could be more Jewish? historians Ñ the general German public Ñ view these films critically? Will wider access to Nazi-era propaganda films spark forbidden nationalist fires in certain Ñ A message from the PJFF Screening Committee viewing circles? This yearÕs fascinating FORBIDDEN FILMS Ñ which addresses this very issueÑchallenges the audience, as well as the German public, to consider the relationship between film and sentiment, art and ideology, viewership and citizenship.

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FESTIVAL SPONSORS Nancy and Benjamin Shein ACTORS MAJOR DONORS TO THE Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Sterling Trustees LLC (Principals Lynda Barness GERSHMAN Y AND PJFF 35 Phyllis and Howard Fischer Stanley and Antony Joffe) Penni and Mark Blaskey The Joseph and Marie Field Fund Nadine Liez-Weiner and Bart Weiner Nancy and Stuart Weiss Joan Brandeis Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Renee and Joe Zuritsky & Merrill Brotman Elaine Gershman Levitt LEAD SPONSORS Parkway Corporation Barbara Carocci Pennsylvania Council on the Arts An Anonymous Fund of Jacob Cohen and Sarah Waxman Philadelphia Cultural Fund The Philadelphia Foundation PRODUCERS Dr. Mark and Lynne Cooper Elaine, Frank, and Alan Lindy in Marvin E. Black Julie Curson PJFF 35 EDUCATION FUND DONORS memory of Annabel and Phil Lindy Wayne and Sheree Bloch Sally and Stewart Eisenberg Djerassi Foundation National Museum of American Bolden Lipkin PC Albert and Rosa Esquenazi Steve and Betsy Filton Jewish History Iris and Shlomo Drechsler Debra Felman Howard and Janet Pack Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Debbie and Bob Fleischman Judith Finkel Bettyruth Walter, Ph.D. Joseph Neubauer Flyers Charities Sarita Russ Gocial Nancy and Stuart Weiss in memory Seed The Dream Foundation Bob Gelsher Rosalie Goldberg of Marcia Wilensky, beloved Constance Smukler Arlene Halpern and Jim Cooper Jane and Allan Greenspan Mother of Mary Kahn Marjorie and Jeff Honickman Bertram and Adele Aron Greenspun PREMIER SPONSORS Barbara and Bobby Lewis Jeffrey Greenstein and Iris Gold PJFF 35 DONORS Nancy and David Colman Susan and David Lipson Judith Golden and Robert Handler Anonymous CRW Graphics Caryn and Jon Liss Mary and Stuart Kahn Suzanne and Norman Cohn Djerassi Foundation Mary Lee Matzkin Donald R. Kardon Debra Malinics and Bernard Fetchko Steve and Betsy Filton Susan and Jim Meyer Robin H. Lebow Lisa Kasser and Robert W. Freedman Jane and Joe Goldblum Beth and Richard Probinsky Ellen Berman Lee Arlene Goldman The Independence Foundation Lyn Ross from the Ross Family Fund Ruthie Levikoff Hon. Anne Lazarus and Mitchell Klevan Kristin and Michael Karp Ronald Rubin Lynn and Joe Manko Shelley and David Lerman The Carole Landis Foundation The Sherrie R. Savett Foundation Toby Meyer Maxwell Strawbridge Charitable Trust for Social Action Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel Rachael and Moshe Porat Ilene and Joseph McCaffrey Elaine Lindy Eva Ray Steven and Rochelle Nisenfeld Amy and Richard Oller DIRECTORS Linda Richardson Jayne Perilstein William and Nina Albert Foundation Sue and Hal Rosenthal Caro and Robert Rock FILM SPONSORS Anonymous Bernard and Harriet Rothman Aileen and Melvyn Rothbard Susanna Lachs Adler and Dean Adler Frances Freedman Blum Francyn Elion Sacks Andrew and Bryna Scott Anonymous Donation in Cathy Seller, Brinker Simpson & Co., LLC Eric and Marcia Bronstein Salmansohn Leslie Seitchik honor of Judy Golden Arlene Goldman and Michael Broder Mimi Schneirov Beth and Mike Shor Harold Berger The Brownstein Group Susie and Mark Schultz SaraKay and Stanton Smullens Mickey and Barbara Black Alan and Debbie Casnoff Rita D. Siegle Andrea Snyder The Louis D. Brandeis Law Society Michael and Ellen Singer Coleman Barbara Oaks Silver and Sharon Spinrad in memory of Center City Film and Video, Helen Dr. Marilyn Weisberg Deutsch Edward W. Silver Marcia Wilensky, beloved Mother and Jordan Schwartz Judy and Joel Golden Marjorie and Howard Silverman of Mary Kahn Harris and Debra Devor Robyn and Michael Hirsch Mina Smith-Segal Marlyn Vogel Lee Ducat Edward and Susan Hoffman Joan Specter Glenmede Julie and Richard Jaffe Sharon Spinrad Lynne and Harold Honickman Jan and Alan Kanoff Sandy and Paul Steinfield Seth and Ellyn Lehr Bebe and Jay Kivitz Joan Tishgart Harriet Potashnick and Marshall Levine Susan and Leonard Klehr Jan L. Weinstock Dr. Marcia Sachs Littell Sandra Kuby Judy and Bud Newman Rosalind and Roy Neff Howard and Janet Pack Lisa Heller and Harry Roth Ruth Perlmutter in memory Alan Sandman of Archie Perlmutter Rebecca and Ed Schulman David and Helen Pudlin Larry and Ann Rosen Spector Schlesingers Delicatessen and Bettyruth Walter, Ph.D. Restaurant & Allan Domb Real Estate Pam and Tony Schneider Jan Felman and Harvey Schwartz

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The childrenÕs opera Brundibar was performed over 50 times between 1943 and 1944 by Jewish children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. An allegory of the struggle against evil, these performances were exploited as propaganda by the Nazis. Later, most of these children were sent to Auschwitz and Treblinka.

BRUNDIBAR REVISITED is the touching story of DIRECTOR: Douglas Wolfsperger Hans KsaÕs famous opera as reinterpreted by the GENRE: Documentary contemporary Berlin-based youth theater group, COUNTRY: Germany, Czech Republic Die Zwiefachen. Kids of various ages and ethnic YEAR: 2014 backgrounds, living on the fringes of society, RUNNING TIME: 85 min make up this ragtag group of amateur actors. LANGUAGE: German with While rehearsing Brundibar, they are confronted, English subtitles many for the first time, with the legacy of Nazi Germany. Interviewed about what it means to be SUBJECTS: Advocacy, Brundibar a young 21st century German in a country with opera, compassion, education, such a complex and tumultuous past, they are German society, German teenagers, encouraged to explore their feelings even further Holocaust, Jewish history, theater, after spending time with the charismatic Greta Recounting the dramatic events of May 8, 1972, understanding Klingsberg, a Holocaust survivor who had been DIRECTOR: Rani SaÕar SABENA HIJACKING Ð MY VERSION is the true cast as the lead actor in the original production of GENRE: Docudrama story of the hijacking of the Vienna-to-Tel Aviv FOR FANS OF: Brundibar opera, Brundibar decades earlier. BRUNDIBAR REVISITED COUNTRY: Israel Sabena flight 571 by four armed Palestinian documentary, German culture, exemplifies the notion that Òwe must never forgetÓ YEAR: 2014 ÒBlack SeptemberÓ terrorists (the same terrorist Holocaust cinema, theater as a and demonstrates how important it is to document RUNNING TIME: 100 min group that would go on to massacre eleven Israeli vehicle for healing the experience of survivors while they are still LANGUAGE: Hebrew with Olympic team members and one German police among us. English subtitles officer four months later in Munich). For thirty nerve-wracking hours, the passengers and crew SUBJECTS: Black September, of Sabena 571 were held hostage in their seats, threatened to be blown to pieces if Israel refused courage, hijacking, hostages, Israeli LOST TOWN security, Palestinian-Israeli conflict, to cooperate with demands to release over 300 rescue, terrorism Palestinian prisoners. Based on Sabena pilot Reginald LevyÕs first-person account as well as FOR FANS OF: Air Force One, the testimony of several passengers who survived Executive Decision, Flight, Munich, the harrowing ordeal, SABENA HIJACKING Ð Operation Thunderbolt, United 93 MY VERSION presents a compelling cinematic reenactment of the events, weaving genuine archival material and exclusive interviews with three revered Israeli political leaders who were in charge of the rescue effort. Suspenseful and riveting, this fast-paced docudrama is a finalist for the 2015 Ophir Awards (Israeli Academy Awards).

FREE EVENT Kathleen (Kit) Kazmier is a senior Illustration major at Moore College of Art. As part of her 2015 summer internship at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, this talented graphic artist was tasked with designing two dozen film poster illustrations to promote the films shown at this season's Festival. In order to conceptualize each poster's illustration, Kit not only had to watch and take notes on each of the films, but sketch preliminary ideas so that she and the Director of the Festival could determine what direction would best communicate the message of the film.

IMBERÕS LEFT HAND | MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 | 7:30 PM | GERSHMAN Y

Uwe JansonÕs AUF DAS LEBEN! introduces us DIRECTOR: Uwe Janson to the evocative and complex Ruth Weintraub GENRE: Narrative (Hannelore Elsner), a retired Yiddish cabaret singer COUNTRY: Germany who repairs musical instruments for a living. Upon YEAR: 2014 being evicted from her longtime apartment and RUNNING TIME: 90 min forced into a retirement complex, Ruth meets Johan PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Documenting LANGUAGE: German with DIRECTOR/WRITER: Richard (Max Riemelt), a young German laborer on the run, the final months of a Jewish painter stricken with English subtitles Goldgewicht, Jeremy Goldscheider who is tasked with moving her possessions. Bearing GENRE: Documentary Feature ALS, IMBERÕS LEFT HAND follows Jon Imber as he a strong resemblance to someone Ruth used to COUNTRY: USA refuses to give up what he loves regardless of his SUBJECTS: Cabaret, depression, know, Johan brings back vivid memories for Ruth, YEAR: 2012 physical limitations. When he loses use of his right friendship, Germany, Holocaust memories that are still painful to recall. In turn, there RUNNING TIME: 85 min hand, he begins to paint with his left. As the left memories, illness, recovery, is something about Ruth that intrigues Johan and LANGUAGE: English starts to go, he uses both hands held at his waist as relationships, therapy piques his curiosity. After an incident which could the degenerative condition progresses. Surrounded FOR FANS OF: German cinema, have ended very badly for Ruth if not for JohanÕs SUBJECTS: ALS, art as therapy, art by loved ones and refusing to give up, Imber paints German-Jewish history, Harold and intervention, the two develop a powerful bond that education, family, friendship, illness, over 100 illustrative portraits of friends and family Maude, love stories, stories about gradually changes the way both see their future. Jon Imber, painting, relationship, over several months, all the while keeping his wits odd couples the will to live With intensely moving renditions of Jewish music and wicked sense of humor about him. DonÕt miss classics that have been re-recorded and newly FOR FANS OF: Art documentaries, this deeply moving and inspirational documentary interpreted for this film, AUF DAS LEBEN is an biopics, films depicting the artistic that took home the Audience Award at the Boston emotional powerhouse that will grip viewers even process, Jon Imber, inspirational Jewish Film Festival this past season. after leaving the theater. movies, inspirational people, painting PJFF Film Poster Exhibition and IMBERÕS LEFT HAND are presented in conjunction with DESIGNPHILADELPHIA, a festival dedicated to demonstrating PhiladelphiaÕs re-emergence as a 21st century city shaped by design, technology, and collaborative business practices.

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PRE-FEST FILMS | OCT. 10, 11 & 12 SPECIAL FILMS & EVENTS LIMITED-SEATING SCREENINGS PRE-REGISTRATION NOVEMBER 7, 12, 14, 17, 19 & 21 $35 PRE-FEST PASS Includes admission to all four films 11/8 Pre-registering for limited-seating PJFF films 11/7 $10 General Admission (no discounts) GITEL @ Hiway Theater and special events is easy! The three ways to $15 OPENING NIGHT FILM: DOUGH guarantee your seat at limited-seating films 11/11 Director John Goldschmidt and star and events are: PROJECTIONS OF AMERICA @ National FESTIVAL PASSES | NOVEMBER 7-21 Jerome Holder in attendance. Museum of American Jewish History 1. Drop by The Gershman Y during Box 11/12 Office Hours (Monday through Friday, $295 VIP FESTIVAL PASS 11/11 $25 SPECIAL EVENT: DELI MAN 10 am to 4 pm) and pre-register with a (All Access Pass to Festival Films and THE FREE VOICE OF LABOR: THE JEWISH Film & Deli Lunch Gershman Y staff member. special events) ANARCHIST @ National Museum of 11/14 VIP Pass Holders must pre-register at least American Jewish History 2. Call The Gershman Y at 215-545-4400 $25 CENTERPIECE EVENT: 24 hours in advance for limited-seating to pre-register by phone. A VERY SEMI-SERIOUS EVENING 11/12 screenings and limited-seating special WITH ROZ CHAST A BLIND HERO: THE LOVE OF OTTO 3. E-mail your pre-registration to events in order to be guaranteed admission. WEIDT @ Ritz East [email protected] with the following No exceptions will be made. All reserved Screening of VERY SEMI-SERIOUS, information: 11/15 seats will be held until five minutes after Conversation with Roz Chast, THE OUTRAGEOUS SOPHIE TUCKER ¥ The name of the film for which you printed film start time. See next page for Q & A, and Book Signing Reception @ National Museum of American Jewish are pre-registering more information. (Includes post-film reception for any ticket History ¥ The name you used to purchase your $195 FESTIVAL PASS holder who brings a book or purchases a 11/15 ticket, pass, supporter level, or (Includes all Festival Films, Opening Night book for Roz Chast to sign) TO LIFE! @ Reel Cinemas Narberth 2 sponsorship package. Film, and Spotlight Film) 11/17 ¥ If you are a Supporter or Sponsor and $25 / $60 SPOTLIGHT FILM: 11/19 All other special event tickets must be you are entitled to two tickets, please EAST JERUSALEM / WEST JERUSALEM NATASHA @ Ritz East purchased separately. Festival Pass Holders indicate whether you will be using one with DAVID BROZA must pre-register at least 24 hours in or both tickets. advance for limited-seating screenings in $25 Film & (3-5 song) performance by LIMITED-SEATING SPECIAL EVENTS order to be guaranteed admission. David Broza NEW! $55 FIVE-FILM PASS $60 Private Pre-Film Cocktail Reception 11/12 LATE ARRIVAL AND RUSH LINE POLICY (Includes only General Admission Films) with David Broza (includes ticket to film) DELI MAN Film & Deli Lunch For limited-seating films and limited-seating 5-Film Pass Holders must pre-register 11/19 @ The Gershman Y special events, all pre-registered ticket and at least 24 hours in advance for all $25 SPECIAL EVENT: RED LEAVES pass holders will have their seats held until limited-seating screenings in order to be Film & Ethiopian Brunch and Performance 11/19 five minutes after the printed screening guaranteed admission. RED LEAVES 11/21 time. At that time, seats will be released Film & Ethiopian Brunch and Performance $35 CLOSING NIGHT EVENT: AN EVENING to those waiting in the rush line. PJFF will @ The Gershman Y FESTIVAL FILMS | NOVEMBER 7-21 WITH THE HONORABLE ALBIE SACHS accommodate as many people waiting in 11/21 the rush line as possible. Rush tickets will $13 General Admission Screening of SOFT VENGEANCE: ALBIE SOFT VENGEANCE: ALBIE SACHS AND be sold to patrons in order of arrival. $11 Seniors SACHS AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA, THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA $7 Students Tikkun Olam Award Ceremony, Conversation Refunds will only be given if a program is @ Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (Must present a full-time student ID with Albie Sachs and Director Abby canceled or in case of documented illness at box office) Ginzberg, Q & A, and Closing Night Party or injury. Advance ticket holders must be seated no (Includes film program and one admission later than five minutes after printed film to Closing Night Party) start time in order to be guaranteed seating. Tickets for this event must be purchased through Kimmel Center for Performing Arts 300 South Broad St., Philadelphia Box office: 215-893-1999

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 | 7:30 PM | THE GERSHMAN Y FALL FEST OPENING NIGHT FALL

PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, Evita, Game of Thrones, Glengarry Glen Ross, Pirates of the Caribbean) stars as an aging Jewish baker desperate to save his century-old family business from being bought out by a greedy real-estate developer in the British dramedy DOUGH. Recently widowed and misunderstood by his own DIRECTOR: John Goldschmidt family, Nat Dayan (Jonathan Pryce) is trying to GENRE: Narrative keep his business afloat in LondonÕs East End. With COUNTRY: United Kingdom his best customers dying off, his assistant leaving YEAR: 2015 to work for his greedy competitor Sam Cotton RUNNING TIME: 94 min (Philip Davis), and his son refusing to take over LANGUAGE: English the bakery, it is up to Nat to preserve his fatherÕs legacy. Out of options, Nat reluctantly enlists the SUBJECTS: Baking, comedy, culture help of his housekeeperÕs teenage son, Ayyash clash, family, friendship, generational (Jerome Holder), a Muslim refugee from Darfur. differences, Jewish traditions, Ayyash, desperately trying to get himself and his marijuana, odd couples, romance mother out of poverty, takes the job as a front to FOR FANS OF: Buddy movies, feel sell cannabis for a tough neighborhood marijuana good stories, Smiley Face, St. Vincent dealer (Ian Hart). What happens next is a comedy of errors that attracts a whole new clientele to SPONSORED BY: Steve and Betsy the bakery and changes both NatÕs and AyyashÕs Filton, Glenmede, Elaine Lindy, life forever. Harriet and Larry Weiss/CRW Graphics Entertaining and humorous, DOUGH is a warmhearted story about friendship, overcoming SPECIAL GUESTS: Director John prejudices, and finding value in the things that Goldschmidt and star Jerome Holder matter most. in attendance Official Selection of Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, and Toronto Jewish Film Festival JEROME HOLDER, SPECIAL GUEST OPENING NIGHT

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GITEL

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 | 7:30 PM | HIWAY THEATER

PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE THEODORE BIKEL: IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM brings together two beloved Jewish cultural icons in a humorous and performance-laden celebration of Yiddish song and storytelling. Sholom Aleichem (1859-1916), recognized as a pioneer of modern Jewish literature and the foremost chronicler of late 19th/early 20th century Jewish shtetl life, is best known for his ÒTevye the MilkmanÓ short stories. In his long and varied career, the recently deceased Theodore Bikel (1924-2015) played Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof more than 2,000 times, was cast in more than 150 screen roles PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE ItÕs 1969. Concert (including an Oscar-nominated turn in The Defiant Ones), and co-founded the Newport DIRECTOR: Robert Mullan violinist Gitel Bargman (Marija Korenkaite) lives Folk Festival. GENRE: Narrative COUNTRY: United Kingdom within the confines of her Lithuanian Soviet In this immensely charming documentary narrated YEAR: 2014 community and the brutal memories of the Nazi DIRECTOR: John Lollos by Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda, Bikel RUNNING TIME: 115 min massacre in Kovno, Lithuania, which claimed GENRE: Documentary demonstrates why Sholom AleichemÕs tragicomic LANGUAGES: Russian and the lives of her parents and two older sisters. COUNTRY: USA stories continue to resonate with modern audiences Lithuanian with English subtitles Privy to GitelÕs inner torment and concerned YEAR: 2014 through select monologues and songs from his for her welfare, her older brother Chaim RUNNING TIME: 75 min Yiddish stage show, Sholom Aleichem: Laughter SPECIAL GUEST: Director (Gediminas Storpirstis) Ñ who also survived the LANGUAGES: English and Yiddish Through Tears. Audiences will appreciate additional Robert Mullan in attendance war Ñ attempts to set Gitel up with Lev (Nikolaj with English subtitles insight from such notables as Fyvush Finkel, Gilbert Antonov), a bookish older man he envisions Gottfried, and Doctor Ruth. SUBJECTS: First-generation survivorÕs would be a good catch for his little sister. In SUBJECTS: Sholom Aleichem, guilt, forgiveness, ghosts, Holocaust, fact, in ChaimÕs overzealous mind, his beautiful Lithuania, redemption, romance, American Jewish history, Theodore Sold out World Premiere at the San Francisco and talented sister, having just turned 33, is ripe Bikel, biography, literature, music, Russia Jewish Film Festival, Castro Theater (1400 seats) for the taking Ñ at least when not lost in her theater, Yiddish culture FOR FANS OF: Emotional Arithmetic, own head, harboring intense feelings of guilt Official Selection of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, FOR FANS OF: Sholom Aleichem, SophieÕs Choice, To Life! Auf Das for being alive at all. Will Lev, a man battling Haifa International Film Festival, Warsaw Jewish Theodore Bikel, Broadway, Fiddler on Leben! his own demons, be able to break through the Film Festival, and Washington Jewish Film Festival the Roof, folk music, one-man shows, stronghold of GitelÕs self-perpetuating purgatory? Yiddish culture Will the promise of love be enough for Lev to SPONSORED BY: Harris and Debra finally forgive his own mistakes and missteps? Devor, Lynne and Harold Honickman, Thoroughly engaging and beautifully shot on Michael and Kristin Karp location in Russia and Lithuania, Robert MullanÕs GITEL plays like an epic Russian melodrama seen through a Jewish lens.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | 11 AM | THE GERSHMAN Y WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 | 5 PM NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY Will it be a comedy from Argentina? A psychological thriller from France? A drama from Israel? PJFF is holding this slot open so that we can show a fabulous new release that PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE During the darkest days of World War II, Academy Award- was not available at the time of booking our Festival line-up. Good things come to those winning screenwriter Robert Riskin (It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) was who wait. Check out our website PJFF.org for our Surprise Film announcement in the asked to lead a secret film unit by the U.S. Office of War Information. His mission was to days leading up to the Festival. produce short documentary films, not about the war, but about the ideals of America. RiskinÕs shorts depicting ÒrealÓ Americans going about their everyday lives Ñ school children, farmers, car manufacturers, window washers, even American cowboys Ñ were featured in the immensely popular series, Projections of America. RiskinÕs shorts were translated into over FORBIDDEN FILMS 20 languages and screened mainly in EuropeÕs American-occupied territories. While highly Ñ Ñ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | 7:30 PM | INTERNATIONAL HOUSE romanticized and utopian in spirit these were propaganda films, after all they present a fascinating look at America and democracy, especially in contrast to the devastation and confusion seizing the vast majority of Europe at the time. After the war, Projections was PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Before GermanyÕs shuttered, and the films themselves virtually disappeared, languishing unseen in government DIRECTOR: Felix Moeller government fell in 1945, the Nazis made over 1,200 archives. GENRE: Documentary feature films under the aegis of Joseph GoebbelsÕ COUNTRY: Germany Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. YEAR: 2014 RUNNING TIME: 94 min Forty of them are still considered ÒdangerousÓ and LANGUAGES: German, French, are banned in Germany and many other countries to Hebrew, and English with this day. But should they be? English subtitles This is the key question director Felix Moeller grapples with in his provocative and thought- SPECIAL GUESTS: Noah Isenberg, provoking documentary, FORBIDDEN FILMS. film scholar and director of Screen Moeller aims the spotlight onto some of the most Studies at the New School, and Nora contested films in the Nazi canon, while local and Mandel, NY film critic, MavenÕsNest international experts Ñ ranging from journalists, SUBJECTS: Anti-Semitism, archival historians, and political scientists to the children of film, censorship, debate on mediaÕs the infamous Nazi film stars and former neo-Nazis Ñ influence, Nazis, propaganda attempt to contextualize the argument either for or against the outlawing of these inflammatory films. FOR FANS OF: A Film Unfinished, film preservation, Harlan: In the As weÕve seen with the recent Charlie Hebdo Shadow of Jew Suss, Propaganda attack in Paris, the debate on dangerous ideas and SPONSORED BY: Helen and Jordan their availability to the public is as fresh now as Narrated by John Lithgow, PROJECTIONS OF Schwartz/Center City Film and Video when these Nazi films were made during the Third AMERICA is told through extensive use of archival Reich. The question of whether the films should DIRECTOR: Peter Miller or shouldnÕt be released remains debatable, but GENRE: Documentary footage, including new cleaned-up transfers of the with this rare opportunity to view extensive clips of COUNTRY: USA films themselves, and rounded out by commentary some of the worldÕs most anti-Semitic films (many YEAR: 2014 from filmmakers, critics, and audience members. of which are ÒHollywood qualityÓ), Moeller invites RUNNING TIME: 52 min It is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at a audiences to make up their own minds. LANGUAGE: English lesser-known facet of AmericaÕs all-encompassing war effort. Official Selection of the Jerusalem International SPECIAL GUEST: Director Peter Miller Film Festival, New York Jewish Film Festival, and in attendance PROJECTIONS OF AMERICA will follow Toronto Jewish Film Festival a screening of the 9-minute short film SUBJECTS: AmericaÕs image overseas, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JEEP, directed by Irving ÒTimely and even vital . . . a thoughtful and film preservation, Office of War Lerner for the Projections of America series. Information, propaganda, WWII sensitive addition to the debate surrounding FOR FANS OF: Above and Beyond, censorship that continues to complicate Band of Brothers, Frank Capra, our ideas concerning freedom and self- Forbidden Films, John Lithgow, expression in the modern world.Ó propaganda, Robert Riskin, vintage newsreel footage, WWII stories Ñ Oleg Ivanov, Slant Magazine

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THE JEWISH ANARCHISTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 | 11 AM | THE GERSHMAN Y WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 | 8 PM | ÒYou can taste the diaspora,Ó says David NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY DIRECTOR: Erik Greenberg Anjou ÒZiggyÓ Gruber, a third generation deli man, GENRE: Documentary and owner of Kenny & ZiggyÕs New York COUNTRY: USA Delicatessen in Houston, Texas. Though the YEAR: 2014 affable Gruber and his story are the main RUNNING TIME: 92 min LANGUAGE: English focus of this tantalizing new documentary by PJFF alumnus Erik Greenberg Anjou (The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground), we are also SUBJECTS: American Jewish history, community, delicatessens, family, treated to a pastrami sandwich-sized serving food culture, immigrant culture, of both delicatessen and American Jewish Jewish traditions history.

FOR FANS OF: American Jewish Interviewing both veterans and newcomers history, delicatessens, food culture, to the deli scene, Anjou travels the country Jiro Dreams of Sushi, The Klezmatics - sampling traditional Jewish deli fare and On Holy Ground, The Sturgeon Queens chatting with regulars about their favorite SPONSORED BY: Schlesingers dishes, while back home in NYC, old-style In honor of the 35th anniversary of the Delicatessen and Restaurant & deli connoisseurs like Fyvush Finkel, Jerry DIRECTORS: Steven Fischler and Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, we are proud Allan Domb Real Estate Stiller, and Larry King emphatically share Joel Sucher to reprise THE FREE VOICE OF LABOR: THE what it is that brings them back, year after GENRE: Documentary JEWISH ANARCHISTS, a noteworthy 1980 year. What makes DELI MAN even more COUNTRY: USA documentary which screened with the first SPECIAL EVENT: Film followed by deli entertaining is that rather than bemoaning YEAR: 1980 JFF U.S. National Tour organized by the San lunch and discussion with Deli Man the ever-shrinking kosher deli scene, it RUNNING TIME: 55 min director Erik Greenberg Anjou and celebrates these uniquely American Jewish LANGUAGES: English and Yiddish Francisco Jewish Film Festival. PhiladelphiaÕs top deli restaurateurs institutions and their enduring resonance for with English subtitles THE FREE VOICE OF LABOR: THE JEWISH Americans today. ANARCHISTS introduces us to the Jewish SPECIAL GUESTS: Anna Elena Torres, University of California, Berkeley sweatshop workers who made up the Jewish Anarchists Movement at the turn of the SUBJECTS: American Jewish history, twentieth century in New York City. Comprising anarchism, Freie Arbeiter Stimme, Russian and other Eastern-European Jews who ÒThere are two types of people in the world: those who love delis immigration, labor unions, NYC history, immigrated to America in search of freedom and those you shouldn't associate with.Ó protest, Yiddish and opportunity, the Jewish Anarchists rejected (Sign inside Kenny & ZiggyÕs New York Delicatessen) FOR FANS OF: Anarchism in America, being shunned as outsiders by a society Hester Street, Jewish immigrant that only saw them fit to serve as Ògrist for history, NYC history, Yiddish the capitalist machine.Ó In 1890, they banded SPONSORED BY: together and took their grievances to the streets Amy and Richard Oller by publishing and distributing the seminal Yiddish-language newspaper, Freie Arbeiter Stimme. ÒThe Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists... is a wonderful This enlightening documentary directed by evocation of the radical political Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher is packed with past and what has become of its vibrant, funny, and poignant conversations activists in their old age... They with Jewish labor firebrands like Sol Yanowsky, have aged gracefully, with their Joseph Cohen, and Ahrne Thorne, as well as fascinating behind-the-scenes footage of the sentiments unchanged, but with elderly and engaging staff of the 87-year-old their world different in ways they newspaper, Freie Arbeiter Stimme, which at the would never have dreamed of time of the documentaryÕs taping was producing years ago.Ó its very last issue. Ñ Richard F. Shepard, The New York Times

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 | 7:30 PM | RITZ EAST EVENING WITH ROZ CHAST: FEATURING VERY SEMI-SERIOUS PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE A powerful and DIRECTOR: Kai Christiansen moving docudrama, A BLIND HERO: THE LOVE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 | 7:30 PM | THE GERSHMAN Y GENRE: Docudrama OF OTTO WEIDT is based on the true story of Otto COUNTRIES: Germany YEAR: 2014 Weidt, a middle-aged German broom industry magnate who used his factory to save the lives of RUNNING TIME: 90 min CENTERPIECE LANGUAGE: German with dozens of Berlin Jews from the Gestapo. Willing English subtitles to work the system no matter how dangerous the stakes, Weidt bribed Gestapo agents with SUBJECTS: German Jewish Holocaust cigars, perfume, and other hard-to-find items in survivors, Holocaust testimony, love, exchange for allowing his employees refuge in his Nazi-occupied Germany, rescue, factory. In 1943, when Berlin was decreed to be the Righteous Among the Nations, ÒJew-free,ÓWeidt made one last attempt to hide survival his remaining employees (most of whom, like him, FOR FANS OF: German Jewish were blind). While he was unable to save them all, history, love stories, NickyÕs Family, he continued his heroic efforts throughout the Nazi SchindlerÕs List, stories depicting occupation and later established an orphanage for heroism survivors of the concentration camps.

SPONSORED BY: Janet and Howard Based largely on the memories and eyewitness Pack and Nancy and Stuart Weiss account of his young secretary, Inge Deutschkron, the acclaimed German-Jewish writer whom Weidt helped survive the roundup, as well as through the

correspondence of his paramour, Alice Licht, with SPECIAL EVENT: Post-film Happy Yad Vashem, A BLIND HERO: THE LOVE OF OTTO PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Hour at Positano Coast (212 Walnut WEIDT is a poignant testament to the Talmudic DIRECTOR: Leah Wolchok Street, 2nd floor) with complimentary VERY SEMI-SERIOUS provides a humorous and notion that he who saves one life is considered to GENRE: Documentary appetizers and drink specials COUNTRY: USA illuminating window into the quirky and endearing have saved the entire world. YEAR: 2015 world of The New YorkerÕs iconic single-panel RUNNING TIME: 83 min cartoons. While the documentaryÕs chief subject is LANGUAGE: English the magazineÕs cartoon gatekeeper, Editor Robert Mankoff, a charming and affable character whose SUBJECTS: Cartooning, cartoonists, engaging story could easily take up an entire film, New Yorker cartoons, Roz Chast, first-time filmmaker Leah Wolchok takes care to Robert Mankoff, political humor, highlight some of The New YorkerÕs other freelance topical humor cartoonists Ñ an awesomely eccentric mix of crusty vets and newbies, young and old, male and female. FOR FANS OF: Cartoonists, Roz Chast, Featuring interviews with notables like Roz Chast, Robert Mankoff, New Yorker cartoons, Mort Gerberg, Emily Flake, and George Booth, and The New Yorker newcomers the likes of Ed Steed and Liana Finch, SPONSORED BY: Barbara and Wolchok hones in on what inspires each to run Mickey Black, Nancy and David MankoffÕs gauntlet of rejection week after week in Colman, Ellyn and Seth Lehr, Ruth hopes of making the cut. Perlmutter in memory of Archie Perlmutter ÒWolchok copiously peppers the interviews with images of the subjects Ñ cartoons SPECIAL EVENT: Conversation with Ñ with the drawing appearing first, then Roz Chast, Author/Illustrator of CanÕt We Talk About Something More the caption. Her film, consequently, has Pleasant? Q & A will be followed by precisely that pitch-perfect balance of truth book signing and reception. and comedy that makes for a great New Yorker cartoon. It also makes for a seriously excellent documentary.Ó

Ñ Benjamin Sutton, Hyperallergic

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 11 AM | & PARTNER WITH THE ENEMY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 3 PM | THE GERSHMAN Y DOUBLE FEATURE

ÒAlmost Friends is a PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Sophie Tucker PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Through a new DIRECTOR: William Gazecki may not be a household name in 2015, but make documentary about a human, Israeli education initiative, students from two GENRE: Documentary no mistake: sheÕs one of the most remarkable and simple, innocent issue, which COUNTRY: USA very different Israeli towns begin communicating YEAR: 2014 highly regarded performers of the 20th century. An only the two heroines see as online before eventually meeting in person. RUNNING TIME: 96 min iconic Jewish singer/performer who spanned the such, and a complex political ALMOST FRIENDS focuses on Samar, a 12-year- eras of vaudeville, radio, film, and television, her old Arab Israeli girl from the rough-and-tumble LANGUAGE: English film, but only if youÕre an adult.Ó career began at a vaudeville amateur night in 1907 integrated city of Lod, and Linor, an 11-year-old and didnÕt end until her death almost 60 years later. Ñ Haaretz Jewish girl from the religious settlement of Tlamim. SPECIAL GUEST: Author Lauren While her robust physique and unconventional Rebecca Sklaroff Geographically, only 42 miles separate these looks didnÕt initially mark Tucker for stardom, her girls from each other, but cultural and ideological SUBJECTS: American Jewish history, ability to captivate audiences with her uniquely DIRECTORS: Barak Heymann and differences make this distance seem even wider cabaret stars, Jewish icons, music strong voice, outrageous sense of humor, brassy Nitzan Ofir and much more difficult to bridge. Can these history, NYC theater, popular culture personality, and penchant for bawdy lyrics earned GENRE: Documentary hopeful pre-teens forge a lasting friendship after Sophie Tucker, vaudevillians her the nickname, “The Last of the Red Hot Mamas.” COUNTRY: Israel meeting and hitting it off? And will their respective YEAR: 2014 FOR FANS OF: Biopics, Cabaret, This crowd-pleasing documentary by Academy families, each with strong feelings about the Òother RUNNING TIME: 60 min Chicago, music history, popular Award-nominated director William Gazecki draws sideÓ even allow it? LANGUAGES: Hebrew and Arabic culture, Sophie Tucker, vaudeville much of its archival material from the 400+ life- with English subtitles ALMOST FRIENDS is a complex, yet thoroughly spanning personal scrapbooks Tucker kept, as SPONSORED BY: Renee and Joe engrossing story about challenging the well as TuckerÕs many friends, who enthusiastically Zuritsky and Parkway Corporation SPECIAL GUEST: Author Ranen preconceived notions that separate us. contribute their memories, including Barbara Omer-Sherman Walters, Tony Bennett, Carol Channing, Shecky Official Selection of Docaviv International Greene, Paul Anka, Mickey Rooney, and Mamie SUBJECTS: Breaking cycles, bridging Documentary Film Festival, Other Israel Film ÒFor a younger generation who Van Doren, among many other notables. THE differences, education, friendship, Festival, and Washington Jewish Film Festival think that Madonna and Lady OUTRAGEOUS SOPHIE TUCKER is a film brimming nationalistic ideologies, Palestinian- Israeli conflict, peace efforts, pen pals Gaga represent the heights of Ñ much like the lady herself Ñ with uncontainable personality, passion, and an immense zest for life. outrageousness, The Outrageous FOR FANS OF: Arranged, Circus Kids, movies about building bridges Sophie Tucker stands as a much for peace and reconciliation, needed reminder that they have a My So-Called Enemy very large debt to pay.Ó Ñ Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter

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& ALMOST FRIENDS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 7:30 PM | REEL CINEMAS NARBERTH 2 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 3 PM | THE GERSHMAN Y DOUBLE FEATURE

PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Director Jean- DIRECTOR: Jean-Jacques Zilbermann Jacques ZilbermannÕs TO LIFE (Ë LA VIE) is a GENRE: Narrative poignant dramedy about three strangers-turned- PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE In this spirited COUNTRY: France DIRECTORS: Duki Dror and YEAR: 2014 friends who helped each other survive Auschwitz. and moving documentary by PJFF alumnus Duki Chen Shelach RUNNING TIME: 104 min Following the liberation of the camp in 1945, Dror (Incessant Visions) and Chen Shelach, two GENRE: Documentary LANGUAGES: French with Hlne (Julie Depardieu), Lili (Johanna ter Steege), middle-aged matriarchs Ñ Anat Shelach, an Israeli COUNTRY: Israel English subtitles and Rose (Suzanne Clment) go their separate YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2014 kibbutznik, and Rola Srouji, a Palestinian resident ways before reuniting 15 years later. In the French RUNNING TIME: 58 min of Ramallah Ñ form an unlikely partnership in a SUBJECTS: Friendship, Holocaust beach town of Berck-Plage, they finally meet again LANGUAGES: Hebrew and Arabic male-dominated industry. Set against the backdrop memories, overcoming tragedy, for a week of reconnection and soaking up the sun. with English subtitles of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Anat and Rola reconnection, relationships, women Attaining respite from their usual lives and roles, launch a logistics and shipping business whose FOR FANS OF: Beaches, Fried Green the women share their first true meal together, SPECIAL GUEST: Author Ranen main objective is to make it easier for clients to confide in one another about their lovers and Omer-Sherman Tomatoes, Holocaust cinema, My Best get their shipments from Israeli ports to the West romantic aspirations, and help one another come Bank. Amidst prevailing security concerns, endless Holidays, movies about female friends SUBJECTS: Breaking cycles, bridging to terms with their own tragic experience at red tape, and the challenges of securing new differences, bureaucracy, friendship, the camp. clientele, these newfound business associates grow Palestinian-Israeli conflict, peace closer and even introduce their families to one efforts, war, womenÕs empowerment, Perhaps what is most endearing about TO LIFEÕs another. But, as the threat of war intensifies and three protagonists is their sincere desire to be women in industry ÒIt is rare to leave a film feeling the pressures of work increase, Anat and Rola must recognized as survivors, rather than victims. With FOR FANS OF: Arranged, Circus Kids, face their biggest challenge yet: overcoming their fully satiated. But Ë La Vie offers the aid of ZilbermannÕs breezy sixties French movies about building bridges inherent mistrust of Òthe other.Ó up a full helping of artistry and aesthetic, we canÕt help but take pleasure in for peace and reconciliation, watching these women lose themselves to the My So-Called Enemy then some. It is easily the best film I have seen so far this year.Ó moment, celebrating their summer of reinvention and love. Ñ Paul Dervis, The Arts Fuze Official Selection of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Toronto Jewish Film Festival, and Washington Jewish Film Festival

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 | 11 AM | THE GERSHMAN Y MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 | 7:30 PM | INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE A documentary DIRECTOR: Melissa Donovan with a heart as big as Africa, Melissa DonovanÕs GENRE: Documentary COUNTRY: USA Kodak Cinematography Award Winner, ZEMENE, YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2014 introduces us to a wise-beyond-her-years, 10-year- RUNNING TIME: 68 min old Ethiopian girl suffering from severe Kyphosis LANGUAGES: English and Amharic (a painful and often fatal spine defect). After with English subtitles ZemeneÕs mother dies from a fatal mosquito bite, Zemene is sent to live with her uncle and SPECIAL GUEST: Director Melissa grandparents in a small remote village in the Donovan in attendance beautiful but impoverished highlands of Ethiopia. When her loving uncle, Menormelkam, takes her SUBJECTS: Education Ethiopia, health to the city to be examined, doctors there tell them care, human rights, poverty, success there is no cure for ZemeneÕs condition. Despite stories, twists of fate, Zemene her bleak prognosis, a chance encounter on the FOR FANS OF: Health advocacy street with Rick Hodes, an American-Jewish doctor documentaries, I Am Because We treating spinal injury patients in Ethiopia, changes Are, The Flying Doctors of East Africa, ZemeneÕs life forever. ZEMENE is a testament to inspirational movies, Make Me A the power of the human spirit and offers proof that, New Face: Hope for AfricaÕs Hidden even against the odds, a determined individual can Children make a difference. SPONSORED BY: Harriet Potashnick and Marshall Levine PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Based on a true DIRECTOR: Christian Faure story, this racy and riveting courtroom drama will GENRE: Narrative COUNTRY: France have audiences on the edge of their seats through YEAR: 2014 its closing credits. RUNNING TIME: 87 min In the fall of 1974, Simone Veil, the French health LANGUAGE: French with English subtitles minister under President Valry Giscard d'Estaing, was charged with the thankless job of pushing for the passage of a law legalizing abortion in SUBJECTS: Feminism, French history, French law, French politics, Jewish France. As portrayed by Emmanuelle Devos in icons, reproductive rights, Simone Veil, a career-defining role, this taut political thriller womenÕs rights follows Veil as she fights for THE LAW on behalf of all French women during a harrowing three-day FOR FANS OF: Courtroom dramas, parliamentary debate. Against the objections of Erin Brockovich, French politics, From the opposition party, the Catholic Church, and even Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion, Simone Veil, Vera Drake, amongst some in her own party, Veil, a survivor of When Abortion Was Illegal both Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, refuses to back down. As the stakes are raised and Veil is forced SPONSORED BY: The Louis D. to confront increasingly vile personal attacks, she Brandeis Law Society intensifies her efforts to upend societyÕs dangerous misconceptions about abortion and a womanÕs right to choose.

CLE credit availableÑBrandeislawsociety.org

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THE INCIDENT may be Mexican Jewish director DIRECTOR: Isaac Ezban Isaac EzbanÕs first feature-length film, but critics GENRE: Sci-fi, psychological thriller see EzbanÕs gripping and assured directorial debut COUNTRY: Mexico as continuing in the tradition of TarkovskyÕs Solaris, YEAR: 2014 KubrickÕs 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Christopher RUNNING TIME: 100 min NolanÕs Inception. LANGUAGE: Spanish with English subtitles This haunting sci-fi thriller, which first screened in the 2014 March du Film at the Festival de Cannes, SPECIAL GUESTS: Dr. Mark Leuchter, entangles two stories with people trapped in Director of Jewish Studies, Temple illogical endless spaces: a pair of criminally-minded University brothers and a police detective locked in an infinite Mbius strip-like stairwell, and a family stranded on SUBJECTS: Aging, alternative worlds, an infinite road to nowhere. As 35 years go by and

SPOTLIGHT SCREENING fantasy/reality, living with your choices, the scenes of their temporal imprisonments never redemption, regrets, sci-fi, time change, the characters continue to age and adapt FOR FANS OF: Phillip K. Dick, films to their individual purgatories. Just try to imagine about time, Groundhog Day, Inception, what your life would be like if you were stuck in a Alejandro Jodorowsky, Memento, PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE ÒWhatÕs so funny space that never gets bigger, surrounded by all of DIRECTORS: Henrique Cymerman Mexican cinema, Christopher Nolan, Õbout peace, love, and understanding?Ó asks the things you consume on a daily basis to survive, and Erez Miller philosophical films, science-fiction building up ad infinitum. THE INCIDENT is definitely GENRE: Documentary David Broza, an Israeli singer-songwriter and stories, Timecrimes, Guillermo Del not for the faint of heart, as Ezban proves that a COUNTRY: Israel humanitarian, who cut the famed Nick Lowe cover Toro, The Twilight Zone personÕs consciousness and perception of reality can YEAR: 2014 in a Palestinian recording studio with the Jerusalem be just as frightening as any monster. RUNNING TIME: 80 min Youth Choir, a group consisting of both Israeli LANGUAGES: English, Hebrew and and Palestinian teenagers. The song appears on Arabic with English subtitles his album, East Jerusalem / West Jerusalem, a co-production conceived by Broza and American SUBJECTS: David Broza, recording artist Steve Earle, which features guest collaboration, cultural divide, Steve vocals by session musicians from all over Israel. For Earle, friendship, Jerusalem, music, eight days and eight nights, Broza, Earle, and his Palestinian-Israeli conflict, peace, talented cohorts Ñ including the sensational Arab recording sessions Israeli singer-songwriter Mira Awad and the rap FOR FANS OF: David Broza, Steve duo G-Town Ñ jammed, recorded, and shared their Earle, Monterey Pop, The Last Waltz, stories in the tight confines of East JerusalemÕs Under African Skies famed Sabreen Studio.

More than just a chronicle of an album being made, SPECIAL EVENT: Singer-Songwriter CymermanÕs and MillerÕs incredible behind-the- David Broza will play 3 to 5 songs music documentary, EAST JERUSALEM / WEST following the audience Q & A. The JERUSALEM, is the story of bridge building across evening will conclude with a CD so-called enemy lines. Whether itÕs Broza waxing signing by Broza. East Jerusalem / philosophical at a longtime friendÕs East Jerusalem West Jerusalem CDs will be available home, or teaching kids how to play drums on for pre-purchase online, as well as upside-down buckets in the Shuafat refugee camp, ÒTHE INCIDENT is a surrealistic sci-fi vision that uses the idea of infinite after the show. EAST JERUSALEM / WEST JERUSALEM shows loops to explore both the frailty of human life and broader metaphysical what can happen when art is allowed to concepts. EzbanÕs influences, which range from Philip K. Dick to Rod Serling, transcend politics. are readily apparent, but there is a very original vision at work here.Ó ÒWhile collaborations like this arenÕt unprecedented, the timing and scope Ñ Fantastic Fest of this project has far-reaching effects. The album is good; the making-of documentary is extraordinary.Ó Ñ Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair

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PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Bazi Gete GENRE: Narrative Mesaganio Tadela (Debebe Eshetu) immigrated to COUNTRY: Israel Israel from Ethiopia almost 30 years ago. Recently YEAR: 2014 widowed, he decides to sell his apartment and live RUNNING TIME: 80 min part of the year with each of his children. Refusing to LANGUAGES: Amharic and assimilate since settling in Israel, Tadela speaks little Hebrew with English subtitles Hebrew and rarely interacts outside the comfort and safety of his Ethiopian Jewish community. However, SUBJECTS: Aging, assimilation, upon moving in with each of his sons, Tadela realizes cultural values, Ethiopian Jews in that intergenerational differences are not solely Israel, family, identity, immigration, responsible for the rising tension between them. tradition vs. modernity Will TadelaÕs rigid devotion to the traditions of his FOR FANS OF: Ethiopian Jewry, ancestral home keep him from making the strides family dramas, foreign films, Israeli necessary to connect with the world around him? cinema, King Lear, Live and Become, Tokyo Story RED LEAVES is only the second Israeli feature film to realistically depict the Israeli-Ethiopian

community, now numbering over 120,000. It's SPECIAL EVENT: Film followed also timely, as Israeli-Ethiopians have become increasingly vocal regarding the perceived PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE Adapted from by Ethiopian brunch and DIRECTOR: David Bezmozgis prejudice against them in their adopted home. musical performance GENRE: Narrative the title story in his acclaimed collection, Natasha COUNTRY: Canada and Other Stories, David BezmozgisÕ NATASHA YEAR: 2015 centers on a Soviet-era Latvian Jewish immigrant RUNNING TIME: 93 min family and their new life in suburban Toronto. LANGUAGES: Russian and English Sixteen-year-old Mark Berman is a shy bookworm with English subtitles and smalltime ÒweedÓ dealer with a fondness for Nietzsche, shiftlessness, and porn. When his SPECIAL GUEST: Director David uncle comes home with a new Russian bride and Bezmozgis in attendance her daughter, Mark not only gains a new aunt and cousin, but a wild companion with a mysterious SUBJECTS: Assimilation, Canadian past. With little interest in holding down a regular life, coming of age, dysfunction, summer job, MarkÕs mom tasks him with keeping family strife, forbidden romance, his new Òcousin,Ó Natasha, company. Proving Russian immigrants, teens living on increasingly difficult due to both NatashaÕs the edge precociousness and his own raging teenage libido, FOR FANS OF: American Beauty, the young lovers begin a forbidden romance that arthouse cinema, David BezmozgisÕ can only end one way. stories, Canadian cinema, coming of age films, Goodbye First Love, Lolita ÒPeople have a fascination with the tragic love story of Mark and Natasha. SPECIAL EVENT: Post-film Happy Hour at Prime Stache (110 Chestnut I admit that I still do, too. There is Street) with appetizer and drink something mysterious at its core that specials IÕve never worked out. ItÕs a mystery that, ultimately, canÕt be worked out Ñ which is true of lifeÕs most persistent mysteries.Ó Ñ David Bezmozgis

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SOFT VENGEANCE: ALBIE SACHS AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 | 7:30 PM | KIMMEL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Abby Ginzberg GENRE: Documentary We close out this year's PJFF Fall Fest with the 2015 COUNTRIES: USA, South Africa Peabody Award-Winner, SOFT VENGEANCE: YEAR: 2014 ALBIE SACHS AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA. RUNNING TIME: 84 min LANGUAGE: English In this powerful documentary about the fall of apartheid and the rise of a free South Africa, Director Abby Ginzberg takes a different, but no SUBJECTS: Activism, apartheid, freedom fighters, human rights, less rewarding, route than most who have tackled imprisonment, law, social change, the subject. A great many apartheid-related South Africa, war documentaries tend to focus on the larger-than-life Nelson Mandela, while simultaneously simplifying FOR FANS OF: Freedom fighters, the conflict into a Òblacks are good; whites are human rights documentaries, badÓ scenario. Ginzberg moves this film in a Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Red Dust, Albie Sachs, South African more compelling direction, introducing us to the history, Tsotsi incredible true story of Albie Sachs.

SPONSORED BY: The Carole Landis Sachs, a Jew of Lithuanian descent, was born in Foundation for Social Action, South Africa and as a young man used his law David and Helen Pudlin, Pam and degree to help those suffering under South Africa's Tony Schneider, Sterling Trustees LLC harsh racial laws. This made him a marked man to authorities, which directly led to his imprisonment, exile, and a brutal near-death experience. But this SPECIAL EVENT: Introduction by the was only the beginning of SachsÕ life-affirming Honorable Albie Sachs; film followed journey, which is told by Sachs himself, along with by Tikkun Olam Award Presentation other notables, including Desmond Tutu and Ruth and discussion with Sachs and director Bader Ginsburg. Abby Ginzberg. All guests are then invited to attend PJFFÕs Closing Night Official Selection of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Party at Hamilton Hall, The University Australia Jewish International Film Festival, DocNYC, of the Arts. International WomenÕs Film Forum, Movies That Matter Film Festival, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, Reframe Film Festival, South African Jewish Museum Ñ Cape Town, Toronto Jewish Film Festival

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7:30 PM OPENING GITEL FORBIDDEN A BLIND HERO: CENTERPIECE: TO LIFE THE LAW SPOTLIGHT: THE INCIDENT NATASHA CLOSING NIGHT Narrative FILMS THE LOVE OF VERY SEMI- Narrative Narrative E. JERUSALEM/ Narrative Narrative NIGHT: SOFT DOUGH UK Documentary OTTO WEIDT SERIOUS France France W. JERUSALEM Mexico Canada VENGEANCE Documentary Documentary Narrative @ Hiway Germany Docudrama Documentary @ Reel Cinemas @ International @ Gershman Y @ Ritz East Israel USA UK Theater @ International Germany USA Narberth 2 House @ Gershman Y South Africa @ Gershman Y House @ Ritz East @ Gershman Y @ Kimmel

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CENTER CITY VENUES UNIVERSITY CITY VENUE PJFF COMMITTEE PJFF SCREENING THE GERSHMAN Y STAFF Phyllis Fischer COMMITTEE Maxine Gaiber THE GERSHMAN Y INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Chair Olivia Antsis Executive Director October 10 & 12 November 9 & 16 Ilana Blumenthal Iris Drechsler Kristen Evans November 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia Jason Breinin Artistic Chair Associate Director 401 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia Handicapped Accessible Molly Crane Olivia Antsis 215-545-4400 Judy Golden Assistive Listening Device Scott Dinsmore Director, Philadelphia Jewish Handicap Accessible Chair Emeritus Iris Drechsler Film Festival No Assistive Listening Devices SUBURBAN VENUES Judy Finkel Ruth Perlmutter Tracy Segal Libby Harwitz TEMPLE SINAI Artistic Director Emeritus Director of Development KIMMEL CENTER FOR THE October 11 Nadine Liez-Weiner Olivia Antsis Sahar Oz PERFORMING ARTS Limekiln Pike and Dresher Woods Drive, Alain Luxembourg Director, PJFF Director of Programs November 21 Dresher Debra Malinics 300 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia 215-643-7372 Barbara Black Edward Meisarosh Jason Henn 215-670-2388 Ruth Perlmutter Communications Associate Handicap Accessible Jason Breinin Elliot Ratzman Handicap Accessible No Assistive Listening Devices Jay Caplan Max Prown No Assistive Listening Devices Julie Curson Nan Wakefield Facilities and Systems CONGREGATION BETH OR Lee Ducat Dajana Denes Walters Administrator DORRANCE HAMILTON HALL, October 11 Betsy Filton Keith Jenkins PJFF INTERNS THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS 239 Welsh Road, Maple Glen Judy Finkel Maintenance November 21 (Closing Night Party only) Debbie Fleischman Josh Freimark 215-646-5806 THE GERSHMAN Y 320 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia Frances Freedman-Blum Alex Hansen Handicap Accessible BOARD OF DIRECTORS 215-717-6030 Robert Gelsher Kathleen Kazmier No Assistive Listening Devices Arthur Ellis Adele Greenspun Eric OÕHara Co-Chair OLD CITY VENUES Arlene Halpern Nan Wakefield HIWAY THEATER Libby Harwitz Rachel Zahavi Honorable Anne Lazarus NATIONAL MUSEUM OF November 8 Ed Hoffman Co-Chair AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY 212 Old York Road, Jenkintown PJFF VOLUNTEERS Julie Jaffe Elaine Levitt November 11 & 15 267-864-0065 Sarah Accord Sandy Kuby The Gershman Y Benefactor 101 S. Independence Mall E., Phila. Penny Aronson Handicap Accessible Ellyn Lehr and Board Vice President 215-923-3811 Shirley Brown No Assistive Listening Devices Hilary Levine Jay Caplan Phyllis Fischer Handicap Accessible Nadine Liez-Weiner Nancy Fazio Board Vice President No Assistive Listening Devices REEL CINEMAS NARBERTH 2 Caryn Liss Phyllis Fertik Debbie Fleischman November 15 Marcia Littell Judy and Joel Gerstyl Secretary LANDMARK THEATERS RITZ EAST 129 North Narberth Avenue, Mary Lee Matzkin Eddie Greenberg November 12 & 19 Narberth Naomi Prusky Richard Lee Sandy and Jack Jacobowitz 125 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia 610-667-0115 Eva Ray Treasurer Estelle Maisel 215-925-7900 Handicap Accessible Sue Rosenthal Robin Malamud Jacob Cohen Handicap Accessible Assistive Listening Devices Francyn Sacks Robert Mellin Harris Devor Assistive Listening Devices Rebecca Schulman Melissa Puchek Sarita Gocial Nancy Shein Barbara Rabinowitz Sayde Ladov POSITANO COAST Nancy Weiss Eric Lamar November 12 (post-film Happy Hour only) Robert Shenker Lois Shestack Elaine Lindy 212 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor, Phila. Ben Oller 215-238-0499 Sarah Victor Barbara Wilk Charlotte Wilson PRIME STACHE November 19 (post-film reception only) 110 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 267-886-8354

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MAZEL TOV TO THE PJFF ON ITS TH ANNIVERSARY We are proud to support the 35 Bravo and Thanks to

our Supporters, PJFF our Sponsors, as it enters its 35th year. Olivia Antsis, Iris Drechsler, We are grateful to have such a the Committees, wonderful forum that brings to our Volunteers, our community the little known and The Gershman Y Staff and forgotten stories of our culture, and Board! history and religion. The films are creative, informative and entertaining, and illustrate Phyllis and Howard Fischer the many facets of Jewish life throughout the world.

Nadine Liez-Weiner

and Bart Weiner

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THE PHILADELPHIA JEWISH Jeanette Lerman Neubauer & Joe Neubauer FILM

SALUTE FESTIVAL The Gershman YÕs has inspired and educated the community for 35 years! PHILADELPHIA JEWISH We are proud to be FILM among its supporters! FESTIVAL

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In loving memory of their parents CONSTANCE Annabel and Phil Lindy SMUKLER is proud to support the Elaine, Frank, and Alan Lindy are pleased to support the 35 th Annual PHILADELPHIA JEWISH PHILADELPHIA FILM JEWISH FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL and its chair Phyllis Fischer and all of the wonderful programs of the Gershman Y

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PHILADELPHIA HONORS JEWISH FILM ALBIE SACHS FESTIVAL who fought for freedom and equality for all South Africans and and honor its marvelous Chair ABBY GINZBERG PHYLLIS who directed Soft Vengeance…his vision. FISCHER CAROLELANDISFOUNDATION.ORG

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