CONTENTS DRAMAS & COMEDIES & DRAMAS DRAMAS & COMEDIES 23 OVERDRIVE AD DOCUMENTARIES 29 DOCUMENTARIES BIOGRAPHIES 33

BIOGRAPHIES ARCHIVAL FILMS 35

SHORT FILMS 38 ARCHIVAL FILMS

4 Schedule 19 Israel @ 70 42 Rising Star 9 Tickets 19 ASL Interpreters @ TJFF 42 Friends and Fans 11 Chair’s Message 20 Three Degrees of Seperation 43 Special Thanks 12 Artistic Director’s Welcome 21 Family Friendly Screenings 43 Nosh Donors 13 Programme Director’s Note 21 FilmMatters 44 Sponsors 14 Programmers’ Notes 21 NEW – "Chosen Film" People's 45 Co-presenters 16 David A. Stein Memorial Award Choice Award 46 Volunteers SHORT FILMS 16 The Micki Moore Award 21 J-Flix 47 Advertisers 17 Made in Canada 22 Opening / Closing Night Films 62 TJFF Board Members, Advisory 18 Oy Canada: Short Film Programme 23 Dramas & Comedies Council and Staff 18 Free Ticketed Screenings 29 Documentaries 63 Films By Language 18 Zombies and Zionism: A Talk on 33 Biographies 64 Films By Theme / Topic New Israeli Horror Films 35 Archival Films 66 Film Index 18 Next Gen (NXTGN) Series 38 Short Films 19 Mother's Day @ TJFF 41 Patron Circle

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2 Free Ticketed Programmes Canadian Archival Series NextGen Programmes Israel@70 May 3 – 13 2018 TJFF.COM 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival 3 SCHEDULE THURSDAY MAY 3 SUNDAY MAY 6

VC3 AF EW5 EW9 RC : 7:00 PM 12 00 PM 7:00 PM | Promise at Dawn (131 min, p.22) : 8:00 PM 1 00 PM 1:00 PM | Monkey Business: 1:00 PM | Shalom Bollywood: • The Adventures of Curious The Untold Story of Indian 2:00 PM • 9:00 PM George's… (89 min, p.34) •• Cinema (76 min, p.32) 2:00 PM | The Samuel 2:00 PM | The Ancient Law Project (137 min, p.35) FRIDAY MAY 4 3:00 PM (93 min, p.27) • EW5 EW9 VC2 VC3 : 12:00 PM : 3 30 PM | Cut to the Chase : 4 00 PM 12 00 PM | The Last (60 min, p.30) • 4:00 PM | Winter Hunt Goldfish (81 min, p.30) : • (74 min, p.28) 1 00 PM 5:00 PM • 1:00 PM | Kishon 1:00 PM | The Samuel 5:00 PM | The Last Resort (87 min, p.34) Project (93 min, p.27) 1:30 PM | Vienna Before w/ Wendy's Shabbat 2:00 PM • • : 5:30 PM | The N°5 War • 5:30 PM | Sammy Davis, Jr.: Nightfall / The Scribe 6 00 PM (80 min, p.30) (52 min, p.31) • (100 min, p.33) 6:00 PM | Doubtful I've Gotta Be Me (100 min, p.34) : • (88 min, p.25) • 3 00 PM 7:00 PM 3:00 PM | Closeness • (118 min, p.24) 3:30 PM | Doubtful (88 min, 4:00 PM 7:30 PM | p.25) 8:00 PM Closeness 4:00 PM | Saving Neta 4:00 PM | The Earth Cries (118 min, p.24) 8:00 PM | (90 min, p.27) • • Out (90 min, p.36) The Oslo Diaries : w/ Be/Longing (128 min, : : 5 00 PM • 9:00 PM 8 30 PM | Bye Bye Germany 8 30 PM | Razzia • p.31) (100 min, p.23) (119 min, p.27) • 10:00 PM • SATURDAY MAY 5 11:00 PM AF EW5 EW9 RC 11:00 AM MONDAY MAY 7 12:00 PM AF EW5 EW9 HD ITH 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM | Zombies and Zionism: New… (45 min, p.18) 1:00 PM 2:00 PM

2:00 PM 3:00 PM

3:00 PM 3:30 PM | The Making of a 4:00 PM President, 1944 (60 min, p.36) : : : 4:00 PM 3 30 PM | Elish's Notebooks 3 30 PM | Vienna Before 3 30 PM | Above the 5:00 PM w/ Large Soldier Nightfall w/ The Scribe Drowning Sea (92 min, p.29) (97 min, p.30) • (100 min, p.33) • • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 5:00 PM | The Cousin : 6 00 PM | Take 90: A Paul (93 min, p.24) Soles Comedy Programme 6:00 PM • : : 7:00 PM (90 min, p.37) 6 00 PM | Libya: The Last 6 00 PM | The Cakemaker Exodus w/ Journey Birds 6:15 PM | The Last Suit w/ Miriam (110 min, p.24) 7:00 PM (74 min, p.31) • (89 min, p.26) 8:00 PM • • 8:00 PM : 9:00 PM 8 00 PM | The Testament 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM | (101 min, p.28) Simon & Promise at Dawn Juda w/ Next Stop 8:30 PM | Budapest Noir 8:30 PM | An Act Of Defiance (84 min, p.28) (131 min, p.22) (152 min, p.26) 9:00 PM Theodore 9:30 PM | Shelter (95 min, p.23) (124 min, p.23) : • 9:00 PM | Shelter 10 00 PM • (93 min, p.28) • (93 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. Dramas & Comedies Biographies Documentaries Archival Films Short Films 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) 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 8 THURSDAY MAY 10

AF EW5 EW9 HD ITH AF EW5 EW9 HD ITH 12:00 PM 12:00 PM

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM | 1:00 PM | The Invisibles Another Planet w/ 1:00 PM | Winter Hunt 116 Cameras (64 min, p.29) • (110 min, p.25) (74 min, p.28) • 2:00 PM 2:00 PM • • 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM | Cut to the Chase 3:00 PM | Falling Over : (60 min, p.30) • : Backwards (100 min, p.36) : : : 3 30 PM | The Last Goldfish 3 30 PM | Barbra Streisand, 4:00 PM 3 30 PM | Saving Auschwitz? 3 30 PM | The N°5 War 3 30 PM | The Last Resort 4:00 PM • (81 min, p.30) (66 min, p.33) w/ Six After Seventy (52 min, p.31) w/ Wendy's Shabbat Becoming… • • •• (82 min, p.32) (80 min, p.30) •• 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Monkey Business: The Invisibles (110 min, p.25) The Adventures of Curious 5:30 PM | The Museum 6:00 PM 6:00 PM George's… (89 min, p.34) • : w/ The Red House 6:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 6 00 PM | Above the The Museum Saving Neta w/ • (94 min, p.31) 6:15 PM | Bye Bye Germany • Drowning Sea (92 min, p.29) 6:15 PM | The Light of Hope • (74 min, p.31) • Parallels (95 min, p.27) 7:00 PM (100 min, p.23) 7:00 PM w/ Nana (101 min, p.26) • •• • •• •• 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Humor Me Outdoors (80 min, p.27) : : (93 min, p.25) 8:30 PM | : 8 30 PM | Razzia 8 30 PM | Oy Canada: 9:00 PM The Light of Hope 8 30 PM | Standing Up w/ 9:00 PM • • (119 min, p.27) : Short Film Programme w/ Nana (101 min, p.26) : Comics: Steve Shuster 9 00 PM | Humor Me 9 00 PM | Longing (97 min, p.18) •• (107 min, p.26) (99 min, p.32) • (93 min, p.25) 10:00 PM 10:00 PM • • • • •• 11:00 PM 11:00 PM

WEDNESDAY MAY 9 FRIDAY MAY 11

AF EW5 EW9 HD ITH AF EW5 EW9 ITH 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM | Remember Baghdad w/ Five Years After 1:00 PM 1:00 PM the War (89 min, p.32) • 1:00 PM | Heaven Is A Traffic 1:00 PM | Saving Auschwitz? 1:00 PM | Kishon Jam On… (55 min, p.33) • w/ Six After Seventy (87 min, p.34) : : 2 00 PM 2 00 PM (82 min, p.32) • •

3:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM | Elish's Notebooks w/ Large Soldier 3:30 PM | Libya: The Last 3:30 PM | Sammy Davis, Jr.: 3:30 PM | Shalom Bollywood: 3:30 PM | The Ancestral Sin 3:30 PM | Budapest Noir 4:00 PM 4:00 PM (97 min, p.30) Exodus w/ Journey Birds I've Gotta Be Me The Untold Story of Indian (109 min, p.29) (95 min, p.23) • 4:00 PM | An Act Of (74 min, p.31) • (100 min, p.34) Cinema (76 min, p.32) • Defiance • • • 5:00 PM 5:00 PM (124 min, p.23) 5:00 PM | Simon & Theodore (84 min, p.28) • 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Another Planet w/ Remember • 6:15 PM | The Cousin Baghdad w/ Five Years After 116 Cameras (64 min, p.29)• : : 7 00 PM (93 min, p.24) the War (89 min, p.32) • 7 00 PM •

8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM | Mr. and Mrs. (120 min, p.26) Adelman 8:30 PM | The Cakemaker 8:30 PM | The Testament : : 9 00 PM (110 min, p.24) (101 min, p.28) 9 00 PM w/ Miriam 9:00 PM | The Body Collector w/ Next Stop (142 min, p.23) • • 10:00 PM • 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. Dramas & Comedies Biographies Documentaries Archival Films Short Films 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) 6 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 7 in their original language. Films not in English are shown with subtitles. TICKETS SATURDAY MAY 12

EW5 EW9 HD ITH TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE Venue box offices open 1 hour before Ticket purchases available in-person only 12:00 PM 12:00 PM | The Outside AT TJFF.COM the first scheduled screening of the day from any TJFF Box Office. I.D. required Chance of Maximilian Glick April 19 – May 13 and close 30 minutes after the start of for purchase and theatre entry. 1:00 PM (97 min, p.37) the last screening of the day. FREE STUDENT ADMISSION

2:00 PM IN-PERSON ADVANCE BOX OFFICES PURCHASE TICKETS Five minutes prior to each screening, students with valid ID will be admitted 3:00 PM 3:00 PM | Today I am a Toronto Jewish Film Festival Order tickets online at TJFF.COM for free from the RUSH LINE. Subject Fountain Pen (90 min, p.37) Downtown Advance Box Office* Or by phone at 416-324-9121 to availability. 4:00 PM 19 Madison Avenue (one block east (phone lines monitored Noon – 6:00pm) of Spadina, ½ block north of Bloor) 5:00 PM FREE EVENTS PASSES April 20 – May 13 All free events are ticketed. Free 6:00 PM Noon–6:00 pm Daily The Flexible Pass: $190 6:00 PM | Harvey Atkin's programmes can be booked in advance, Toronto: A Scrapbook Valid for 20 films/events (excluding *No wheelchair access. Please call at any TJFF box office or at the door, 7:00 PM (80 min, p.36) Opening Night). Any combination of 416-324-9121 for assistance by phone. subject to availability. tickets. Subject to availability. 8:00 PM BONUS GIFT: A complimentary Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk 6-month digital subscription to The 5095 Yonge Street TICKETING POLICIES 9:00 PM Canadian Jewish News (new subscrib- 9:00 PM | Longing 9:00 PM | Disobedience 9:00 PM | Future '38 (North York Centre subway station) (107 min, p.26) (114 min, p.24) 9:30 PM | The Last Suit w/ The Entertainer ers only, non-transferable) All sales are final. No refunds. 10:00 PM (89 min, p.26) (90 min, p.25) No reprinting of tickets. Seating is • FESTIVAL BOX OFFICES • Pass Information guaranteed until 15 minutes before the May 3 – 13 11:00 PM With a pass you must still obtain a screening. Latecomers will be admitted SUNDAY MAY 13 Spadina Theatre at Alliance Française ticket for each screening. Pass at the discretion of TJFF staff. 24 Spadina Rd. at Lowther Ave. tickets may be redeemed online or at EW5 EW9 HD ITH 12:00 PM (Spadina subway station) any TJFF Box Office. Passes may be SEAT SAVING IS NOT PERMITTED AT redeemed online beginning April 19, FESTIVAL SCREENINGS / EVENTS 1:00 PM Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk 2018 and in-person beginning April 1:00 PM | Heaven Is A Traffic 5095 Yonge Street 20, 2018. Charitable Registration No. • Jam On… (55 min, p.33) 2:00 PM 1:30 PM | The Ancestral Sin (North York Centre subway station) N.B. Passholders join ticket-holder 13522 6793 RR0001 (109 min, p.29) 2:00 PM | Outdoors line for entry into theatre. 2:30 PM | Barbra Streisand, (80 min, p.27) 3:00 PM Cineplex Cinemas Varsity and VIP • Becoming… (66 min, p.33)• • 3:00 PM | The Body 55 Bloor St. W. Collector (142 min, p.23) SINGLE TICKETS 4:00 PM (Manulife Building) Opening Night: $20 : 5:00 PM • 4:30 PM | Standing Up 4 30 PM | Spielberg Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema General Admission: $15 (76 min, p.32) (147 min, p.34) • 5:00 PM | Mr. and Mrs. 506 Bloor Street West at Bathurst Seniors/Students: $11 (ID required) Adelman (120 min, p.26) 6:00 PM (Bathurst subway station) Weekday Matinees: $10 (Mon – Fri, screenings before 5:00pm) • 7:00 PM Innis Town Hall NXTGN Tickets: $8 (ID required) 2 Sussex Avenue 8:00 PM (St. George subway station) 8:00 PM | RBG (97 min, p.22) NEXTGEN SERIES TICKETS 9:00 PM The Royal Cinema 608 College St. For those 18 - 35 (NXTGN) 10:00 PM (at Clinton St, west of Bathurst) For the next generation of TJFF film *This venue does not have a main floor lovers. A taste of what the Festival accessible washroom has to offer.

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Dramas & Comedies Biographies Documentaries Archival Films Short Films 8 May 3 – 13 2018 TJFF.COM 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival 9 CHAIR'S MESSAGE

Cast your vote for The Choosseenn FFiillmm People’s Choice Award PHYLLIS ANGEL GREENBERG CHAIR

To all our sponsors, Patron Circle Members, long-time supporters, and new friends

On behalf of the Board of Directors, welcome to our 26th Why do we choose to be together in a movie theatre, rather Annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival! than just watch the story on a TV or computer screen? It must be more than the larger-than-life images, although Your ticket is your ballot. I am writing this greeting two months before the Festival’s the power of these images is prodigious. The common Opening Night in order to make the deadline for printing experience brings us together in intangible ways creating a this programme book which, as you will see, overflows community in the darkened space. We sit with each other, Make your opinion count. with riches. Our dedicated and discerning programmers we may not know the people around us, but we feel each once again bring us thought-provoking and entertaining other’s presence, we sense the diverse and divergent minds documentaries and features from around the Jewish world: and emotions, we react as one and as individuals to the art documentaries that help us understand and make sense and artifice on the screen, and sometimes we even get to of this world; features that take us to places and introduce debate each other or question the filmmakers themselves. us to fictional characters who become alive, who teach us We learn and we grow through these encounters. “Life’s about ourselves. meaning derives from our progress through it” quotes Daniel Mendelsohn in his recent memoir An Odyssey. Tennyson, in his dramatic poem Ulysses, and in the voice of Film can lead us on an unfamiliar journey that can be the eponymous narrator says: “I am a part of all that I have challenging, enriching and enlarging. met”. The films we will experience over the eleven days of TJFF 2018 will introduce us to new worlds both literal and The woman who, for the past 26 years has been leading metaphorical, and we will become part of those worlds, all of us on this journey is Helen Zukerman, our Founder sometimes for only the duration of the film, and often, for and Artistic Director. This past December, Helen was much longer. And we will share these encounters with our awarded a Meritorious Service Medal. This honour, under fellow filmgoers. the auspices of the Governor General of Canada, recognizes Sponsored by individuals who have made remarkable contributions, who This past February, I attended the Chai Tea screening inspire others and who share a common goal of making a of Foxtrot, an engrossing Israeli feature that I highly positive difference. We all congratulate Helen, and thank recommend (it was commercially released very shortly after her and the intrepid staff at 19 Madison for making it all our screening). The audience was so silent, so moved by happen. and absorbed in the art and implications of the narrative, so captivated by the masterful performances. I was sharply Please enjoy poring over these pages and making your choices aware of the difference watching a film in a theatre can make. as we get ready for this year’s Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

10 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival TJFF.COM May 3 – 13 2018 May 3 – 13 2018 TJFF.COM 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival 11 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S WELCOME PROGRAMME DIRECTOR’S NOTE

HELEN ZUKERMAN STUART HANDS

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

Quite a few years ago, I accompanied our then director So, last year, as a gift to our audience, we created a My favourite part of working at the Toronto Jewish Jewish film history, which is based on what has previously of development to a meeting with a potential supporter platform with 25 films, in celebration of our 25th Festival. Film Festival is doing the research for our archival film been made readily available. involved in the film business. After I told him about the We contacted filmmakers and distributors and asked programming. I am very proud that TJFF is screening the new digital mandate of the Festival, and our hopes for its future growth, permission to use their films. Now in its fifth year, our Canadian archival series restoration of E.A. Dupont’s 1923 Weimar silent film,The he asked “Why can’t you be happy with having a small Many of them were delighted to give their films new lives continues to revisit forgotten works, expanding the cannon Ancient Law with live musical accompaniment. Professor community Festival?” and generously offered their work freely, others asked for a of our country’s Jewish content film and television. This Cynthia Walk, who served as an advisor on the restoration, Really? modest fee. year, we honour actors Paul Soles and Harvey Atkin, and points out that although many assimilated Jews worked Our audience was not happy with being a small We were in business! What was launched as TJFF the stories of writer Morley Torgov, whose work has been in the German film industry at the time,The Ancient Law community Festival: they were asking for more and we Online has now become J-FLIX.com, and with new films adapted to film and TV. The biggest treat for me is the was one of the few films to explicitly address the topic of wanted to give it to them. added every week, we have had over 10,000 visits—and discovery of a forgotten 1978 CBC telefilm,The Making assimilation. Audiences will notice its influence on the All the while, as we sat at programming meetings to select counting—to the streaming platform. of a President, 1944, adapted from a Torgov story, starring Hollywood landmark film, The Jazz Singer, made four years the next Festival’s films, the shelves around us were bursting J-Flix brings Jewish content films to anyone (and Paul Soles and Harvey Atkin, alongside Melvyn Douglas later. with films from past years, made by independent filmmakers everyone) in Canada. and Nehemiah Persoff. It paints a very funny and empathic who maxed out their credit cards and their families' and Finally, an opportunity to dust off long lost films that In addition, for our Israel @ 70 series, we are screening portrait of the divided and dwindling Jewish community friends' pocket money, to put their dreams on film. played at our Festivals over the years. the little-known Italian drama, The Earth Cries Out. What’s of wartime Sault Ste. Marie. Working on this series also For the most part, these films made the rounds of film From the small Festival in 1993 that ran 5 days with 20 films, so striking about this film today is its sober view of the allowed me to re-discover the skill, presence and charm festivals for a couple of years and then were relegated to we are now an 11-day happening in 6 venues across the city. early days leading up to the creation of the State of Israel, of actors Soles and Atkin, and acquaint myself with the attracting dust particles on shelves. We are happy with being a “small community festival” as as it depicts Palestine under British mandate, and shows unique sensibility—sensitive, yet with astute and funny A few of them were picked up by distributors and made long as our small community includes all of Canada. the lives of British soldiers, members of the Irgun, as well observations—of writer Morley Torgov, whose work deserves available for sale on DVD, but most were not. (This was as Jewish refugees smuggled into the country from Europe. to be discovered by a new generation. before many Jewish-content films played regularly at The Earth Cries Out has a complex narrative that allows multiplexes.) I would like to draw your attention to an exquisite new today’s audiences access to the emotions and hopes of With the growth of films streaming online, an idea was documentary, The Museum, by one of the most impressive those days. born. Why not put these abandoned treasures on our Israeli filmmakers working today, Ran Tal (Children of The I am thrilled that we have the opportunity to offer you website for the public to watch whenever they wanted, from Sun, Garden of Eden). Tal provides access to the daily life the new unique documentary, Cut to the Chase. Presented wherever they lived in Canada? of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem; the meticulous work entirely without narration, director Noit Geva and producer done by its historians, curators and preservationists, and Arik Bernstein have cut together tons of clips representing the beauty of the preservation process. While inspiring over fifty years of Israeli cinematic history, to reveal the philosophical questions about how history is told and narrative of Israeli masculinity, defined by traditional received, the film shows how this Israeli institution not patriarchy and the country’s required military duty. It also only reflects the narrative of its country, but, through the shows the ways that women have been forced to find a choices of which objects it makes available to the public, place for themselves within these limiting social structures. contributes to this narrative as well. To leave you on a note of levity, and as a fan of old On a similar note, I wish to suggest that with the movies, I must draw your attention to Jamie Greenberg’s Festival’s rare archival film selections, we are allowing new comedy Future ’38, a love letter to the screwball our audience the chance to not only see newly-discovered comedies of the Hollywood Golden Age. It’s a real treat! Jewish films, but to re-think the ‘assumed’ narrative of

12 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival TJFF.COM May 3 – 13 2018 May 3 – 13 2018 TJFF.COM 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival 13 PROGRAMMERS’ NOTES

JÉRÉMIE ABESSIRA SUSAN STARKMAN ALLEN BRAUDE RANI SANDERSON MAOR OZ

The cinema of the past year was rich in ‘I am woman, hear me roar” was the While fiction films usually resonate Family is always a popular theme in This year I’m proud that we are stories about the challenges of youth, feminist rallying cry when I was growing with me most, it’s a pleasant surprise that the movies submitted to TJFF. Often, offering films that dig into very raw with such Academy Award-nominated up in the 1970s. Ironically, it has been the 2018 TJFF films that resonate with this means a film made by a family experiences of Mizrahi Jews around the films asCall Me By Your Name, Lady the decidedly soft-spoken Ruth Bader me the strongest are mainly member about a grandparent, parent, world. Jewish and non-Jewish filmmakers Bird and The Florida Project. I’ve been Ginsburg who was responsible for some documentaries. sibling or other relative. And while from the Islamic world are finally bringing drawn to some brilliant coming-of-age of the most pivotal contributions to the I shed tears of joy watching the these films are often made with love, impressive and striking portraits of this films screening at the Festival that advancement of women’s rights over the charming documentary Monkey Business: they aren’t always the best-made films. community to the silver screen. bring the experiences of youth to life. last few decades. In a year where women The Adventures of Curious George’s But every so often an amazing film Nabil Ayouche’s Razzia is a gorgeous As in this year’s Oscar nominees, these have been galvanised to demand Creators. I loved Curious George as a child, shows up. portrait of contemporary Morocco, told films depict unusual relationships with meaningful changes across all but knew nothing about his German In The Last Goldfish filmmaker Su through the experiences of five authority figures. professions, the documentary RBG is Jewish creators – Hans and Margret Ray. Goldfish investigates her own personal quintessential figures. While all hailing Promise At Dawn tells the story of compulsory viewing. While steadfastly What struck me most was the powerful history through that of her father’s. Her from very different upbringings and social Romain Gary, one of France’s most adhering to her mother’s advice to bond between these two seemingly film is a stunning visual exploration of circles, Ayouche achieves a remarkable iconic novelists, growing up with a “always be a lady”, Bader Ginsburg opposites, and how they combined their hidden secrets, told through old family feat in showing how they all dream and mother pushing him to achieve nevertheless succeeded in overcoming contrasting talents to create something photos and videos. I loved feeling like hope in the same way, working for a greatness. Gary is played beautifully gender-associated obstacles on her path magical and enduring. I was right there with her on her better version of their country and a by Pierre Niney, the youngest actor to become the second female in history With few survivors still alive, what role emotional journey to uncover a difficult better version of themselves. ever to receive a César Award (a to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. will monuments and museums play in and joyful past. David Deri’s The Ancestral Sin shows French Academy Award). There, she continues to challenge the shaping how Jews and non-Jews But this year, my favourite film is the unfortunate side of the Mizrahi In his first feature filmDoubtful , legal status quo. understand the Shoah? This question, Elish’s Notebooks, a family story made experience, when Moroccan and other Eliran Eliyah focuses on the development The Light of Hope presents us with which I find particularly resonant, is by a grandson. This documentary Mizrahi Jews came to Israel under a false of a special bond between a troubled another woman warrior, Elisabeth explored in two eye-opening offers a fascinating and compelling promise of a better life in The Promised inner-city youth and his teacher. Eidenbenz. The director of a maternity documentaries – the short Six After story, beautifully realized. Filmmaker Land. This masterpiece of reportage One of the biggest surprises for me hospital in Vichy France, Eidenbenz Seventy and the feature Saving Auschwitz?. Golan Rise gives us an honest and raw delves into the Zionist Archives, revealing was Five Years After the War, and the provided refuge to pregnant refugees and Both films intelligently grapple with the family saga without getting sentimental troubling evidence about how systematic interview of a young Parisian whose risked her own life to prevent the Pétain political and cultural forces that are or schmaltzy. He unravels a multi- disenfranchisement was facilitated by the father, while absent, remains at the regime from closing its doors. changing how memorial sites function as layered story, which goes beyond governing bodies of the time. heart of his imagination. The filmmak- Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 witnesses to the Holocaust. just a personal family history. And finally, Fiona Murphy’s ers have done a splendid job re-creat- introduces us to Mindy Alper, a gifted The Invisibles is a hybrid documentary Elish's Notebooks is a sociological Remember Baghdad tells a story of ing his inner world thru animation. artist who has overcome significant that combines interviews with well-acted examination of seven siblings, each return. For thousands of years Jewish In these films, we experience the challenges to achieve success. Battling re-enactments. It traces the experiences uniquely dealing with having grown up communities thrived in the Middle East characters’ self-doubt and self-reflec- crippling depression and anxiety, Alper of four young Jews who survived the Nazis on a kibbutz with an emotionally and lived mostly peaceful lives with their tion while sharing the story with them. channels her inner demons into by hiding in Berlin. This fascinating film dysfunctional mother. A bizarre and non-Jewish neighbours. The wave of On a different note, the Israeli TV extraordinary drawings and large-scale about a little-known chapter of the Shoah captivating story that I still can’t stop political-nationalism, Zionism and Israel’s show Juda is a personal favourite in papier-mâché sculptures. The film is an affecting look at the bravery of the thinking about! wars with her neighbours, saw the this year’s line-up, where the world of deservedly won the 2018 Oscar for best young survivors and the non-Jews who When family members are able to uprooting and displacement by the vampires and gangsters intertwine in short documentary. helped them. combine skilful filmmaking with governing bodies of the time. This the streets of Tel Aviv. Finally, for a glimpse into a woman The above documentaries are just a touching stories that only they can tell, heart-warming documentary shows Iraqi famous for her roar, don’t miss Barbara few of the many films you can enjoy at the results are amazing works of art that Jews remembering their homeland, and Streisand, Becoming an Icon. this year’s TJFF. Happy watching! are as engaging as they are beautiful. one man who is leading the return of Jews back to Iraq.

14 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival TJFF.COM May 3 – 13 2018 May 3 – 13 2018 TJFF.COM 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival 15 AWARDS

The Law of Averages (p.39) THE 2017 DAVID A. STEIN In the Quebec countryside during a brutal winter, a woman MEMORIAL AWARD and her adult daughter await the death of their family's matriarch. A dark comedy about the unwitting emotional pain mothers and daughters inflict on each other.

The Making of a President, 1944 (p.36) A funny and endearing portrait of Jewish life in wartime Sault Ste. Marie, based on a short story by Morley Torgov, starring Melvyn Douglas, Nehemiah Persoff and Paul Soles. DAVID A. STEIN MEMORIAL AWARD THE MICKI MOORE AWARD MADE IN CANADA (1970 - 2004) Nana (p.39) The Micki Moore Award is a $5,000 prize presented to the Above the Drowning Sea (p.29) In this beautifully animated short film, Vera Reiner recounts This award is presented in memory of gifted Toronto filmmaker Best Narrative Feature Film directed by a woman. The heartwarming story of the Jews who were the recipi- the story of how she survived the Nazi occupation of Aus- David A. Stein, who passed away in 2004 at age 34. The "I think film is the highest form of art, combining so many ents of “Golden Visas” that enabled them to flee Nazi tria and Hungary in 1944. “Tzimmie” – named after his production company, Tzimmes disciplines; words, music, pictures, sets, costumes, continu- Europe and emigrate to Shanghai. Entertainment – is an annual $5,000 award given to the ity. A great director needs to be master of all, working to bring Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (p.37) Adieu My Beloved (p.38) Director of the Best Documentary making its Canadian out the best in her cast and crew. With this award, I want to An endearing family film based on Morley Torgov’s An 18-year-old Russian Jew immigrates to Canada in Premiere at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. This award acknowledge that creativity, talent and tenacity. I hope this award-winning novel about a Jewish twelve-year-old boy 1900 by boat and writes his beloved a letter. supports documentary filmmakers in creating works that would grant will help open one more door, remove one more obstacle, in Steelton, Manitoba who becomes smitten with a girl have interested David, and sat on his passion for storytelling. so that the winner of the Micki Moore Award can flourish and Be/Longing (p.38) from a Polish family, and finds guidance from the town’s continue on her cinematic journey” (Micki Moore) Amal is a Palestinian citizen of the State of Israel, a unconventional Hassidic rabbi. devoted mother, divorced Muslim, and Arabic teacher. THIS YEAR’S JURY THIS YEAR’S JURY Shehita (p.40) The complexities and contradictions of Amal’s life unfold Larry Anklewicz is a Programming Consultant with the Barry Avrich is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker of over On a Yiddish-speaking Jewish dairy farm in rural Quebec, before us, offering an intimate and honest look at what it Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, member of the Toronto 45 documentaries, films and television productions. His best- tensions, along with demons from the past, rise as the young means to carry a mixed identity. Jewish Film Society programming committee; and served as selling memoir Moguls, Monsters and Madmen was published farmer, the mashgiach and the local Rabbi try to decide what Programme Coordinator/Director of Programming for the Toronto in 2016. In 2018, Avrich will release Prosecuting Evil: The Bella! Did Ya Eat?: The Story of to do about the mysterious illness infecting the cattle. Jewish Film Festival (2004-2012). In addition, Mr. Anklewicz Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz, and The Reckoning on the Judy Perly and Free Times Café (p.38) Stitchers: Tapestry of Spirit (p.40) has served as Chair of the Toronto Polish Film Festival jury and sexual scandals that have plagued the entertainment business. Toronto business owner, artist, and Vine sensation Judy Over 1,000 people in nearly 20 countries have taken part sat on the jury for the Toronto Macedonian Film Festival. Perly tells her story about the chaos that surrounded Tereza Barta has extensive experience as a director, writer, in Toronto artist Temma Gentles’ ambitious project to stitch building her café from the ground up, and the personal Gillian Helfield is a lecturer specializing in Film and Television and researcher. In 1989, after fleeing the Communist the entire Torah in needlepoint. and cultural obstacles she has faced, all while gaining Studies, Humanities and Canadian Studies at York University. Romania, she produced the documentary Through Her Own viral fame for being herself. Take 90: A Paul Soles Comedy Programme (p.37) She is an expert on Israeli and Middle Eastern Cinemas. Dr. Eyes. Her 1994 Canadian documentary Our Home is Here A collection of comedy short film and television work show- Helfield has worked as a free-lance production coordinator won a Gemini Award. Her films have been screened at many The Blessing (p.38) casing Paul Soles’ talent and charm as a Canadian comic and production manager for Atlantis Films, Insight Production prestigious International festivals. She is an Associate In 1904 on an isolated Jewish agricultural settlement in actor and TV personality. Company, Scholastic Television, Global Television, the CBC, Professor in the Film Department at York University. Manitoba, a new mother believes she is possessed by the and The Canadian Film Centre. demon Lilith and must wrestle the dark force within herself. Today I am a Fountain Pen (p.37) Andréa Cohen-B is an accomplished director and producer. A rarely-screened CBC adaptation of a story from Morley Carol Zemel is Professor Emerita of Art History and Visual She has worked with renowned directors such as Jean‐Pierre Comics: Steve Shuster (p.35) Torgov’s award-winning memoir, A Good Place to Come From, Culture at York University. Her work focuses on Jewish and Jeunet, Luc Besson, Michael Haneke and Agnès Jaoui. She Steve Shuster was “the very definition of a comic’s comic” about growing up Jewish in Sault Ste. Marie. diasporic issues and the ethics of visuality in modern and co‐founded the production company Sandbox ‐ La Boite A (Brent Butt). TJFF honours the brilliance of the late Steve

contemporary art. Her recent book is Looking Jewish: Visual Films, serving as a producer and artistic director for the past Shuster with a screening of this rare comedy special pro- The Wonder and Amazement - Culture and Modern Diaspora. Critical essays have appeared four years. Her new production company is Meta4Films Inc. duced in 1994. Rita Briansky On Her Life in Art (p.35) in Images, C Magazine, Canadian Theatre Review, Studies in Falling Over Backwards (p.36) Filmmakers Dov Okouneff and Janet Best's (A New Life Contemporary Jewry, and the Jewish Daily Forward. Saul Rubinek plays a middle-aged school teacher who on the Land) portrait of Montreal artist Rita Briansky, who decides to move back to his old Montreal neighbourhood shares her life story, ideas and beautiful reflective works in with his divorced father (Paul Soles). this life-affirming piece of Canadiana. 2018 David A. Stein Memorial Award Winner 2018 Micki Moore Award Winner The Museum (p.31) Winter Hunt (p.28) Harvey Atkin's Toronto: A Scrapbook (p.36) A collection of short film and television pieces, allowing us to Previous winning films available at TJFF.COM Previous winning films available at TJFF.COM appreciate the comic versatility of the late actor Harvey Atkin.

16 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival TJFF.COM May 3 – 13 2018 May 3 – 13 2018 TJFF.COM 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival 17 OY CANADA: SHORT FILM PROGRAMME NEXTGEN SERIES (FOR THOSE 18 - 35) MAKE MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL WITH TJFF ISRAEL @ 70

THURSDAY MAY 10 • 8:30PM • ITH For the next generation of TJFF film lovers. A taste of what SUNDAY MAY 13TH For Israel’s 70th anniversary, TJFF honours the Israeli arts, the Festival has to offer at a special price-point. and reflects on the country’s history and culture, with a Spend the afternoon with Barbra Streisand, local viral A wonderful new collection of narrative and documentary series of new documentaries and a rare archival film. Special For pass and ticket information see p.9 sensation Judy Perly of the Free Times Café, a local short films offering an array of diverse relationships, time guests in attendance. needlepoint artist who has inspired people in twenty periods and places that help define the Canadian Jewish NXTGN Films: countries, and an Oscar-winning documentary. The Earth Cries Out (p. 36) experience: a dark comedy about mother-daughter relation- Disobedience (p.24) A forgotten Italian neorealist drama from 1949 on the founding ships set against the backdrop of small-town Quebec; a Future ’38 (p.25) 2:30 PM • HD of Israel, and one of the first films to depict the migration of woman possessed by the demon Lilith on an isolated Jewish Juda (p.26) Bella! Did Ya Eat?: The Story of European Jewish refugees to Palestine under British mandate. agricultural settlement in 1904 Manitoba; a moral dilemma Outdoors (p.27) Judy Perly and Free Times Café (p. 38) facing a Yiddish-speaking Orthodox couple living on a dairy Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (p.34) Cut to the Chase (p. 30) Toronto business owner, artist and Vine sensation Judy Perly farm in rural Quebec; a filmmaker bringing to life the story of Simon and Theodore (p.28) A dazzling cinematic jigsaw puzzle whose pieces form a tells her story about the chaos that surrounded building her her Russian Jewish grandfather’s first arrival in Canada at Spielberg (p.34) detailed portrait of Israeli masculinity in film over multiple café from the ground up. the turn of the last century; and a lively portrait of a Standing Up (p.32) generations. Polish-born painter who at 87 remains a prolific and Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon (p. 33) Kishon (p. 34) celebrated artist and teacher inspiring her students. This insightful documentary traces how Barbra Streisand became Best known for his prize-winning film Sallah Shabbati, an international superstar. A trailblazer and an unabashedly Adieu My Beloved (p.38) Epraim Kishon is first and foremost a writer whose works Jewish icon, Barbra Streisand always “did it her way”. The Law of Averages (p.39) have been translated into 40 languages. This film highlights The Blessing (p.38) 1:00 PM • EW5 his acerbic wit and zest for life. Shehita (p.40) The Wonder and Amazement - (p.35) Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405 (p. 33) The Museum (p. 31) Rita Briansky On Her Life and Art Acclaimed documentarian Frank Steifel crafts a compelling A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the Israel Museum portrait of a brilliant artist who finds serenity while being in Jerusalem and the colourful cast of characters who pass Co-presented with: Regent Park Film Festival stuck in traffic. A 2018 Academy Award winner. through its doors on a daily basis.

FREE TICKETED SCREENINGS / EVENTS ZOMBIES AND ZIONISM: A TALK ON NEW Stitchers: Tapestry of Spirit (p. 40) ISRAELI HORROR FILMS An inspiring documentary about Toronto artist Temma ASL INTERPRETERS @ TJFF Harvey Atkin's Toronto: A Scrapbook (p.36) Gentles’ ambitious project to stitch the entire Torah in The Making of a President, 1944 (p.36) 45 MIN needlepoint, and the over 1,000 people in nearly twenty TJFF is pleased to offer ASL-English Interpreters at the follow- The Outside Chance Of Maximilian (p.37) SATURDAY MAY 5 • 1:00 PM • AF countries who are now taking part in it. ing subtitled screenings to facilitate the film introductions and

Take 90: A Paul Soles Comedy Programme (p.37) post-film Q & A’s. After decades of realist dramas and ethnic comedies, Israeli Today I Am A Fountain Pen (p.37) cinema discovered horror. Dozens of films have come out in The Light of Hope (p.26) Zombies And Zionism: (p.18) just the last few years. This development will be the subject of Longing (p.26) A Talk On New Israeli Horror Film Olga Gershenson’s new book based on archival research and The Museum (p.31) All free events are ticketed. Free programmes can be booked in-depth interviews with filmmakers. In this talk, Prof. in advance at any TJFF Box Office or at the door, subject Gershenson will paint a vivid portrait of the current thriving to availability. scene. She will examine the cultural meanings of the horror genre in Israel and ask what these films tell us about historical Jewish trauma, Israeli identity, and national cinema.

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Paul Soles photo: CBC Still Photo Collection THREE DEGREES OF SEPARATION: FAMILY FRIENDLY SCREENINGS NEW – ‘THE CHOSEN FILM’ HONOURING HARVEY ATKIN, PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD PAUL SOLES AND MORLEY TORGOV The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (p.37) Recommended for ages 9 and up For the favourite film as chosen by Festival audiences. We invite This year's Canadian archival series focuses on writer Morley commercial appearances that made him a fixture of the city The Samuel Project (p.27) you to cast your vote following each Festival screening you attend. Torgov as well as actors Harvey Atkin and Paul Soles and and the Jewish community. He also appears in a touching Recommended for ages 11 and up Vote for as many films as you like, using your ticket as your ballot. their depictions of the Jewish experience in Canadian film and funny role in the coming-of-age drama Today I am a (Results announced following the Festival) and TV. Fountain Pen, based on a story by Morley Torgov.

The series kicks off with The Making of a President, 1944. A practicing lawyer since the mid-Fifties, Morley Torgov is This CBC TV drama based on a short story taken from Morley also an award-winning writer, who brought to life stories Torgov’s award-winning memoir, A Good Place to Come From, about Jewish communities in small-town Ontario with features Soles and Atkin, alongside Melvyn Douglas and humour, warmth and a critical eye. He won the Stephen Nehemiah Persoff. Leacock Medal for Humour for his memoir A Good Place to Come From (1974) and The Outside Chance of Maximilian Although, he is best known for his voice talents as ‘Hermey’ Glick (1982). In 2015, he was awarded the Order of Canada in the beloved Rankin/Bass production of Rudolph the for his “contribution to Canadian humour." Today, at age 90, Red-Nosed Reindeer and ‘Spiderman’ in the 1967 animated he is still a prolific author, with a successful series of crime TV series, Paul Soles has exhibited both a versatility and novels. Although the film and TV adaptations of his stories charm in numerous Canadian film and TV productions, and FILMMATTERS J-FLIX were done by other writers (such as Conrad Bromberg, Israel served as a longtime talk-show host for the CBC, in a career TJFF’S FREE ONLINE STREAMING PLATFORM Horovitz and Phil Savath), here is a chance to see how his FilmMatters, TJFF’s student educational outreach programme, that now spans over 60 years. This series will showcase a sensibility was transferred to the screen. is proudly entering its eleventh year. Offering films free of Accessible from anywhere in Canada, J-Flix provides free range of his work from sketch comedy and improv (Ligging charge to schools across the GTA, FilmMatters gives teachers access to some of the best films from TJFF’s past twenty-six About, My 90-Year-Old Roommate) to more developed Co-Presented With: a unique opportunity to utilize film as a powerful teaching tool years, with new films added regularly. Featuring an characters (Falling Over Backwards and Mortimer Griffin and ACTRA Toronto and Ontario Jewish Archives and to engage students in the study of important and relevant assortment of dramas, comedies, documentaries and short Shalinsky). issues such as racism, diversity and citizenship. Whether films, this streaming platform offers a unique opportunity to Harvey Atkin is a local icon best known as ‘Morty,’ the camp SCREENINGS: encouraging them to learn from history or introducing them to enjoy a rich heritage of Jewish film. director in Meatballs as well as ‘staff sergeant captain Ronald inspirational figures who are making a difference in today’s Falling Over Backwards (p.36) Coleman’ on Cagney And Lacey. Here’s an opportunity to world, FilmMatters seeks to motivate students to become Visit j.flix.com and start watching! Harvey Atkin’s Toronto: A Scrapbook (p.36) appreciate how the late-actor expressed his connection with active participants in “tikkun olam,” making the world a better The Making of a President, 1944 (p.36) his Yiddish roots and other ethnic minorities. The programme place. The films used in the FilmMatters programme are The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (p.37) entitled, Harvey Atkin’s Toronto allows us to view an episode of accompanied with resource packages that teachers can utilise Take 90: A Paul Soles Comedy Programme (p.37) Citytv’s rarely-screened Toronto Trilogy entitled Neighbours, as in the classroom both before and after the screenings. These Today I Am A Fountain Pen (p.37) well as other diverse short pieces, and memorable guides provide both context for the film and lesson plans for exploring the issues raised in the film.

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Based on the internationally best-selling novel by the same name, director Éva Gárdos reimagines the dark side of pre-war Hungary. When an unnamed Jewish woman is found dead, rogue reporter Zsigmond relies PROMISE AT DAWN / French writer Romain Gary lived an extraordinary life—deco- on the help of a dynamic cast of rated military officer and two-time winner of the Prix Goncourt characters that make up the (France’s highest literary award). In this sensational adaptation THE BODY COLLECTOR / underside of Budapest. Things DOCUMENTARIES LA PROMESSE DE L'AUBE AN ACT OF DEFIANCE of his beloved memoir, Charlotte Gainsbourg (Melancholia) and DE ZAAK MENTEN become complicated when Pierre Niney (Yves Saint Laurent) star in this story of a man CANADIAN PREMIERE Zsigmond’s lover re-enters the scene. TORONTO PREMIERE CANADIAN PREMIERE driven to greatness while in search of maternal approval. Direc- SOUTH AFRICA / NETHERLANDS 2017, 124 MIN Drawing on the complexities of FRANCE 2017, 131 MIN NETHERLANDS 2016, 142 MIN tor Eric Barbier offers a sweeping narrative that takes us from ENGLISH, AFRIKAANS Hungarian life in pre-war Europe, DUTCH FRENCH Gary’s childhood in Poland, to his years as a student in Paris, DIRECTOR: JEAN VAN DE VELDE taking us from brothels to boxing rings DIRECTOR: TIM OLIEHOEK DIRECTOR: ERIC BARBIER and his training as a pilot during World War II. “A film that lives MONDAY MAY 7 • 8:30 PM • ITH and gangsters to politicians, Gardos up to the original masterpiece novel.” WEDNESDAY MAY 9 • 9:00 PM • HD brings Budapest to life in this THURSDAY MAY 3 • 7:00 PM • VC3 (Marianne) FRIDAY MAY 11 • 4:00 PM • EW9 Followed by Skype Q&A with director Eric Barbier SUNDAY MAY 13 • 3:00 PM • EW5 classically-styled noir film.

SATURDAY MAY 5 • 9:00 PM • EW5 In 1963, Nelson Mandela and nine BIOGRAPHIES Co-presented with: Cinéfranco Francophone International Based on the book The Menten Affair, Co-presented with: European Union other Black and Jewish South Film Festival this taut thriller brings to life the true Film Festival Africans risk their lives to free their story of Hans Knoop, the investigative country from segregation and are journalist who fought against all odds to arrested for sabotage. Their lawyer, expose the truth about one of Bram Fischer puts his own life and Amsterdam’s most powerful business- career in jeopardy to defend them. In men, Pieter Menten. When Menten this engaging historical drama, CLOSING NIGHT FILM decides to auction part of his famous art director Jean van de Velde brings to ARCHIVAL FILMS collection, an Israeli journalist informs life the true story of the Rivonia trial him that the art is stolen, and claims as seen through the eyes of Fischer, that Menten is a former Nazi respon- BYE BYE GERMANY / AUF highlighting the role that South sible for the deaths of many Jews. Guy WIEDERSEHEN DEUTSCHLAND African Jews played in the African Clemens (Meyer’s Law) delivers a strong resistance. A little-known moving TORONTO PREMIERE performance as Hans Knoop. story that pays tribute to those who GERMANY / LUXEMBOURG / Co-presented with: PEN Canada brought an end to Apartheid. BELGIUM 2017, 100 MIN Sponsored by: Co-presented with: Toronto South GERMAN SHORT FILMS African Film Festival DIRECTOR: SAM GARBARSKI Sponsored by: SUNDAY MAY 6 • 8:30 PM • EW9 To millennials she is “the notorious RBG”, to her grandchildren TUESDAY MAY 8 • 6:15 PM • HD RBG she is Bubbe, to her friends she is Kiki, but to the rest of us, she is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the diminutive Supreme Court justice A humorous and moving look at TORONTO PREMIERE whose fragile appearance belies her outsized contribution to the Jewish life in post-war Germany. In UNITED STATES 2018, 97 MIN advancement of women’s rights. In this revelatory documentary, Frankfurt, David Bermann is a Betsy West and Julie Cohen trace her journey from law school Holocaust survivor with dreams of a DIRECTORS: JULIE COHEN & BETSY WEST through today, weaving home movies, archival footage and new life in America. But that takes SUNDAY MAY 13 • 8:00 PM • HD interviews with Ginsburg’s friends, children, granddaughter and money, and smooth-talking David has Ginsburg herself. In addition to outlining her considerable legal BUDAPEST NOIR an idea. Recruiting six survivor achievements, the filmmakers highlight Ginsburg’s loving CANADIAN PREMIERE friends, he teaches them the tricks of relationship with her husband Marty, her most ardent champion. HUNGARY 2017, 95 MIN his former trade: how to use flattery Followed by Skype Q&A with co-director Julie Cohen HUNGARIAN and chutzpah to sell bed linens. Sponsored by: Marsha Bronfman

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Meanwhile, questions about “Extremely impressive… subtly weaves of faith, sexuality and personal freedom. the classic screwball comedies of DRAMAS & COMEDIES & DRAMAS DRAMAS & COMEDIES & DRAMAS DRAMAS Bermann’s past catch up with him, humor into a marvelous offering that Co-presented with: Kulanu yesteryear. Director Jamie Greenberg has and US special agent Sara Simon keeps you guessing to the very end.” Sponsored by: The Leonard Wolinsky constructed the film as a long-lost wants answers. Featuring a charming (Huffington Post) Veteran actor Tzahi Foundation Hollywood movie from 1938, presented lead performance by Moritz Bleibtreu Grad (Big Bad Wolves, Eyes Wide Open) in an early version of Technicolor. An (Run Lola Run). proves himself adept both behind and American agent travels 80 years into the Co-presented with: Goethe-Institut in front of the camera in this razor- future to recover a powerful weaponized Sponsored by: Mel & Renee Stein sharp dark comedy. Left-leaning actor isotope to defeat the Nazis. After landing THE INVISIBLES / CLOSENESS / TESNOTA and Family Naphtali (Grad) is forced to question his in 2018—envisioned as an old DIE UNSICHTBAREN TORONTO PREMIERE liberal convictions when the Palestinian Hollywood B-movie’s conception of the CANADIAN PREMIERE RUSSIA 2017, 118 MIN handyman he hired to work on his studio future—he falls for hotel clerk Banky is accused of committing a crime, and (Gilpin), who assists him on his mission. GERMANY 2017, 110 MIN DOCUMENTARIES RUSSIAN DOCUMENTARIES DOUBTFUL / GERMAN DIRECTOR: KANTEMIR BALAGOV Naphtali is torn between defending Future ‘38 affectionately recreates the MUTALIM BESAFEK DIRECTOR: CLAUS RÄFLE FRIDAY MAY 4 • 3:00 PM • EW9 him or succumbing to the prejudicial visuals and rhythms of these old films, TUESDAY MAY 8 • 1:00 PM • ITH SUNDAY MAY 6 • 7:30 PM • AF assumptions of his friends and family. SNEAK PREVIEW with plenty of gags, silly and sophisticated. THURSDAY MAY 10 • 5:00 PM • EW5 “Both humorous and explosive, The ISRAEL 2017, 88 MIN Guest: Director Jamie Greenberg Kantemir Balagov’s tense drama set in Cousin is a spirited take on an irrational HEBREW With: The Entertainer (15 MIN, p.38) Blending interviews with skillful and the late 90’s in the Northern Caucasus THE CAKEMAKER / divide.” (The Hollywood Reporter). DIRECTOR: ELIRAN ELYA powerful dramatic re-enactments, The region of Russia, reveals an untold story HAOFE MEBERLIN FRIDAY MAY 4 • 3:30 PM • VC2 Invisibles reveals the untold stories of the last Kavkazi Jews who didn’t SUNDAY MAY 6 • 6:00 PM • EW9 TORONTO PREMIERE of four Jews who were among the emigrate to Israel after the Iron Curtain BIOGRAPHIES

BIOGRAPHIES nearly 1,700 who survived the war by GERMANY / ISRAEL 2017, 104 MIN fell. Twenty-four year-old Ilana works in In the desert city of Be’ersheva, Assi hiding in plain sight in Berlin. Hanni HEBREW, GERMAN, ENGLISH her father’s garage to help him make (Ran Danker) is serving a community dyes her hair blonde to pass as Aryan, DIRECTOR: OFIR RAUL GRAIZER ends meet. One evening, her extended service sentence among a group of while Cioma uses his art skills to forge MONDAY MAY 7 • 6:00 PM • ITH family and friends gather to celebrate troubled teens. Using his skills in script- HUMOR ME passports in exchange for food rations. WEDNESDAY MAY 9 • 8:30 PM • EW9 the engagement of her younger brother writing and poetry, he helps the teens Teen Eugen is handed to a succession David. Later that night, the young take control of their narrative by using CANADIAN PREMIERE Bereft over the sudden death of his of anti-Nazi families and Ruth poses couple disappears. A portrait of a poor DISOBEDIENCE cameras to record the world around UNITED STATES 2017, 93 MIN long-distance lover Oren, Thomas as a war widow. Featuring moving and tight-knit Jewish community that is UNITED KINGDOM / IRELAND / UNITED them. The vivacious energy of the group DIRECTOR: SAM HOFFMAN ARCHIVAL FILMS

travels to Jerusalem, seeking solace in ARCHIVAL FILMS arouses a fresh wind of creativity and performances, this film shows how the the city where he can feel closer to his struggling to thrive in a shifting Russia. STATES 2017, 114 MIN TUESDAY MAY 8 • 8:00 PM • EW5 hope in Assi’s personal and creative life. combination of skill, luck and help from lost love. There, Thomas finds work in Guest: Writer and Professor Anna DIRECTOR: SEBASTIÁN LELIO THURSDAY MAY 10 • 9:00 PM • HD Through a close relationship with one brave Berliners allowed these people the café run by Oren’s widow, Anat, and Shternshis (May 6 screening only) SATURDAY MAY 12 • 9:00 PM • HD teen in particular, Assi and the group After he breaks up with his wife, aspiring to remain in a city that the Nazis quickly turns the struggling café into a Oscar-winning filmmaker Sebastián Lelio break through the boundaries of the playwright Nate (The Flight of the infamously declared ‘judenfrei’ – free successful business after his talents as (A Fantastic Woman) directs Rachel rehabilitative framework in this moving Conchords’ Jemaine Clement) reluctantly of Jews. a pastry chef are put to use. Unaware of Weisz and Rachel McAdams in this and inspiring drama. moves in with his father Bob (Elliot Co-presented with: Goethe-Institut the relationship between her husband powerful adaptation of Naomi Gould), a widower who communicates and Thomas, Anat finds herself drawn Alderman’s novel about a woman who almost entirely through old jokes. SHORT FILMS to Thomas. Through their budding returns home to her Orthodox North Insisting that his son needs to be more SHORT FILMS romance, director Raul Graizer subtly London community and rekindles a disciplined, Bob pushes Nate to get illustrates the idea that our social, romance with her cousin’s wife. involved in the retirement community religious and sexual identities are more Following the death of her highly where he lives. Soon Nate finds himself fluid than fixed. THE COUSIN / HABEN DOD respected rabbi father, Ronit (Weisz) in charge of staging a musical starring With: Miriam (6 MIN, p.39) returns to the community she fled years three eccentric women. Resistant at first, TORONTO PREMIERE Special gift from Stubbe Chocolates earlier. There she is welcomed back by FUTURE '38 he finds an unexpected connection with ISRAEL 2017, 93 MIN (while supplies last) her childhood friends, Dovid (Alessandro these women, leading him on a journey HEBREW, ARABIC UNITED STATES 2017, 75 MIN Sponsored by: Gerald & Shanitha Sheff Nivola) and his wife Esti (McAdams). of self-discovery. An endearing comedy DIRECTOR: TZAHI GRAD DIRECTOR: JAMIE GREENBERG When latent passions between the two with standout performances by Annie MONDAY MAY 7 • 5:00 PM • EW5 SATURDAY MAY 12 • 9:00 PM • ITH women resurface, their futures are Potts and Bebe Neuwirth. WEDNESDAY MAY 9 • 6:15 PM • HD thrown into question. Disobedience is an A “time travel masterpiece.” (Austin Sponsored by: absorbing exploration of the boundaries Chronicle) Betty Gilpin (Glow, Nurse Jackie) stars in this hilarious valentine to

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116 CAMER AS 38 DRAMAS & COMEDIES DOCUMENTARIES BIOGRAPHIES ARCHIVAL FILMS SHORTSHORT FILMS FILMS SHORT FILMS PATRON CIRCLE In this meditative mix of animation TJFF GRATEFULLY Cinematographer Stanley & Rhonda Gordon DRAMAS & COMEDIES & DRAMAS and documentary, a spaceship lands ACKNOWLEDGES THE $1,200 - $2,499 Harry & Sara Gorman in modern-day Jerusalem and reflects OUTSTANDING SUPPORT OF Anonymous (4) Lee & Cecil Graff on the life of the city. OUR PATRON CIRCLE MEMBERS. Nancy & Arthur Ameis Iriving & Toddy Granovsky - Atlantic Guest: Boris Haimov THANK YOU Phyllis Angel & Joel Greenberg Packaging Products Ltd. With: Saving Neta (90 MIN, p.27) Barry & Eleanor Appleby Barbara & Irving Green (as of March 26, 2018) Guest travel provided by Ronnie & Bunnie Appleby Alan & Lyndia Green Executive Producer Avenue Investment Management Carole & Sam Greenspan SHEHITA $10,000+ Aubey & Marilyn Banack Riva & Menasche Grinshpan CANADA 2017, 26 MIN STITCHERS: TAPESTRY Renette & David Berman Sylvia Bashevkin Ellen & Jack Gryfe YIDDISH OF SPIRIT Marsha Bronfman Lynn & Brent Belzberg Beverley Haar DIRECTOR: DEAN GOLD Nora & Jacob Dehan TORONTO PREMIERE Jan & Patricia Berkovic & Katty Kraizel Andrea & Stephen Halperin DOCUMENTARIES THURSDAY MAY 10 • 8:30 PM • ITH Shirley Granovsky CANADA 2017, 15 MIN Hy & Helen Bergel Cynthia & Bryan Hands Mel & Renee Stein & Family Something strange is happening at a DIRECTOR: TASSIE NOTAR Barbara E. & Lorne Bernstein IATSE Local 58 Zukerman Family Foundation Yiddish dairy farm in rural Quebec. FRIDAY MAY 11 • 1:00 PM • AF Paul & Barbara Bernstein Irving Himel Producer Tensions, along with demons from the SUNDAY MAY 13 • 1:00 PM • EW5 Gary & Harriet Bomza Heather & Ron Hoffman $7,500 - $9,999 past, rise as the young farmer, the Brettler Mintz Foundation Mel & Marlyn Horowitz Fund at the An inspiring documentary about Toronto Ganz Family Foundation THE RED HOUSE / mashgiach and the local Rabbi try to Phyllis & Herbert Brodkin Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto artist Temma Gentles’ ambitious project to Nathan & Lily Silver Family Foundation HABAIT HAADOM decide what to do about the mysteri- Estelle Budish Ron Jourard Professional Corporation stitch the entire Torah in needlepoint, and Leonard Wolinsky Foundation ous illness infecting the cattle. Penny & Arnold Cader Miriam Kagan CANADIAN PREMIERE the over 1,000 people in nearly twenty Director BIOGRAPHIES Featuring a mesmerizing performance Bayla & Leo Chaikof Lois & Geoffrey Kalchman ISRAEL 2016, 20 MIN countries who are now taking part in it. $5,000 - $7,499 by Avi Hoffman. Sharon Clavir & Robin Mirsky Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd. HEBREW Guest: Director Tassie Notar Walter & Edie Arbib Guest: Director Dean Gold Adrienne & Paul Cohen Sandy & David Kaminker DIRECTOR: TAMAR TAL ANATI With: Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the Dover Family Co-presented with: Committee for Collin & Marian Craig Sharon & Allen Karp THURSDAY MAY 10 • 5:30 PM • ITH 405 (39 MIN, p.33) The Green Fischer Family Trust Yiddish and Friends of Yiddish Marilyn & Jerry Cukier Allen Katz Co-presented with: Craft Ontario and Izzy & Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Beautiful animation, archival footage Part of Oy Canada: A Short Film Leslie & Anna Dan Estelle & Marvin Kates Darchei Noam Reconstructionist Micki Moore & Leonard Simpson and interviews tell the stories of the Programme (p.18) Moishe & Roz Davidson Suanne Kelman & Allan Fox Synagogue Of Toronto Joel & Jill Reitman Red House, a unique building in Tel Elli Davis & Paul Wise Carole & Harvey Kerbel Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan

ARCHIVAL FILMS Aviv, from its origins in 1924 as a Gail & Stan Debow Debbie & Warren Kimel Joan Sohn textile factory, to a synagogue, now an The Effort Trust Company Dora & Harry Kichler Carole & Bernard Zucker art gallery. Morty Eisen & Lesley Hornik Eric Kirzner & Bonnie Arbus Screenwriter With: The Museum (74 MIN, p.31) Wendy R. Eisen Endowment Fund at the Albert (Ubby) & Evelyn Krakauer $2,500 - $4,999 Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto Sharon & Fred Kroft Nani & Austin Beutel Betty Eisenstadt Gayle & Alf Kwinter David Beutel & Karen Golden El Al Israel Airlines Carol & Alan Lavine SIX AFTER SEVENTY / WENDY'S SHABBAT Sydney & Florence Cooper Foundation Pearl & David Elman Mariam Leitman & Craig Perkins SECHS NACH SIEBZIG Honourable Jerry, Carole & Michael CANADIAN PREMIERE Emerald Foundation Nathan & Glennie Lindenberg NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Grafstein SHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS UNITED STATES 2017, 10 MIN Penny Fine & Hugh Furneaux Michael & Elaine Lipton GERMANY 2017, 22 MIN Guild Electric DIRECTOR: RACHEL MYERS Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Nancy & Irv Lipton THE SCRIBE GERMAN Koschitzky Family SUNDAY MAY 6 • 5:00 PM • EW5 Corporation Aubrey & Betty Lowenstein CANADIAN PREMIERE DIRECTOR: PETER JESCHKE Karen & Fred Leitner TUESDAY MAY 8 • 3:30 PM • ITH Mike & Sandra Florence Family Foundation Zoe Margolis & Julian Piper GERMANY 2016, 10 MIN TUESDAY MAY 8 • 3:30 PM • AF Manitou Investment Management Ltd. The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Jonathan & Beverley Matthews Family DIRECTOR: LEON SPANIER FRIDAY MAY 11 • 1:00 PM • EW9 Shabbat dinner gatherings for a group Gilda & Harold Niman, Paula & Henry Charitable Foundation Philanthropic Fund at the Jewish FRIDAY MAY 4 • 1:30 PM • VC3 of Jewish seniors take place at the Zeitman Filmed at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial, Sandra Gertner & Millard Roth Foundation of Greater Toronto MONDAY MAY 7 • 3:30 PM • EW9 local Wendy's fast food restaurant Nancy Pencer this accomplished documentary shows, Aaron Glassman & Toba Lavine Marilyn & Saul Merrick where they say prayers and light Perlis Family UJA Federation Legacy In this gorgeous short, 27-year-old in six short episodes, radically different Glickman-Wolfish Foundation in Memory Eleanor & Earl Miller candles over hamburgers and fries. Fund Kelman Delmoor, a traditional Jewish ways of dealing with the Holocaust of Fay Wolfish, Leibish Wolfish & Lesley & Ron Miller With: The Last Resort (70 MIN, p.30) The Gerald Schwartz & scribe, welcomes us into his Jerusalem more than seventy years later. Morris Wolfish Faye Minuk Special gift courtesy of Wendy’s (while Heather Reisman Foundation workshop and reveals the process Featuring a Skype Q&A with director Fran & Bernie Goldman Michael & Lynne Mitchell supplies last) Silver + Goren, Chartered Accountants behind his incredible art. Peter Jeschke Murray Goldman & Family Victor & Sharon Moncarz The Howard & Carole Tanenbaum Family With: Vienna Before Nightfall (90 MIN, p.33) With: Saving Auschwitz? (60 MIN, p.32) Ralph & Pam Goldsilver New Wave Travel Charitable Foundation Beverley Gordon Margaret Nightingale Sharon Weintraub Elizabeth Wolfe

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62 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival TJFF.COM May 3 – 13 2018 May 3 – 13 2018 TJFF.COM 26th Toronto Jewish Film Festival 63 Bella! Did Ya Eat? The Museum The Earth Cries Out / Il Grido della Terra Be/Longing / Amal The Story of Judy Perly and Free Times Cafe The Red House / Habait Haadom Elish's Notebooks / HaMachbarot Shel Elish Bella! Did Ya Eat?: Comics: Steve Shuster The Scribe Juda The Story of Judy Perly and Free Times Cafe Disobedience Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Indian Cinema Kishon The Blessing The Entertainer Spielberg Large Soldier / Hayal Large Disobedience Falling Over Backwards Standing Up Longing / Gaagua Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405 Future ‘38 Stitchers: Tapestry of Spirit The Museum Large Soldier / Hayal Large Harvey Atkin’s Toronto: A Scrapbook Vienna Before Nightfall / Vienne avant la nuit Next Stop / Hakol Shel Ha'otobus The Law of Averages Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 The Wonder and Amazement - Rita Briansky On Her Life in Art The Oslo Diaries The Light of Hope / La llum d'Elna Humor Me Outdoors / Bait Bagalil Nana The Last Goldfish COMEDY Parallels Next Stop / Hakol Shel Ha'otobus The Last Resort Comics: Steve Shuster The Red House / Habait Haadom RBG The Law of Averages Future '38 Saving Neta / Lehatzil et Neta Saving Neta / Lehatzil et Neta The Making of a President, 1944 Humor Me Shelter / Mistor Shelter / Mistor Monkey Business: The Adventures of Large Soldier / Hayal Large The Testament / Ha'edut Stitchers: Tapestry of Spirit Curious George’s Creators Longing / Gaagua The Wonder and Amazement - Rita Briansky On Her Life in Art Nana Miriam MIDDLE EAST RELATIONS POLITICS The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Take 90: A Paul Soles Comedy Programme Be/Longing / Amal WW2 RBG Standing Up The Cousin / HaBen Dod 116 Cameras Remember Baghdad The Museum FAMILIES AND FAMILY STORIES Above the Drowning Sea Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me The Oslo Diaries Adieu My Beloved Another Planet / Planeta Aheret The Samuel Project Remember Baghdad The Ancestral Sin / Sallah, Po Ze Eretz Yisrael The Body Collector / Zaak Menten The Scribe Shelter / Mistor The Ancient Law / Das Alte Gesetz Budapest Noir Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story Closeness / Tesnota Bye Bye Germany / Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland of Indian Cinema Disobedience MIZRAHI / SEPHARDIC The Earth Cries Out / Il Grido della Terra Spielberg Elish's Notebooks / HaMachbarot Shel Elish The Ancestral Sin / Sallah, Po Ze Eretz Yisrael The Invisibles / Die Unsichtbaren Standing Up Falling Over Backwards Five Years After the War / Cinq ans après la guerre Kishon Stitchers: Tapestry of Spirit Five Years After the War / Cinq ans après la guerre Libya: The Last Exodus / Libia: L'Ultimo Esodo The Last Goldfish Take 90: A Paul Soles Comedy Humor Me Razzia The Last Suit / El Ultimo Traje Programme The Last Goldfish Remember Baghdad The Light of Hope / La llum d'Elna The Wonder and Amazement - The Last Suit / El Ultimo Traje Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Indian Cinema Lon Rita Briansky on Her Life in Art The Law of Averages Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators Today I Am a Fountain Pen Longing / Gaagua The N°5 War / La guerre du numéro 5 Wendy’s Shabbat ROMANCE Miriam Nana The Cakemaker / HaOfe MeBerlin Mr. and Mrs. Adelman / Monsieur et Madame Adelman Miriam The Samuel Project The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Mr. and Mrs. Adelman / Monsieur et Madame Adelman Saving Auschwitz? / Sauver Auschwitz ? FILMS BY Promise at Dawn / La promesse de l'aube Outdoors / Bait Bagalil Six After Seventy / Sechs nach siebzig The Samuel Project The Testament / Ha'edut Saving Neta / Lehatzil et Neta Vienna Before Nightfall / Vienne avant la nuit SUSPENSE / THRILLER THEME/TOPIC Simon & Theodore / Simon et Théodore Winter Hunt / Winterjagd The Body Collector / Zaak Menten The Testament / Ha'edut Budapest Noir ARTS AND CULTURE Today I am a Fountain Pen Juda The Ancient Law / Das Alte Gesetz Shelter / Mistor Barbra Streisand, Becoming an Icon / ISRAEL Winter Hunt / Winterjagd Barbra Streisand, naissance d'une diva The Ancestral Sin / Sallah, Po Ze Eretz Yisrael Cut to the Chase Be/Longing / Amal Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405 The Cakemaker / HaOfe MeBerlin WOMEN - FRONT AND CENTER Kishon The Cousin / HaBen Dod 116 Cameras The Last Resort Cut to the Chase / Gever Mehasratim Barbra Streisand, Becoming an Icon / Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators Doubtful / Mutalim Besafek Barbra Streisand, naissance d'une diva

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38 116 Cameras 39 Next Stop 29 Above the Drowning Sea 31 N°5 War, The 23 Act Of Defiance, An 31 Oslo Diaries, The 38 Adieu My Beloved 27 Outdoors 29 Ancestral Sin, The 37 Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, The 35 Ancient Law, The 39 Parallels 29 Another Planet 22 Promise at Dawn 33 Barbra Streisand, Becoming an Icon 27 Razzia 38 Be/Longing 22 RBG 38 Bella! Did Ya Eat?: The Story of Judy Perly 40 Red House, The and Free Times Cafe 32 Remember Baghdad 38 Blessing, The 34 Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me 23 Body Collector, The 27 Samuel Project, The INVESTIGATE. 23 Budapest Noir 32 Saving Auschwitz? 23 Bye Bye Germany 27 Saving Neta 24 Cakemaker, The 40 Scribe, The 24 Closeness 32 Shalom Bollywood: REPORT. 35 Comics: Steve Shuster The Untold Story of Indian Cinema 24 Cousin, The 40 Shehita 30 Cut to the Chase 28 Shelter 24 Disobedience 28 Simon & Theodore EFFECT 25 Doubtful 40 Six After Seventy 36 Earth Cries Out, The 34 Spielberg 30 Elish's Notebooks 32 Standing Up 38 Entertainer, The 40 Stitchers: Tapestry of Spirit CHANGE. 36 Falling Over Backwards 37 Take 90: A Paul Soles Comedy Programme 38 Five Years After the War 28 Testament, The For 125 years the Toronto Star has brought 25 Future '38 37 Today I am a Fountain Pen the stories of our community to life. While 36 Harvey Atkin's Toronto: A Scrapbook 33 Vienna Before Nightfall that includes local, national and international 33 Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405 40 Wendy's Shabbat news, the hallmark of the Star is our 25 Humor Me 28 Winter Hunt investigative reporting. The Star’s dedicated 25 Invisibles, The 35 Wonder and Amazement - Rita Briansky journalists bring to light, often for the first 39 Journey Birds On Her Life in Art, The 26 Juda 18 Zombies and Zionism: A Talk on time, issues that affect us all. Many stories 34 Kishon New Israeli Horror Films have, through the concern and often outrage 39 Large Soldier of our readers, formed the basis for change 30 Last Goldfish, The in our community. The Star celebrates what 30 Last Resort, The investigative reporters and readers can achieve 26 Last Suit, The together. We’re committed to earning 39 Law of Averages, The 31 Libya: The Last Exodus your trust every day by uncovering, and 26 Light of Hope, The telling, the true story. The Star story. 39 Lon 26 Longing thestar.com/effectchange 36 Making of a President, 1944, The 39 Miriam 34 Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators 26 Mr. and Mrs. Adelman 31 Museum, The 39 Nana SUBSCRIBE TODAY. 416-367-4500 • thestar.com/subscribe

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