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Houston Jewish Film Festival MARCH 8-22, 2015 EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JCC HOUSTON Houston Jewish Film Festival MARCH 8-22, 2015 erjcchouston.org/filmfest Run Boy Run Festival at a Glance Letter from the Film Chair 3 | Letter from the Film Chair 19 | A Place in Heaven Welcome to the 11th Houston Jewish Film Festival presented by the 4 | Ticket Info and Venues Mamele The Green Prince Evelyn Rubenstein JCC with our venue partners, the Museum of Fine Arts, 5 | Opening Night: Run Boy Run Houston and the Holocaust Museum Houston. 20 | Closing Night: Is That You? 6 | Blumenthal The 26 films you will see during the next 15 days represent the works of a Magic Men 21 | Community Wide Teen Screening: Beneath the Helmet: From High group of outstanding producers and directors from many countries including Transit School to the Home Front the United States, Israel, France, Germany, Poland, Argentina, the Philippines, 7 | Short Film Night 22 | Committee Members and Staff and Uruguay. They have been selected by a dedicated team of film buffs who spent countless hours reviewing and debating the merits of various comedies, 8 | Above and Beyond 23 | Sponsors and Community Partners dramas, documentaries, films about the Holocaust, about Israel, and films of Ida 24 | Arts & Culture Events historical as well as current significance. My thanks to all of the volunteers 9 | The Last Mentsch who provided their time, toil, and talent to make this year’s Festival possible. 26 | Center for Jewish Living & Learning The Art Dealer Events God’s Slave My thanks also to Festival founders Doreen Joffe and Sharon Kagan who had the imagination and wisdom necessary to create and implement the Festival; 10 | Touchdown Israel they continue to lend their expertise and experience to the committee. A The Outrageous Sophie Tucker special thanks to my Co-Chair John Dreyfus, for his diligence, enthusiasm, and 11 | Zero Motivation encyclopedic knowledge of films. Amy Rahmani, the Arts & Culture Program Coordinator at the J has kept me and the entire committee on track, on time, Arabani and on focus. Thank you. 12 | Women’s Night: Orange People Shtisel Finally, the Festival would not be possible without the financial support of our Patrons of the Arts, underwriters, community and corporate sponsors. 13 | Chair’s Choice: The Frisco Kid We appreciate your commitment and dedication to bringing the finest of 14 | HJFF Calendar programs to the J. Every movie ticket from the J 16 | Get Cultured: Hanna’s Journey gets you 10% off at This year, we have decided to institute a Chair’s Choice film. My selection is a Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Laykie’s Gourmet Café at the J Sholom Aleichem 1979 comedy, The Frisco Kid starring Gene Wilder as a rabbi who ventures across the country to take a position at a San Francisco synagogue. He meets con men, 17 | 24 Days a bank robber, and Indians among others. Chased by a posse, he nevertheless Operation Sunflower will not ride his horse on Shabbat. Threatened by fire, he will not give up his 18 | Mr. Kaplan Torah. Wilder’s performance is funny, touching, and not to be missed. A Borrowed Identity Hours During Film Festival See you at the movies! Mon-Thurs: 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM Friday: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Helen Wils Sunday: Hours Vary Film Committee Chair Call the J for more information 2 3 Ticket Information $8 Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Member/Patron of the Arts/ INDIVIDUAL MFAH Film Buff/MFAH Member/HMH Member/ TICKETS Students/Seniors 60+ $10 Public All 5:00 PM Movies at the J are $5 $60 Member FESTIVAL $80 Public PASS $10 discount for Students and Seniors 60+ Festival and Patron Passes provide entry for films only at the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC To purchase tickets and passes, visit erjcchouston.org/filmfest. Get member pricing to HJFF plus programs throughout the year! Membership starts as low as $180/year! For more detailed information on membership categories and rates, please visit us online at erjcchouston.org/join or call 713.729.3200. OPENING NIGHT Venues Run Boy Run (Lauf Junge Lauf) Sunday, March 8 | 7:30 PM Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Houston 5601 South Braeswood . Houston, TX 77096 Wednesday, March 18 | 5:00 PM 713.551.7255 . erjcchouston.org/filmfest Evelyn Rubenstein JCC The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston A saga of courage and compassion, Run Boy Run tells 1001 Bissonnet Street . Houston, TX 77005 the true story of a nine-year old Polish boy adrift in Directed by Pepe Danquart 713.639.7515 . Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.org/film France/Germany, 2013, 108 min Nazi-occupied Poland dependent upon the kindness of German, Polish, Russian strangers to outlast the Nazi occupation and preserve with English subtitles his Jewish faith. An escapee from the Warsaw Ghetto, Houston Premiere he learns to hide from SS patrols, forage for food, find Drama Holocaust Museum Houston shelter and an occasional job, and temporary refuge with Morgan Family Center the wife and mother of partisans who teaches him what he needs to know to pass as Catholic. 5401 Caroline Street Houston, TX 77004 His ultimate choice is whether to assimilate or assume his Jewish heritage. 713.942.8000 . hmh.org Patron Sponsors: Helen Wils and Leonard Goldstein 4 5 Blumenthal Short Film Night Monday, March 9 | 5:00 PM Tuesday, March 10 | 7:30 PM Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Evelyn Rubenstein JCC In this zany comedy, the renowned New York playwright Deserted Blumenthal (Brian Cox) is dead, having succumbed to Directed by Yoav Hornung cardiac arrest while laughing at his own jokes. No one Israel, 2013, 25 min is particularly distraught: not his estranged and jealous On the final assignment of their course as officer candidates in the brother Saul, a constipated college professor of English; Israeli army, two women trek through a harsh desert landscape not Saul’s wife, who seeks solace in the arms of the dog when one suddenly remembers she’s forgotten something crucial. walker who supplements his income by providing non- Directed by Seth Fisher dog-walking services to others; and not Blumenthal’s son, USA, 2013, 86 min a pharmaceutical rep who doesn’t want his non-Jewish English Elijah the Prophet Directed by James Cooper Houston Premiere girlfriend to convert because then she’ll be “enthusiastic.” Canada, 2013, 9 min Comedy Blumenthal is sure to delight audiences with its witty dialogue, jazzy soundtrack, and Manhattan scenes. Elijah the Prophet tells the comedic story of Elijah, the pious, chummy and alcoholic prophet, whose yearly antics have graced Jewish households for ages as part of the Passover celebration. Magic Men (Ha-Ben Shel Elohim) Monday, March 9 | 7:30 PM Audition Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Directed by Udo Prinsen The Netherlands, 2011, 6 min The father: a 78-year old Greek Holocaust survivor, Inspired by drawings of Auschwitz prisoners, Audition depicts adventurer, and magician contemptuous of religion. a young trumpet player trying out for the camp’s orchestra to The son: a devout, insecure Hassidic musician. In this improve his chances for survival. Israeli film, Avraham wants to go to Greece to find the boy who gave him shelter during WWII. Much to Avraham’s dismay, his family insists that his son Yehuda join him Auschwitz On My Mind Directed by Guy Nattiv and Erez Tadmor on the journey. The two meet Maria, a Greek prostitute; Directed by Assaf Machnes Israel, 2013, 100 min the unlikely trio attempts to locate Avraham’s childhood Israel/Poland/UK, 2013, 16 min Hebrew with English subtitles friend. This is an ambitious and poignant portrait of Houston Premiere An Israeli teenager tries to win the affection of a girl in his class Comedy/Drama family relationships, the divide between religious and while on a school trip to a concentration camp. secular worlds, and the coming together of cultures. The Funeral Directed by Nick Green Transit UK, 2013, 15 min Tuesday, March 10 | 5:00 PM Arnold is being pulled in two different directions by his mother and Evelyn Rubenstein JCC wife about his son’s Bar Mitzvah. But when a family tragedy brings Transit, Philippines’ entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar, everyone together, it has consequences no one quite expects. examines the lives of Filipino domestic workers in Israel. It is told from the points of view of several of the characters: The Walk Janet, a domestic worker and mother to Yael, a teenager Directed by Aaron Wolf born in Israel of an Israeli father; Janet’s boyfriend Moises USA, 2014, 20 min Directed by Hannah Espia who takes care of a disabled Israeli and is attempting to The kindness of a stranger, played by Peter Riegert, profoundly Philippines, 2013, 92 min keep his 4-year old son Joshua from being deported; and affects a young Brooklyn boy who is grieving over the death of English, Hebrew, Tagalog with English subtitles Tina, a recently arrived Philippino maid. The film examines his father. Houston Premiere the social and economic struggles facing displaced people Drama across the globe and how immigration laws affect human relationships. 6 7 Above and Beyond The Last Mentsch Wednesday, March 11 | 7:30 PM (Der Letzte Mentsch)* Friday, March 13 | 1:00 PM Thursday, March 12 | 7:30 PM Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Holocaust Museum Houston Producer Nancy Spielberg in Attendance March 11 Marcus Schwarz has denied his Jewish heritage all his life. Days before the establishment of Israel, it became Having survived the horrors of Auschwitz, he tries to forget obvious that the new state would have to protect by creating a new identity for himself in Germany. But when itself from invasion by its neighbors.
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