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Tel Aviv on Fire 40 Tesnota 42 the Body Collector 42 the Driver 44 the Jewish Underground 44 the Unorthodox 46 the Waldheim Waltz 46 to Dust 48 Working Woman 48 Für die grosszügige Unterstützung danken wir folgenden Institutionen und Privatpersonen Hauptpartner Isaac Dreyfus-Bernheim Stiftung Partner Kanton Zürich Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich Bildungsdirektion Fondation Berma Jakob und Werner Wyler Stiftung Georges und Jenny Bloch Stiftung Werner und Gabriele Merzbacher-Stiftung Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde von Yesh! -- Evangelisch-reformierte Landeskirche des Kantons Zürich Ein herzliches Willkommen zu den fünften Filmtagen von Yesh! und ein grosses Katholische Kirche im Kanton Zürich Dankeschön für Ihre Treue und Begeisterung. Stiftung für Kultur und Jugend der ICZ Otto und Régine Heim-Stiftung Claudia und Sacha Lifschitz Ihr Kompliment, uns mit ständig wachsenden Zuschauerzahlen und vielfach bereits Modissa AG im Vorverkauf ausverkauften Kinosälen zu beglücken, motiviert und zeigt uns, dass -- wir mit unseren Filmtagen die richtigen Themen und somit viele unterschiedliche AKL, Augustin Keller-Loge Renate und Hans Rudolf Benjamin Menschen ansprechen. Yesh! hat es geschafft zu einem der wichtigsten Kultur-An- Johnny Braunschweig lässe mit jüdischer Thematik in der Schweiz zu werden. Madeleine und Albert Erlanger-Wyler Stiftung Evi & Sigi Feigel Loge Es freut uns sehr, während sieben Tagen einunddreissig künstlerisch wertvolle Filme Max und Erika Gideon Stiftung Jüdische Liberale Gemeinde Or Chadasch vorzuführen, davon acht Dokumentarfilme und sechsundzwanzig Schweizer Pre- LernCenter, Zürich mieren. Sie thematisieren das jüdische Sein und Wirken und setzten sich dabei Adolf und Mary Mil-Stiftung kritisch mit kulturellen, gesellschaftlichen, politischen und historischen Fragen Gabrielle und Roman Rosenstein auseinander. Howard und Michelle Rosen Jizchak und Denise Schächter Stiftung Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (SIG) In Zeiten mit zunehmendem Rassismus ist es uns wichtig, eine Plattform zu bieten Alfred und Ilse Stammer-Mayer Stiftung und mit unserem Programm differenziert und vielschichtig auf die verschiedenen Marlyse Turkavka-Gut Aspekte des Judentums hinzuweisen. Wir lassen Geschichten erzählen, die hinter ab- Anthony und Melanie Young Monica und Leslie Young strakten gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen menschliche Schicksale sichtbar machen und die Kinobesucher über sprachliche, kulturelle und weltanschauliche Grenzen Schulprogramm-Partner hinweg ein ganzes Stück zusammenrücken lassen. Schule&Kultur, Noémie Blumenthal Print-Partner Wir sind sehr dankbar auch dieses Jahr auf die grosse finanzielle und persönliche Genossenschaftsdruckerei gdz, Zürich Unterstützung unserer Partner zählen zu dürfen. Speziell erwähnen möchte ich un- sere Hauptpartner, die Isaac Dreyfus-Bernheim Stiftung, die Fondation Berma, die Medien-Partner Jakob und Werner Wyler Stiftung, den Kanton Zürich und die Werner und Gabriele Tages-Anzeiger Tachles Merzbacher-Stiftung. Art-tv Ich wünsche Ihnen erfrischende und inspirierende Momente bei Yesh! Medienarbeit Andrea Vogel (Vogel Perspektiven) Kino-Partner Michel Rappaport Kino Houdini, Frank Braun, Luzius Hartmann, Reto Bühler Direktor Yesh! Arthouse Uto/Le Paris, Beat Käslin, Franziska Thomas, Raoul Walzer Technik-Partner Milutin Kostic (Vokos), Raoul Walzer (RALUwa) Gastro-Partner Grand-Café Lochergut Mascotte Tibits Lancierung Seret – Kino aus der jüdischen Welt, www.seret.ch Evi & Sigi Feigel Loge, www.esfl-zh.ch Liebes Publikum 2014 fand die erste Ausgabe des Yesh! während eines Wochenendes statt. In den letzten fünf Jahren ist das jüdische Filmfestival gewachsen und hat sich in der Zür- cher Kinoszene etabliert: 2018 verzeichneten die Filmtage 4000 Besucherinnen und Besucher und sind damit zu einem bedeutenden Anlass mit jüdischer Thematik in der Schweiz geworden. Das ist ein schöner Erfolg. Das Yesh! ist in den letzten Jahren bekannter, grösser, breiter geworden. Geblieben ist die sorgfältige, vielfältige Filmauswahl. Auch 2019 werden während acht Tagen aktuelle Filme gezeigt, die unterschiedliche Facetten des jüdischen Kinos zeigen und Anknüpfungspunkte bieten für Gespräche und Begegnungen zwischen Film- Verantwortung für Ihr Vermögen. schaffenden, Mitarbeitenden sowie Besucherinnen und Besuchern des Festivals. Die erfolgreiche Verfilmung von «Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise» zeigt jüdisches Leben mitten im Zürcher Kreis 3. Die Filmauswahl am jüdischen Filmfestival ermög- licht nun Einblicke in die jüdische Kultur, Geschichte, Religion und Gesellschaft auf der ganzen Welt. Damit leistet das Yesh! einen wichtigen Beitrag, um das Verständnis über Religions-, Kultur- und Nationsgrenzen hinweg zu fördern. Der Dialog ist ein wichtiger Pfeiler eines friedlichen und respektvollen Miteinanders, wie es in Zürich von unseren über 400 000 Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern aus 170 Ländern täg- lich gelebt wird. Ich danke den Organisatorinnen und Organisatoren des Yesh! für ihr wertvolles Engagement. Ihnen, liebe Kinogäste, wünsche ich viel Vergnügen und spannende Einblicke in das jüdische Filmschaffen. Corine Mauch Stadtpräsidentin Dreyfus Söhne & Cie AG, Banquiers Basel | Aeschenvorstadt 16 | 4002 Basel | Telefon +41 61 286 66 66 [email protected] | www.dreyfusbank.ch Delémont | Lausanne | Lugano | Zürich | Tel Aviv FILME OPEnInig: THE OTHER StoRY 6 AND THEN SHE ARRIVED 8 AUCH LEBEN IST EINE KUNST 8 BUDAPEST NoiR 12 DiE UNSICHTBAREN 12 DisoBEDIENCE 14 ECHO 14 EL ultiMO TRAJE 16 FANNYS REISE 16 FIG TREE 18 FOREIGN LAND 18 HatZLILA 20 HUMOR ME 20 JONatHAN AGASSI SAVED MY LIFE 22 KING BiBI 22 LACES 34 M 34 MONtaNA 36 MURER 36 SHEltER 38 SHootiNG LIFE 38 SIMON ET THEODORE 40 TEL AVIV ON FIRE 40 TESNota 42 THE BODY CollECtoR 42 THE DRIVER 44 THE JEWISH UNDERGROUND 44 THE UNORTHODOX 46 THE WalDHEIM WaltZ 46 TO DUST 48 WoRKING WoMAN 48 SPIELPLAn 28 GastgesprächE 56 * OPENIng – DO 14|3 MasCottE 18.00 Apéro riche offeriert von Yesh! Der Apéro ist im Opening-Ticket inbegriffen. Die Zahl der Gäste ist beschränkt, darum sichern Sie sich doch schon heute Ihren Platz. Anmeldung zum Apéro bis 10. März 2019 unter [email protected] ---- The Other Story OPENING Drama, Israel 2018 DO 14|3* Schweizer Premiere 20.15 Regie: Avi Nesher ARTHousE Hebräisch mit deutschen Untertiteln LE PARis Mit Joy Rieger, Maayan Bloom, Maya Dagan, Sasson Gabai 112 Minuten Die junge Anat will einen Rockmusiker heiraten und mit ihm zukünftig orthodox leben, doch ihr Vater traut dem einst so hedonistischen Bräu- ---- tigam nicht. Ein weltliches Elternpaar ist zerstritten, weil die Mutter zu- FR 15|3* sammen mit ihrem kleinen Sohn einem feministischen Ritual frönt. 12.00 Verbunden sind diese Paare über Anats Grossvater, einen Psychiater. HOUDINI Im Geflecht aus Verdächtigungen beginnen Vorurteil und Intoleranz ---- zu regieren. Anat wird genötigt, beim zerstrittenen Paar die Wahrheit MI 20|3 zu finden. Avi nesher blickt mit humor und scharfem Auge auf die 20.50 Gesellschaft Israels und feierte dort mit seinem Film einen Publikums- HOUDINI erfolg. * Anschliessend Gespräch mit Avi Nesher Moderation (Englisch): Monika Schärer ARTHousE LE PARis 19.45 Türöffung 20.15 Begrüssung Richard Wolff, Stadtrat Stadt Zürich; Michael Steiner, Filmemacher; Michel Rappaport, Direktor Yesh! «The Other Story» 22.45 Gespräch mit Avi Nesher Moderation (Englisch): Monika Schärer 6 Ein Film von Jeshua Dreyfus Dimitri Stapfer Katja Kolm Sibylle Canonica Miriam Joya Strübel Dani Levy www.sohnmeinesvaters.ch Ab 14. März im Kino SMV - Ins Yesh 128x190.indd 1 15.01.2019 10:50:29 ---- And Then She Arrived FR 15|3 Komödie, Israel 2017 18.40 Schweizer Premiere HOUDINI Regie: Roee Florentin ---- Hebräisch mit englischen Untertiteln SO 17|3 Mit Michael Aloni, Chen Amsalem, Efrat Dor 11.10 100 Minuten HOUDINI Der dreissigjährige Dan Freilich hat eigentlich alles, was man sich wün- ---- schen kann: den perfekten Job als Anwalt in der Kanzlei seines Vaters, MI 20|3 die perfekte Freundin aus der Schulzeit und perfekte Kumpels, die mit 18.40 ihm musizieren und zu jedem Heimspiel seines Lieblingsteams gehen. HOUDINI Erst durch einen Zusammenprall mit einer kurdischen Kellnerin in Je- rusalem gerät sein vorhersehbares Leben aus den Fugen. Die roman- tische Komödie «And Then She Arrived» ist Roee Florentins zweiter Spielfilm nach «Mr. Predictable» (Yesh! 2017). Damit unterstreicht der junge Regisseur seine Vorliebe für amüsante Liebesgeschichten mit viel Situationskomik und leiser Sozialkritik. ---- Auch Leben ist eine Kunst FR 15|3 16.30 – Der Fall Max Emden HOUDINI Dokumentarfilm, Deutschland / Schweiz 2018 --- Schweizer Premiere MO 18|3 Regie: Eva Gerberding, André Schäfer 16.20 Deutsch HOUDINI Mit Max Emden, Juan Carlos Emden, Guido Magnaguagno --- 90 Minuten Mi 20|3 Max Emden, Enkel eines Rabbiners, protestantischer Christ, Jude nach 19.00 hitlers Rassengesetzen, Doktor der Philosophie. Er baute Warenhäuser HOUDINI (KaDeWe), finanzierte in hamburg einen Golfclub und einen Poloplatz, galt als grösster Immobilienbesitzer Deutschlands, sammelte Kunst, stieg 1933 aus seinem Unternehmerleben aus, siedelte sich auf der Isola di Brissago an und genoss ein frivoles Leben mit schönen Frauen. Die Nazis beschlagnahmten seine Ländereien, Immobilien und Kunst- sammlung. Einige seiner Werke landeten bei Dieter Bührle, dessen Sammlung im Erweiterungsbau des Kunsthauses Zürich zu sehen sein wird. Raubkunst? Sein Enkel Juan Carlos forscht im Film nach. 10 ---- Budapest Noir FR 15|3 Drama, Ungarn 2017 18.20 Schweizer Premiere ARTHousE UTO Regie: Éva Gárdos ---- Ungarisch mit englischen Untertiteln SA 16|3 Mit Kata Dobó, Franciska Töröcsik, Zsolt Anger 18.40 95 Minuten HOUDINI Die ungarische Hauptstadt im Jahr 1936, kurz vor dem zweiten Welt-
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