Presented by the Washington dC JeWish Community Center’s morris Cafritz Center for the arts · Co-Sponsored by the embassy of israel and Washington JeWish Week sunday monday tuesday Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater AFI Silver Theatre Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Love and Religion: The Challenge Will Eisner: Portrait Human Failure In Search of the Bene Israel of Interfaith Relationships of a Sequential Artist E 6:00 pm and Rafting to Bombay E 10:30 am brunch, 11:30 am film E 12:15 pm Srugim E 6:15 pm The Worst Company in the World Broken Promise E 8:30 pm Shorts Program 1 with Quentin and Ferdinand E 5:45 pm Take Five: Queer Shorts, E 1:45 pm Ajami AFI Silver Theatre Good Stories 2009 WJFF Visionary Award E 8:15 pm The Girl on the Train E 8:30 pm Honoring Michael Verhoeven E 7:00 pm Screening of Nasty Girl Embassy of Ethiopia Mary and Max Goethe-Institut Washington E 3:30 pm The Name My Mother Gave Me E 9:00 pm From Swastika to Jim Crow E Noon Filmed by Yitzhak and Black Over White E Goethe-Institut Washington and The Green Dumpster Mystery 2:00 pm In Conversation Embassy of Switzerland E 6:15 pm with Michael Verhoeven Brothers Lost Islands E Noon E 7:00 pm E 8:30 pm Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre Lost Islands 6 7 E 7:30 pm 8 sunday Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Avalon Theatre The Earth Cries Out The Jester E 11:30 am E 11:30 am FREE Room and a Half 18 KM E 1:45 pm with The Red Toy The Wedding Song E 2:00 pm E 5:00 pm Heart of Stone E 4:00 pm The Gift to Stalin CLOSING NIGHT FILM AND PARTY E 7:30 pm 13 thursday friday saturday Embassy of France Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater A Matter of Size A Matter of Size My Mother’s Courage OPENING NIGHT FILM AND Party E 1:00 pm with The Legend of Mrs. Goldman E 7:30 pm­­­ and the Almighty God E 6:00 pm Ajami E 8:15 pm Surrogate with Lost Paradise E 10:30 pm AFI Silver Theatre Camera Obscura E 7:00 pm Cycles E 9:30 pm 3 4 5 wednesday thursday friday saturday Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Divided We Fall The Tale of Nicolai The Imported Bridegroom The Wedding Song E 1:00 pm and the Law of Return E 1:00 pm E 6:15 pm Brain Storm with Home FREE FRIDAY Anita with Capture the Moment E 6:00 pm E 8:30 pm Goethe-Institut Washington E 6:15 pm Jump Shorts Program 2 Black Over White For Making Me a Woman E 7:30 pm It Only Takes a Moment: E Noon E 8:00 pm Turning Points in Short Goethe-Institut Washington E 10:30 pm Goethe-Institut Washington Strange Fruit Rafting to Bombay E Noon AFI Silver Theatre E Noon Stumbling Stone Jump with Through the Eye of the Needle E 7:30 pm AFI Silver Theatre E 7:00 pm Marcel Reich-Ranicki— The Author of Himself Avalon Theatre E 6:30 pm Brothers E 6:00 pm Embassy of France Hello Goodbye Father’s Footsteps E 8:30 pm with 10 Weitzman Street E 7:30 pm 9 10 11 12 General INFORMATION ticket INFORMATION E For the latest information on films and TickeT Prices AdvAnce TickeTs events, call the Festival Hotline at Opening Night Film by Phone or FAx (202) 777-3231 or visit us at WJFF.ORG and Party ..............................................$25 Please call (800) 494-8497 Closing Night Film or fax (800) 329-8497 E General seating begins 15 minutes prior and Party ..............................................$25 to screening time. Open Evening and Monday through Friday 10:00 am–6:00 pm E All theaters are wheelchair accessible. Weekend Screenings ........................... $10 Saturday and Sunday 11:00 am–4:00 pm Matinee screenings at the Closed E A limited number of free tickets 16th Street J and are allocated for each screening for Daytime Doc screenings November 26 and 27 (Thanksgiving) those who cannot afford the cost of at the Goethe-Institut ............................$6 admission. Arrangements must be Student and Senior Discount ........... $1 off Same Day TickeTs Same day tickets (starting after 11:00 pm the made at least one day before the show (For all evening and weekend screenings except Opening and Closing Nights) day prior to screening) can be purchased one by calling (202) 777-3231 or emailing hour before the show at the box office of the Free screenings of Divided We Fall and The [email protected]. theater where the film is being screened. Earth Cries Out do not require reservations or tickets. securiTy noTice box Office inFormation Group Ticket Sales Please arrive early to allow enough time Washington DCJCC Aaron & cecile for security checks at all venues. All Special rates are available for most screenings Goldman Theater except Opening and Closing Nights. Please call backpacks, bags, briefcases and purses Monday through Friday, the box office opens (202) 777-3231 at least three days in advance E are subject to inspection. one hour prior to the first daytime screening of screening date for prices and availability. and re-opens one hour prior to the first evening screening. E FILMS AND GUESTS ARE E All TickeT Sales Are FinAl. E Saturday and Sunday, the box office opens SUBJECT TO CHANGE E no reFunds. no excePTions. one hour prior to the first screening of the E PARENTAL DISCRETION E no passes AccePTed. day and remains open. ADVISED FOR MOST FILMS For further information, call the Festival office at online AdvAnce TickeTs (202) 777-3231. E PLEASE BRING A PHOTO ID Secure online advance tickets at WJFF.ORG WITH YOU TO ALL SCREENINGS No advance ticket sales at the Washington anytime except online tickets cannot be ordered DCJCC—same day sales only. Box Office and after 11:00 pm on the day prior to the screening. Will Call tables are located in the Elizabeth FILM GUIDE KEY Priority ticket purchasing: NOVEMBER 17 and 18 M. and david Bruce Smith 16th Street lobby. Daytime Docs Washington DCJCC members and WJFF funders The entrance to the Aaron & Cecile Goldman lunchtime screenings Theater is on the 2nd floor. General public ticket purchasing: NOVEMBER 19 For the following venues, the Box Office Director’s Pick There is a $1.00 per ticket service charge and a opens 45 minutes prior to screening—same Favorite film choices $1.50 per order handling fee for advance tickets. day sales only: of past WJFF directors Advance tickets are not available at theater box offices. Avalon Theatre Suitable for ages 11 and Up E Tickets ordered 10 days or more prior to the AFi silver Theatre screening date are mailed to the purchaser. Goethe-institut Washington WJFF Visionary Award E Tickets ordered less than 10 days prior to harold And sylvia Greenberg Theatre winner film the screening date and by 11:00 pm the day before must be either printed out online embassy of France using BOT Ticket at the time of purchase embassy of switzerland or picked up at the Will Call table at the embassy of ethiopia screening. 2 For Tickets Visit wjff.org or call (800) 494-8497 THEATER LOCATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION Aaron & cecile AFi silver Theatre embassy of France Goldman Theater 8633 Colesville Road 4101 Reservoir Road NW Washington district of Columbia Silver Spring, Md Washington, dC Jewish Community Center afi.com/silver la-maison-francaise.org 1529 16th Street NW at Q Street Metro/Metrobus Metro/Metrobus washingtondcjcc.org Red line to Silver Spring Metro. Exit onto The d6 and d3 (mornings only) buses provide Metro/Metrobus Colesville Road and walk north two blocks. The transportation to the front gate of the Embassy. Silver Spring metro station is served by bus Red line to dupont Circle. Exit north to Q Street. Public Parking The S series (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) runs north and routes 70, 71, J5, F4, F6, JH1, J2, J3, J4, Q2, S2, limited public parking (mostly metered spaces) south along 16th Street. Bus #G2 originates in S4, Y8 and Z5. on the streets in front of and around the Georgetown and travels across P Street (1 block Public Parking Embassy. Individuals who are on the event guest south of Q Street). Surrounding streets have metered and list or who have purchased tickets in advance Walking unrestricted parking. Closest public garages have access to limited parking in the Embassy’s Exit the Metro at Q Street and cross Connecticut are located on Wayne Avenue and on Ellsworth parking garage. Avenue. Walk five blocks east until 16th and Q. drive. embassy of switzerland Public Parking Goethe-institut Washington 2900 Cathedral Avenue NW If you are planning to drive, remember to leave 814 Seventh Street NW at I Street Washington, dC plenty of time for parking. There is limited on- Washington, dC swissemb.org street parking available. goethe.de/washington Metro/Metrobus Colonial Public Parking Garage Metro/Metrobus Red line to Woodley Park/Zoo Metro. Walk 1616 P Street NW Red, Yellow or Green lines to Gallery Place- 3 blocks north on Connecticut Avenue to $5 per car, only $4 when you have your ticket Chinatown. Exit at 7th and H Streets and walk Cathedral Avenue. Go left on Cathedral Avenue, validated at the 16th Street J’s front desk.