israeli film festival final_Layout 1 8/27/14 3:01 PM Page 1 .............................................................................................................. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday KOL HAKAVOD STARS! .............................................................................................................. All the honors—to our big family of community supporters who, like you, keep the Festival growing! APPEARING IN PERSON The latest comedy, drama and Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Avi Nesher, Duki Dror, Nancy Spielberg animation from a country internationally AMC Northbrook Court Music Box AMC Northbrook Court and Guy Nattiv Opening Night! Avi Nesher in person! Halloween 7:30 pm recognized for creativity. A Place in Heaven SEEN ON-SCREEN Cocktail reception 7:00 pm (No film Hosted by NSS Beth El Robin Wright, Patrick Stewart, Jon Hamm, at 6:00 pm, followed by Turn Left at the screamings) Amaze yourself at the annual Avi Nesher in person and End of the World 9:45 pm Yuval Scharf, Dana Ivgy, Alon Aboutboul, the Chicago premiere of Hunting Elephants 9:30 Sasson Gabai, Yehoram Gaon ... The Wonders The Secrets Evening hosted by Anshe Emet Synagogue TICKETS! .............................................................................................................. Your Opening Night reservations for October 29—The Wonders with director Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5 Nov 6 Nov 7 Nov 8 Avi Nesher in person—can be made at AMC Northbrook Court AMC Northbrook Court AMC Northbrook Court AMC Northbrook Court Music Box AMC Northbrook Court AMC Northbrook Court http://bit.ly/1rAiPKA. 11:00 am 4:00 pm Films By and Teen Night 7:00 pm 11:30 am 7:30 pm The Congress Broken Branches and About Women Bananot Bananot Magic Men 1:30 pm Shadow in Baghdad All other screenings at the AMC Northbrook Made possible by the 9:30 pm 1:30 pm Guy Nattiv in person Shadow in Baghdad 4:00 pm generosity of Zero Motivation The Congress Court [November 1-9] go on sale September Duki Dror in person Susan and Marc Sacks Hosted by Congregation Duki Dror in person The Women Pioneers Evening hosted by Club 1948 Beth Shalom 27—at the AMC Northbrook Court box office 6:30 pm Hosted by Israeli House 4:00 pm and JCC 20’s & 30’s Magic Men 6:30 pm 9:45 pm and fandango.com. 3:30 pm Above and Beyond Broken Branches/ Above & Beyond Hosted by Am Shalom Mika’s Homecoming Zero Motivation Post-screening Q&A by Nancy Spielberg in person Hosted by 6:30 pm American Technion Society NU Prof. Phyllis Lassner Tickets for Music Box Theatre screenings 8:45 pm Beneath the Helmet 5:30 pm 8:15 pm The Congress [October 30 and November 6] are on sale A Place in Heaven Operation Sunflower David Coleman in person Hosted by Sager Solomon Hosted by JNF Evening hosted by 8:30 pm now at http://cfic14musicbox.eventbrite.com. Schechter Day School Hadassah, ORT, The Dove Flyer 8:00 pm Na’Amat, Women's Hosted by Temple Beth-El Operation Sunflower Division of Israel Group tickets [20 or more] for all screenings Hosted by North Shore Bonds and SHALVA except Opening Night can be ordered Congregation Israel immediately by calling 847.687.2126. ................................................................................. ................. Advance ticket purchase is recommended. Nov 9 All films with English subtitles. Many screenings do sell out. AMC Northbrook Court For more information about the Closing Night! Festival—films, trailers, special guests, AWARDS! 11:00 am 5:30 pm Master Class The Wonders tickets, donations, sponsorships— Be sure to vote for your Bevie Award favorites Hosted by Pintel Financial Hosted by Temple Chai for Best Feature and Best Documentary. October 29 Opening Night 1:00 pm 8:00 pm go to israelifilmchi.org Winners will be announced on Closing Night, AMC Northbrook Court Beneath the Helmet Magic Men David Coleman in person Guy Nattiv in person November 9. October 30 & November 6 Hosted by FIDF Hosted by BJBE & IL Holocaust Music Box Theatre Chicago 3:00 pm Museum and Education Center More at israelifilmchi.org! The Dove Flyer November 1–5, 7–9 Hosted by AJC AMC Northbrook Court Complete as of August 27, 2014. ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID LEE CSICSKO israeli film festival final_Layout 1 8/27/14 3:01 PM Page 2 ....................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................... READ ALL ABOUT OUR INTERNATIONALLY DOCUMENTARIES AWARD-WINNING FEATURES AND DOCUMENTARIES— CLOSING NIGHT FILM! CHICAGO PREMIERE! The Congress !"#$"%&' (#) OPENING NIGHT FILM! CHICAGO PREMIERE! .............................................. CHICAGO PREMIERE! IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER! Magic Men !"#$%& %' ()# Sunday, Nov. 2 | 11:00 am The Wonders Master Class !"#$ %%&' 14 in 2014 are Chicago or North Shore premieres. 16 have been made !"#$% CHICAGO PREMIERE! AMC Northbrook Court Wednesday, Oct. 29 | 6:00 pm in Israel in the past year. Which ones speak to you? Look and see, then Monday, Nov. 3 | 6:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 4 | 8:45 pm AMC Northbrook Court. Sunday, Nov. 9 | 11:00 am invite your friends to a not-to-be-missed night out at the movies! AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Am Shalom. Above and Beyond: The Birth of the AMC Northbrook Court, part of our 4th annual evening of Films By & About Sunday, Nov. 9 | 5:30 pm AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Pintel Financial. ........................................... Saturday, Nov. 8 | 7:30 pm Women. Hosted by Hadassah, ORT, Na'Amat, SHALVA and the Women's Division of AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Temple Chai. Israeli Air Force COMEDIC & DRAMATIC FEATURES AMC Northbrook Court. Israel Bonds. Friday, Nov. 7 | 11:30 am Special appearance by Avi Nesher on Oct. 29! 60 minutes. 2013. Director: Billy Ben-Moshe. ........................................... Hosted by Congregation Beth Shalom. Sunday, Nov. 2 | 3:30 pm Produced by Doron Eran (Melting Away). AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by American Technion Society. CHICAGO PREMIERE! Sunday, Nov. 9 | 8:00 .m 123 minutes. 2013. Director: Ari Folman (Waltz with In Hebrew with English subtitles. AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by BJBE and the Illinois 112 minutes. 2014. Director: Avi Nesher (Turn Left at the Tuesday, Nov. 4 | 6:30 pm Genre: Documentary. Bashir). With Robin Wright (House of Cards), End of the World, The Secrets, The Matchmaker). AMC Northbrook Court AMC Northbrook Court. A Place In Heaven !"# !$% &'() Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Special appearance by Chimes' Debby Oshri and Harvey Keitel (The Piano), Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Written by Avi Nesher and by Hadag Nahash's Shaanan Special appearances by Guy Nattiv Nov. 8 and 9! Executive Director Jorge Zimmermann. Saturday, Nov 1 | 7:30 pm Paul Giamatti (Sideways). In English. Street. With Ori Chizkiya, Adir Miller, Efrat Gosh, Yehuda Special appearance by producer AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by NSS Beth El. Genres: Dystopian Sci-Fi, Live Action/Animation. Levi and Yuval Scharf. In Hebrew with English subtitles. Nancy Spielberg on Nov. 4! Sunday, Nov 2 | 5:30 pm 100 minutes. 2014. Directors: Guy Nattiv (Mabul) and Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival 89 minutes. 2014. Director: Roberta Grossman For two years, people in a drama workshop offered by Chimes Erez Tadmor (A Matter of Size). With Makram Khoury, Genres: Dramedy, Mystery, Live Action/Animation. (an Israeli organization that offers services to people with special needs AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Sager Solomon Schechter Day School. Official selection Palm Springs International Film Festival, SERET London Israeli (Hava Nagila). Zohar Shtrauss and Ariane Labed. In Hebrew and An aging actress (Robin Wright, playing a version of herself) decides to take Genres: Documentary, Oral History from birth through adulthood) and their instructor filmed in-class 117 minutes. 2014. Director: Yossi Madmoni Film Festival, Shalom Europa Strassbourg and Washington Jewish Film Festival. Greek with English subtitles. Genres: Dramedy, Holocaust. her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. In English and Hebrew with English subtitles. performances in which the actors spoke about the challenges and joys (Restoration). With Alon Aboutboul (The Dark Winner, Ophir Award for Best Actor. Nominated for Through a deal brokered by her longtime agent, her alias will be controlled of their everyday lives as well as their dreams. This exercise not Arnav (rabbit in Hebrew) is a graffiti artist and bartender who lives near the Old In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the 1948 War of Knight Rises) and Rotem Zussman (Hunting Ophir Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Music. by Miramount Studios, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. only became a form of therapy. It became a professionally produced City of Jerusalem. Wearing a mask, he paints walls at night and hopes that his Independence. As members of Machal, this ragtag band of brothers turned the tide Elephants, The World is Funny, God's Neighbors, Winner, Audience Award, Maui Film Festival. In return, she receives healthy compensation and her digitized character documentary with a red carpet premiere at the former girlfriend will come back to him. But after Arnav sees a stranger forced of the war, preventing the possible annihilation of Israel at the very moment of its The Fifth Heaven). In Hebrew with English subtitles. will stay forever young. Will she ultimately go back to living in the world of Tel Aviv Cinematheque. into an abandoned