2011 GREATER PHOENIX JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

February 12th - February 27th, 2011

	Scottsdale Harkins Camelview 5	Chandler Harkins Crossroads 12	Peoria Harkins Arrowhead 18
	Our lineup for 2011 is as varied as it is deep, with 11 Feature Films chosen from entries all over the world. It's a sure bet to be be our biggest and best Festival yet, with these diverse and engaging features:

*** GPJFF 2011 OPENING GALA ***

Director: Dirk Regel
Germany | 88 minutes
Genre: Comedy Romance
Language: German with English subtitles :

Saturday Feb. 12th, 2011 - 7:30 PM | Congregation Beth Israel

Oh, What a Mess is a multi-generational family comedy that looks at stereotypes and offers a refreshing portrait of contemporary Jewish life in Berlin... more detail...

Writer/Director: Richard Trank

USA | 102 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Language: English

Screenings:

Sun. Feb. 13th, 2011 - 3 PM | Harkins Chandler Crossroads 12
Weds.. Feb. 16th, 2011 - 7 PM | Harkins Camelview 5

Against the Tide addresses the attitudes of President Roosevelt and his senior advisors, who used the pretext of winning the war against the Nazis to block any Jewish... more detail...

Director: Kaspar Heidelbach
Germany | 100 minutes
Genre: Drama
Language: German with English Subtitles

Screenings:
Tues. Feb. 15th, 2011- 7 PM | Harkins Camelview 5
Weds. Feb. 16th, 2011 - 3 PM | Harkins Chandler Crossroads 12

Berlin 36 is a fascinating story based on actual events on the eve of Hitler’s infamous Berlin Olympic Games. This film was inspired by the true story of Gretel Bergmann... more detail...

Director: Ben Sombogaart
Netherlands/Luxembourg | 130 minutes
Genre: Drama
Language: English

Screenings:
Thurs. Feb. 24th, 2011 - 7 PM | Harkins Chandler Crossroads 12

Bride Flight is a sweeping melodrama loosely based on the lives of three young women from different backgrounds who traveled on the KLM flight that won... more detail...

Director: Leonid Prudovsky
Israel | 90 minutes
Genre: Romantic Drama
Language: Hebrew/Russian with English Subtitles

Screenings:
Tues. Feb. 15th, 2011 - 3 PM | Harkins Camelview 5

The most powerful love often hides beneath the surface of the most ordinary people. When divorced cab driver Yigal drops his son off at school, he meets Lina... more detail...

Director/Producer: Peter Miller
USA | 91 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Language: English

Screenings:
Sun. Feb. 13th, 2011 - 3 PM | Harkins Camelview 5
Sun. Feb. 20th, 2011 - 3 PM | Harkins Chandler Crossroads 12  
Sun. Feb.20th 3PM | Harkins Arrowhead 18

Despite hostility from fans and even violence from opposing players, there have been standout Jewish players in every decade. Jews and Baseball brings to life... more detail...

Writer/Director:  Erik Greenberg Anjou
USA | 106 minutes 
Genre:  Documentary
Language: English

Screenings:
Mon. Feb 14th, 2011 - 7 PM | Harkins Camelview 5

The Klezmatics have been at the vanguard of the international revival in Jewish music for more than 20 years. This documentary about the Grammy award winning... more detail...

Director: Ludi Boeken
Germany | 95 minutes
Genre: Drama
Language: German with English Subtitles

Screenings:
Weds. Feb. 16th, 2011 - 3 PM | Harkins Camelview 5
Tues. Feb. 22nd, 2011 - 3PM | Harkins Arrowhead 18
Tues. Feb. 22nd, 2011 - 7 PM | Harkins Chandler Crossroads 12

Returning from Germany’s eastern front, after World War I, Menne Spiegel is decorated with the Iron Cross. Twenty-five years later, living as a respected horse merchant... more detail...

Director: Renen Schorr
Israel | 92 minutes
Genre: Drama
Language: Hebrew/Russian with English Subtitles

Screenings:
Sun. Feb. 13th, 2011 - 7 PM | Harkins Camelview 5
Sun. Feb. 20th, 2011 - 7 PM | Harkins Chandler Crossroads 12

They were both on their own – two rejected foreigners - Russian speaking immigrants without family or friends, serving in the IDF, with the desire to assimilate ...more detail...

Director: Shai Agosin 
Chile/Mexico | 100 minutes
Genre: Light Drama
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles

Screenings:
Thurs. Feb. 17th, 2011 - 7 PM | Harkins Camelview 5
Sun. Feb. 20th, 2011 - 7 PM | Harkins Arrowhead 18

In this lighthearted tale about family, memory and love, Emilia a young photographer, struggles to find meaning in her life. Though she lives a lonely life in Mexico... more detail...

GPJFF 2011 CLOSING FILM

Producer/Writer/Director: Scott Goldstein
USA | 98 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Language: English  

Screenings:
Sun. Feb. 27th, 2011 - 2 PM | Harkins Chandler Crossroads 12

This film presents a previously untold story of a genuine American hero, from his early days working for Bugsy Siegel, his secret life in the underground Haganah... more detail...