A CALL TO SPY is a revolutionary tale of courageous women prevailing in a battle where the stakes have never been higher.

In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Prime Minister Winston Churchill hastily orders his new spy agency – Special Operations Executive (SOE) – to recruit and train women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct espionage, sabotage, and build a resistance in occupied Europe. The film is based on research from numerous sources including OSS File and SOE Files. This band of fearless, female spies became Winston Churchill’s secret weapon against the Nazis, and A CALL TO SPY celebrates their untold stories.

Only available to view in Arizona.

USA • 2020

124 MINUTES

English

Documentary

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Commentary by Vicki Cabot. 19 minutes.

Vicki Cabot holds a PhD in philosophy, a masters in religious studies and a masters in mass communications from Arizona State University. An award winning writer and editor, her byline has appeared for more than 30 years in Jewish News of Greater Phoenix and a variety of other publications. She has used her communication skills and shared her interest in religion with students at Glendale Community College and more recently at ASU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Center. She also blogs on contemporary Jewish issues at the Times of Israel.

In ABULELE a young boy, grieving from the loss of his brother, discovers a mythical creature living in his building.

Since the sudden loss of his older brother in a car crash, 10-year-old Adam has been struggling at home and failing at school. Neglected by his grief-stricken parents, he is overcome with his own sorrow and guilt, while also confronting the daily torment of class bullies. Everything changes the day Adam meets Abulele, an oversized furry monster of legend that is feared by many but proves to be a friendly companion to children in need. Meantime, an elite special forces team closes in, tasked with capturing or killing ‘the beast’.

Drawing inspiration from Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, ABULELE is a universal and heart-warming tale of friendship and familial bonds.

* Family Friendly

Israel • 2015

90 MINUTES

Hebrew w/ English subtitles

Drama

Jonathan Geva

A young mother finds herself in new territory while trying to achieve a balance between asserting her parental authority and respecting her daughter’s point of view in ASIA. Awarded the 2020 Ophir Award for Best Film (Israel’s Oscar equivalent) and nominated for the 2021 Oscars, International Feature Film.

Asia's role as mother has always been an ongoing struggle for her. Becoming a mother at a very early age has shaped Asia's relationship with her teenage daughter, Vika. Asia and Vika barely interact with one another, as Asia concentrates on her job as a nurse and Vika values her privacy and her friends. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly, and Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs. Starring Shira Haas of “Unorthodox” and “Shtisel” fame. ASIA delicately explores the challenges of motherhood and the desires of the differently-abled.

Israel • 2020

95 MINUTES

Hebrew & Russian, w/ English Subtitles

Drama

Ruthy Pribar

Exotic cuisine and a side of politics are on the menu in BREAKING BREAD.

Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s Master Chef, is on a quest to make social change through food. And so, she founded the A-sham Arabic Food Festival, where pairs of Arab and Jewish chefs collaborate on exotic dishes like kishek (a Syrian yogurt soup) and qatayef (a dessert typically served during Ramadan).

The documentary appetizingly demonstrates the recipe for tolerance often can be found within the pages of cuisine diplomacy. A film about hope, synergy and mouth watering fare, BREAKING BREAD illustrates what happens when people focus on the person rather than religion, on the public rather than the politicians.

USA/Israel • 2020

85 MINUTES

English and Hebrew w/ English Subtitles

Documentary

Beth Elise Hawk

SHAMPOO SUMMIT

Arab and Jewish women find common ground in a hair salon in Haifa, Israel. NOTE: This short is preceded by a brief introduction by the Director.

Israel • 2016

Run Time: 15 Minutes

Language: Hebrew & Arabic w/ English Subtitles

Director: Iris Zaki

Interview with the director, Beth Elise Hawk.
55 minutes. Courtesy of the Other Israel Film Festival

BULLY. COWARD. VICTIM: THE STORY OF ROY COHN takes a detailed look at the controversial lawyer and fixer who is remembered as one of the most vilified lawyers of the 20th Century.

From McCarthyism’s chief architect in the 1950s to President Donald J. Trump’s mentor throughout the 1980s, Roy Cohn’s amoral career was a dark stain on American politics. Targeting homosexuals and sending Jewish communists Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair, the Jewish and closeted homosexual Cohn’s ruthless tactics reeked of self-loathing.

This vivid portrait is cast by Cohn’s friends, family, colleagues, employees, and lovers, some of whom were, at times, political targets of Cohn, and all of whom were profoundly affected by their interactions with him. Directed by Ivy Meeropol, the Rosenberg’s granddaughter, BULLY. COWARD. VICTIM: THE STORY OF ROY COHN offers insight into his profound influence on contemporary politics and captures the many facets of evil contained in this notorious man.

NOTE: LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE.

USA • 2019

98 MINUTES

English

Documentary

Ivy Meeropol

Discussion with the director, Ivy Meeropol, and her father, descendants of the Rosenbergs.
6 minutes.

In THE CROSSING, the Norwegian countryside provides the visually spectacular landscape for a film exploring courage and friendship.

Gerda is a 10-year-old girl with a very big imagination. It is World War II and just before Christmas her parents, who are part of the Norwegian resistance, are arrested. Gerda and her more cautious brother, Otto, are left alone, and she must transition her brave play-acting into reality. When the siblings discover two Jewish children, Sarah and Daniel, in their basement, they decide to finish what their parents started and bring their new friends to safety in Sweden. The four children set out across the Norwegian wilderness, facing danger and learning true courage.

THE CROSSING is an incredible story of friendship, bravery, and righteous acts suitable for the whole family to watch together.

* Recommended for ages 11 & older

Norway • 2020

96 MINUTES

Norwegian w/ English Subtitles

Drama

Johanne Helgeland

Interview with the director, Johanne Helgeland.
14 minutes. Courtesy of Film Pittsburgh

THE END OF LOVE is an up-close exploration around Skype communication and a frustrated love story.

Unfolding entirely through Skype conversations, the film follows Julie and Yuval, a married couple with a new baby, as they try to maintain a long-distance relationship between Paris and Tel Aviv while Yuval waits for a visa renewal. Light-hearted at first, the novelty wears off, exposing the limitations of technology in maintaining a meaningful relationship. Can their love withstand this new form of interaction? THE END OF LOVE is a reminder of the limits of technology in meaningful relationships.

France • 2019

90 MINUTES

Hebrew & French w/ English Subtitles

Drama

Keren Ben Rafael

POP 30

After her boyfriend ends their relationship, Mika moves back home and becomes addicted to her childhood Atari video game.

Israel • 2019

Run Time: 18 Minutes

Language: Hebrew w/ English Subtitles

Director:Shira Billig

Set against the enchanting backdrop of 1960's Brooklyn, EXTRA INNINGS tells the story of a young man caught between pursuing his dream and staying devoted to his Syrian Jewish family.

Based on director Albert Dabah’s own life, this coming-of-age tale recounts a touching personal journey that shares a timeless message about family. Family life is tough for David; an older brother suffers from schizophrenia, another sister is estranged for veering from her traditional upbringing, and baseball is the boy’s comfort in all of this. David struggles to balance his pursuit of happiness. EXTRA INNINGS is a powerfully sentimental glimpse at the true human impact of mental illness on a family, and the complex condition that guides us all: Hope.

USA • 2019

116 MINUTES

English

Drama

Albert Dabah

THE WELL OF BEING

A children's book for adults; an illustrated inquiry into the pursuit of happiness and what it means to be fully alive in our daily moments.

USA • 2020

Run Time: 10 MINUTES

Language: English 

Director: Jean-Pierre Weill

Interview by Peter Travers of the director, Albert Dabah.
20 minutes.

FLAWLESS centers on three 17-year-old Israeli girls as they navigate the murky waters of high school using razor-sharp wit to shield their vulnerabilities. Mysterious new student Eden enters a cliquish Jerusalem school, where she befriends two girls who harbor their own unrealized dreams. Envious of their picture-perfect, popular classmates, the trio makes a secret pact to raise the funds for cosmetic surgery and prom dresses. They embark on an impulsive adventure to the Ukraine that ultimately becomes a journey of self-discovery, shaping these self-conscious high schoolers into adults. An inspiring story of sisterhood that soothes the sting of adolescence, FLAWLESS is also an uplifting coming of age movie with universal life lessons for everyone.

Israel • 2019

97 MINUTES

English & Hebrew w/ English subtitles

Drama

Sharon Maymon & Tal Granit

THE BRA MITZVAH

Becca is about to have her Bat Mitzvah, but her Nana insists she does one thing first: get a “real bra”.

USA • 2020

Run Time: 9 Minutes

Language: English

Director: Stacy Jill Calvert

Discussion with three of the film’s actors.
46 minutes. Courtesy of Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

GLICKMAN is a biography of the Jewish sprinter known as the “Flatbush Flash” who went on to become a New York sports broadcasting institution.

Before Marv Albert and Bob Costas, there was Marty Glickman - a gifted Jewish-American athlete who was denied the chance to represent the U.S. at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He went on to become one of the most revered and influential sportscasters in history, pioneering many of the techniques, phrases and programming innovations that are commonplace in sports reporting today. Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese served as Executive Producer on this documentary. Featuring archival footage and interviews with such notables as Marv Albert, Bob Costas, Bill Bradley, Jim Brown, Frank Gifford, Larry King, Jerry Stiller, New York Giants co-owner John Mara and others, GLICKMAN tells the story of a man who overcame prejudice to forge a remarkable career and set the gold standard for sports broadcasters throughout history.

USA • 2013

83 MINUTES

English

Documentary

James Freedman

DISPATCHES FROM QUARANTINE

An irreverent and inspiring look at TV legend Larry King navigating the new abnormal in this unprecedented time.

USA • 2020

Run Time: 9 Minutes

Language: English

Director: Noam Dromi & Tiffany Woolft

An interview with the director, James Freedman.

In the classic film GOODBYE, COLUMBUS, a romance blossoms between a bookish guy from humble roots and a free-spirited girl from a wealthy family.

Neil, a young librarian in New Jersey, has eyes for Brenda, a beautiful Radcliffe student. Although they are both Jewish, Brenda's family is much wealthier and more conservative than Neil's. As their disparate ideas about sex and birth control come to the fore, their feelings for each other are put to the test.

One of the landmark comedies of the 1960s and perhaps the best screen rendition of the work of Philip Roth was this adaptation of the author’s National Book Award-winning novella of the same name. A valid social satire for the time, GOODBYE, COLUMBUS also launched the careers of its two stars, Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw.

USA • 1969

105 MINUTES

English

Comedy

Larry Peerce

SHABBOS GOY

An Orthodox Jew tries to find someone to turn off a special toy gone rogue.

USA • 2020

Run Time: 7 Minutes

Language: English

Director: Talia Osteen

Discussion with Professor Steven Zipperstein, currently working on a biographical study of Philip Roth, and Shaina Hammerman, both with The Taube Center for Studies at Stanford University. 30 minutes.

Steven J. Zipperstein, is the Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford University. He is the author and editor of nine books. His most recent book, Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History was named one of the best books of 2018 by The Economist. He is an editor of the Jewish Lives series published by Yale University Press, and is currently at work on a biographical study of Philip Roth.

Shaina Hammerman is the Associate Director of the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University. She is the author of Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews: The Story of an Image (Indiana University Press, 2018). She holds a PhD in Jewish History and Culture from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.

HERB ALPERT IS… an enthralling portrait of the legendary performer, artist, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

While younger fans may not know him by name, Alpert’s iconic feel-good trumpet playing took him to the top of the charts back in the 1960s. With his trumpet he turned the Tijuana Brass into gold, earning multiple gold and platinum records; he won nine Grammys Awards between 1966 and 2014, and he received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2012. Herb co-founded the indie label A&M Records which recorded artists as varied as Carole King, Cat Stevens, The Carpenters, Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones and The Police. A&M would go on to become one of the most successful independent labels in history.

The multi-talented Alpert has also shown his striking work as an abstract painter and sculptor worldwide. And, through the Herb Alpert Foundation, he has given significant philanthropic support to educational programs in the arts nationwide. Herb Alpert Is… profiles the artist, now 85, mostly from the perspective of colleagues like Questlove, Sting and Bill Moyers, and proves the man is a heavyweight in many arenas.

USA • 2020

113 MINUTES

English

Documentary

John Scheinfeld

Interview with the director, John Scheinfeld, and Herb Alpert.
33 minutes. Courtesy of the Grammy Museum

HERE WE ARE is a beautiful parent-child story of love, determination, kindness and, ultimately, letting go. Winner of four 2020 Ophir Awards (Israel's Oscar equivalent), it is a must see film.

Aharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. They live together in a gentle routine, away from the real world. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult it might be time for him to live in a specialized home. While on their way to the institution, Aharon decides to run away with his son and hits the road, knowing that Uri is not ready for this separation. Or is it, in fact, his father who is not ready?

Israel • 2020

92 MINUTES

Hebrew w/ English Subtitles

Drama

Nir Bergman

HOME MADE

Restaurant owner Helena builds a fragile fantasy family with a stranger and a neglected young boy.

Israel • 2017

Run Time: 13 Minutes

Language: Hebrew w/ English Subtitles

Director: Shira Meisha

HUNTING ELEPHANTS is a heartwarming caper uniting three senior citizens and a 12-year boy who concoct a scheme to save his mother’s house.

Jonathan watches helplessly as his father succumbs to a sudden heart attack at his workplace, a bank. In a cruel double blow, the bank manager refuses to pay the father’s pension. Widow Dorit leaves her son in the care of his cantankerous grandfather and a friend, both former Zionist freedom fighters now barely existing in a nursing home. Jonathan and the aging misfits hatch a plot to rob the bank that wronged his family. Joining the misadventure is Jonathan’s great uncle, a disgraced British lord and frustrated actor played by Sir Patrick Stewart (X-Men; Star Trek: The Next Generation).

HUNTING ELEPHANTS is a delightful concoction of jocular hijinks and tender moments sure to leave audiences smiling.

Israel • 2013

107 MINUTES

English & Hebrew w/ English subtitles

Comedy

Reshef Levi

GANEF

A little girl, spooked by a dark tale from her mother’s past, starts to believe her adored housekeeper is a thief.

United Kingdom • 2020

Run Time: 14 Minutes

Language: English

Director: Mark Rosenblatt

JOACHIM PRINZ: I SHALL NOT BE SILENT is a film about the power of a voice in the fight for social justice and equality.

As Hitler rose to power in1930's Germany, Joachim Prinz, a young rabbi and incredible orator, was outspoken despite the Nazis monitoring his every word and saved many lives by encouraging Jews to emigrate from Germany. Prinz arrived in the United States in 1937, the land where democracy had supposedly triumphed over bigotry and hatred. But in this country, he witnessed racism against African Americans and realized the American ideal was not a reality. Prinz became a leader of the civil rights movement.

JOACHIM PRINZ: I SHALL NOT BE SILENT traces the remarkable life of Prinz, his contributions to strengthening Jewish-Black relations in America, and the power of our collective voice in the universal struggle for peace and social justice.

USA • 2014

57 MINUTES

English

Documentary

Rachel Pasternak and Rachel Fisher

Exploration by Rabbi Dr Shmuly Yanklowitz.
20 minutes.

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is the President & Dean of the Valley Beit Midrash. 20 minutes

KISS ME KOSHER is a romantic misadventure crossing all borders. With a loving eye for her characters and casting societal and religious conventions aside, Israeli director and author Shirel Peleg brings people together in unexpected relationships. Israel’s beautiful scenery is the backdrop for this film as it plays in wonderfully unkosher ways with common clichés about love, religion, and the relationship between Germans and Israelis, casually and pointedly unmasking them.

Israel • 2020

101 MINUTES

Hebrew w/ English Subtitles

Comedy

Shirel Peleg

NOODLE is a charming and deeply moving film about a young Israeli woman and an abandoned Chinese boy whose lives converge in the most surprising manner.

Miri, a thirty-something flight attendant who has been twice widowed, lives with her volatile sister Gila, who is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. Returning home from work one day Miri thinks nothing of being asked to look after their Chinese maid’s young son. But when the maid fails to return Miri finds herself with a six-year-old Chinese boy silently waiting for his mother to come back. So begins a remarkable journey involving family, friends and an array of engaging characters, crossing continents and cultures in an attempt to reunite mother and child. NOODLE brings a sensitive insight into human lives and loves and the meaning of life.

Note: Re-screening an audience favorite.

Israel • 2007

95 MINUTES

Hebrew w/ English subtitles

Drama

Ayelet Menahemi

In ON BROADWAY, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater and how it came back from the brink, thanks to innovative work and a new attention to inclusion, and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce.

From composers to lyricists and producers to actors, Jews have played a pivotal role in the creation of many of Broadway’s biggest hits. Luminaries such as Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim are just a few noteworthy examples. In this toe-tapping documentary, other legends of the stage help tell the inside story of Broadway and how it came back to prominence. Legends of the stage and screen including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen take viewers behind the scenes of Broadway’s most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from “A Chorus Line” to “Hamilton.” Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way in ON BROADWAY.

USA • 2019

85 MINUTES

English

Documentary

Oren Jacoby

Broadway and COVID-19, a short sequel by the director of ON BROADWAY.
9 minutes · English · 2020 · USA · Director: Oren Jacoby

Via London, Versailles, and social media, OTTOLENGHI AND THE CAKES OF VERSAILLES follows famous chef Yotam Ottolenghi on his quest to bring the sumptuous art and decadence of Versailles to life in cake form.

The London-based Israeli chef and celebrated cookbook author assembles a team—a who's who of the dessert world - to help bring his vision to life while organizing a food gala inspired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit “Visitors to Versailles.” Exploring the relationship between modern-day social media and the open court of the French monarchy, the film studies the alarmingly cyclical intersection between food, culture, and history.

OTTOLENGHI AND THE CAKES OF VERSAILLES perfectly captures the heights of human achievement and the frailty of decadence, adding taste as one more sense with which to experience the Met.

Only available to view in Arizona.

USA • 2020

75 MINUTES

English

Documentary

Laura Gabbart

LOVE HATE & CAKE

A self-proclaimed “Yiddishe Mama” and bakery owner in Hungary fights racism one cake at a time.

USA • 2020

Run Time: 15 Minutes

Language: English

Director: Kevin Longa

An interview with three of the film's chefs. 55 minutes.
Courtesy of the Washington Jewish Film Festival

SHADOW COUNTRY is a unique account of life in a divided border town in years before, during, and just after World War II, which saw a small community of decent people sacrificed to political ideologies.

As the rise of Nazism threatens the small town of Schwarzwald bordering Austria, the Austrian and Czechoslovakian villagers must choose their allegiances, some that have dire consequences. While Karel Veber signs himself and the rest of his family as German, his wife Marie sticks to her Czech heritage and refuses to sign. Josef Pachl is arrested for his resistance activity, then returns to the village post-war with a vengeance to settle and issues with which to grapple. SHADOW COUNTRY asks still-pressing questions about the sacrifices and spiritual compromises people are prepared to make during wartime.

Czech Republic • 2020

135 MINUTES

Czech w/ English subtitles

Drama

Bohdan Sláma

A teacher to the daughters of high-ranking Nazis at a finishing school on the English coast goes on the run after a colleague is found dead in SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT.

In the summer of 1939, schoolteacher Thomas Miller (played by Eddie Izzard) takes a last-minute position teaching English at a finishing school on the south coast of England. Despite the political storm clouds forming across Europe, daughters of influential families in Nazi Germany learn deportment, English, Shakespeare and how to be faithful members of Hitler’s League of German Girls under the watchful eye of their headmistress Miss Rocholl (played by Academy Award-winning actress Dame Judi Dench. With a new world war imminent and a fog of resentment surrounding their presence, youth’s summer is running out for the girls...and for everyone. When the body of a former teacher is discovered, it triggers a sequence of deadly events where the girls and Miss Rocholl discover a world where loyalty is more important than truth. An astonishing real-life tale SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT will have you on the edge of your seat.

SNEAK PREVIEW
Only available to view in Arizona.

United Kingdom • 2020

99 MINUTES

English

Drama

Andy Goddard

Prepare to take off in a fun family adventure film that takes place thousands of feet above in SKY RAIDERS.

13-year-old Yotam is obsessed with flying, but his overprotective mother won't let him anywhere near planes, especially after he lost his father in a jet crash a few years earlier. Then one day, Yotam and his classmate Noa find a rare antique plane in the local junk yard. Teaming up with Morris, an 80-year-old grumpy loner who used to be a pilot, they try to bring the plane back to life in time for the annual air show.

SKY RAIDERS is an uplifting adventure feature film suitable for the entire family.

*Recommended for ages 10 and older

Only available to view in Arizona.

Israel • 2019

100 MINUTES

Hebrew w/ English subtitles

Drama

Lior Chefetz

GIVE IT BACK

A girl moves from the U.S. to Israel and struggles to figure out how to fit in at her new high school. 

USA • 2020

Run Time: 14 Minutes

Language: Hebrew w/ Subtitles

Director: Ruchama Ehrenhalt

In SUBLET, a journalist visits Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The city's energy and a new relationship bring him back to life.

Michael, a travel columnist for The New York Times goes on assignment to Tel Aviv. Still grieving from a recent loss that has caused problems between his husband and himself, he just wants to complete his work and get back home. But when Michael sublets an apartment from Tomer, a young film student, he finds himself drawn into the life of the Israeli city and forming an intense bond with Tomer, transforming both their lives in unexpected ways.

SUBLET is a story of a relationship between two men but also an examination of different sides of a person’s identity.

Israel • 2020

90 MINUTES

Hebrew & English w/ English subtitles

Drama

Eytan Fox

THE POSTMAN IN UNDERWEAR

The difference between kids' love and grownups’ love from two kids' point of view.

Israel • 2016

Run Time: 9 Minutes

Language: English

Director: Ben Ziv & Daniel Binsted

THEY AIN’T READY FOR ME explores the complex identity and motivations of an extraordinary person who is Jewish and Black, and how these intersecting identities offer her a road map for addressing one of America’s most urgent crises.

Every day, Tamar Manasseh, a vivacious, self-assured and magnetic mother of two, sits on the corner of 75th and South Stewart Avenue in the Englewood section of Chicago. This is the ghetto, where poverty, unemployment, addiction and violence relentlessly plague the neighborhood and its residents. For years, this has been considered one of the “worst” neighborhoods in the city and people get shot on the streets with regularity. Politicians rail against the violence yet fail to offer real solutions. But Tamar Manasseh is more than just a concerned mother –she’s a 41year-old black rabbinical student. Her unique background and upbringing give her a perspective that few people can claim. Both authentically Jewish and authentically Black, she brings an understanding of both of these communities, even as she struggles for acceptance in each one. THEY AIN’T READY FOR ME shows Tamar’s struggle for acceptance as well as the ways Tamar’s Judaism influences her activism.

USA • 2020

89 MINUTES

English

Documentary

Brad Rothschild

Simone, a successful Jewish surgeon with an elegant Italian flat and no ties, wants for nothing.  When he witnesses a terrible car accident, he rushes to the site of a hit-and-run accident to assist, but leaves the victim to die when he discovers a swastika tattooed on his chest. Immediately, Simone is tormented by guilt and unable to shake his moral ambiguity. Set in a northeastern region of Italy with deep Jewish roots and a diverse, multi-ethnic population, THOU SHALT NOT HATE is not merely a story about racial hatred and xenophobia, it is an exploration of the human soul in all its contradictions.

Italy/Poland • 2020

96 MINUTES

Italian w/ English Subtitles

Drama

Mauro Mancini

KADDISH

A young Polish Jewish man attempts to finish his mother’s death anniversary rituals at her grave during the Holocaust.

USA • 2019

Run Time: 14 Minutes

Language: Yiddish & German w/ English Subtitles

Director: Razid Season

Interview with the director, Mauro Mancini.
24 minutes. English & Italian w/ English subtitles. Courtesy of the Denver Film Festival.

One of the brightest stars in Hollywood’s Golden Age, THE UNTAMEABLE KIRK DOUGLAS traces the life and career of the legendary Jewish-American actor.

With his rugged good looks, distinctive voice, muscular intensity and that cleft chin, Kirk Douglas’ commanding presence in films like “Lust for Life,” “Spartacus” and “Paths of Glory” ensured success. But his back story was the stuff movies are made of. Douglas was the son of illiterate Russian Jewish immigrants and one of seven children. He grew up poor and worked odd jobs to pay for his college education and to support himself while studying acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. At that time, he had no idea what his future had in store. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II — and a brief career on the Broadway stage — Douglas made his first Hollywood film and never looked back. It is difficult to encapsulate the life and career of the legendary Kirk Douglas.

From his humble, impoverished beginnings to his crusade against McCarthy’s blacklist to his close-knit circle of family and friends, THE UNTAMEABLE KIRK DOUGLAS is not only the story of the thespian’s career, it is the story of America in the 20th century itself.

USA • 2018

52 MINUTES

English

Documentary

Hubert Attal

THE MAN WHO SHOT HOLLYWOOD

The life of photographer Yasha Pashkovsky, a Jewish-Russian immigrant who became photographer to the biggest stars in Hollywood’s Golden Era.

USA • 2016

Run Time: 13 Minutes

Language: English

Director: Barry Avrich

In the gentle, beautifully rendered historical family drama WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT, a German-Jewish girl takes her first steps into adulthood, as world events intrude on her happy, carefree existence.

Nine-year-old Anna is too busy with schoolwork and friends to notice Hitler’s face glaring from posters plastered all over 1933 Berlin. But when her father suddenly vanishes and the family is secretly hurried out of Germany, Anna begins to understand life will never be the same. Anna overcomes many challenges as a refugee, grows up, finds new friends, and learns to embrace responsibility.

WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Caroline Link, is an adaptation of Judith Kerr’s semiautobiographical bestselling children’s novel.

Germany/Switzerland • 2019

119 MINUTES

German w/ English subtitles

Drama

Caroline Link

In THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU, a family gathers to honor the memory of their journalist son, Leo Frankel, who was killed in Iraq. They are confronted with old hurts, as well as dark secrets, that threaten to tear the fragile threads holding the family together. Will this dysfunctional-family reunion bring them closer together, or drive them further apart?

Based on Joshua Henkin’s best-selling novel, THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU uncovers how death can devastate a family’s fragile relationship.

USA • 2020

95 MINUTES

English

Drama

Damon Shalit

YOU ONLY DIE TWICE uncovers a personal mystery that reveals a profound truth about family, brotherhood and forgiveness.

In 2010, director Yair Lev’s mother learned that she had inherited a posh cottage in North London. To take possession, all she had to do was prove that she was the daughter of Ernst Bechinsky, the former president of a Jewish community in Austria. What seemed simple instantly became mysterious with the shocking discovery of a second man named Ernst Bechinsky, with the same birthday and birthplace as her father. Lev, grandson of the real Bechinsky, turned detective and set out to investigate this mystery.

YOU ONLY DIE TWICE is an astonishing and suspenseful exploration of survival and collaboration from a long time ago that holds beautiful messages for today.

Only available to view in the United States.

Israel • 2018

88 MINUTES

Hebrew, English, German and Serbo-Croatian w/ English subtitles

Documentary

Yair Lev

TO BE A COOPERMAN

Everything falls apart when Aaron Cooperman, the straightest cop in the police force, is forced to turn a blind eye to the law.

Israel • 2019

Run Time: 17 Minutes

Language: English

Director: Benny Snyder