Sunday, February 16, 1:00 pm
Wanted: Roni Kalderon
Director: Erez Laufer & Hilla Medalia, 100 min, English, Hebrew, and Portuguese with English subtitles, 2024
At 17, he was the greatest promise of Israeli football. The offer to play for Ajax football club was the beginning of a journey that started with football, but soon turned into drug trafficking, entanglement with international law, and a mythical disappearance.
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Sunday, February 16, 3:30 pm
Nina is an Athlete
Director: Ravit Marcus, 72 min, Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles, 2024
Wheelchair badminton champion, Nina Gorodetsky, finally has a chance to make it to the Paralympics. However, she is negotiating a ticking biological clock both as an athlete and as a woman. What would she be willing to sacrifice to realize her Olympic dream?
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Sunday, February 16, 7:00 pm
The Hungarian Dressmaker
Director: Iveta Grofova, 129 min, German, Hungarian, and Slovak with English subtitles, 2024
Marika, a Hungarian widow dressmaker shelters a Jewish boy in her home on the Slovak-Hungarian border during the turbulent years of WW2 and the Wartime Slovak State.
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Monday, February 17, 1:00 pm
Beyond October 7th
Director: Jasmine Kainy, 65 min, Hebrew with English subtitles, 2024
Three generations of the Gad family physically survived the devastating assault by Hamas on October 7th. This intimate documentation begins just two days after their rescue from the massacre, capturing the family's painful struggle with shock, trauma, and grief at both personal and communal levels.
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Monday, February 17, 3:30 pm
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
Director: Varda Bar-Kar, 114 min, English, 2024
In the mid-60s, Janis Ian, a teenage singer-songwriter from New Jersey scores a hit ("Society's Child," 1966) about an interracial relationship. The song launches her illustrious career but also ignites controversy, and she plunges into an emotional tailspin–only to emerge from the ashes with an even bigger hit ("At Seventeen," 1975) about body shaming. For the next six decades, Janis overcame homophobia, record industry misogyny, and a life-threatening illness to produce an indelible body of work that continues to draw large audiences around the globe.
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Monday, February 17, 7:00 pm
Of Dogs and Men
Director: Dani Rosenberg, 82 min, Hebrew with English subtitles, 2024
16-year-old Dar returns to her kibbutz seeking her lost dog amid a terror spree, navigating horrors while encountering the unfolding disaster beyond the fence, caught between those seeking revenge and those keeping faith in humanity.
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Tuesday, February 18, 1:00 pm
06:30
Director: Alon Daniel, 65 min, Hebrew with English subtitles, 2024
A documentary capturing the harrowing events of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, “06:30” features firsthand accounts from survivors at seven different attack sites, each story vividly brought to life through the creative use of miniature models and animations.
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Tuesday, February 18, 3:30 pm
Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
Director: Oren Rudavsky, 87 min, English and German with English subtitles, Oren Rudavsky
With unique access to Elie Wiesel’s family and his personal archives, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire explores the known and unknown Elie Wiesel through his private and public life: his passions, his conflicts, and his legacy.
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Tuesday, February 18, 7:00 pm
Rachel’s Game
Director: Thierry Kifa, 118 min, French with English subtitles, 2023
Flamboyant and fiery Rachel leads her clan as the dominant matriarch. She has raised her sons, Sam and Jérémie, and her grandson Nathan in the world of scamming. Whether it’s luck or destiny, during a heist they unknowingly steal a Tamara de Lempicka painting without realising its true value, which consequently leads to the breakdown of the family. Rachel will do whatever it takes to bring reconciliation to her clan. Meanwhile, Céleste, a clever and charming detective hired by the painting’s insurance company is on a mission to track them down across France.
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Wednesday, February 19, 1:00 pm
Remember My Soul
Director: Jillian Glantz, 88 min, English and Spanish with English subtitles, 2019
Remember My Soul unearths the history of Sephardic Jews in South Texas and explores how their contributions to regional customs and culture have shaped the identity of people in the borderlands.
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Wednesday, February 19, 3:30 pm
The Two Mariettes
Director: Poli Martinez Kaplun, 80 min, Spanish with English subtitles, 2023
For more than seven decades, Mariette Diamant—who escaped with her parents from Nazi-occupied France during WWII—would hide the Jewish origins of her family for fear of retaliation. But at 90, Mariette decides to shed light on that past that haunts her and reveal her true identity.
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Wednesday, February 19, 7:00 pm
Auction
Director: Pascal Bonitzer, 91 min, French with English subtitles, 2024
André Masson, specialist in modern art, receives a letter according to which a painting by Egon Schiele had been discovered in Mulhouse. He finds that the work has been missing since 1939. This discovery puts his career in danger.
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Thursday, February 20, 1:00 pm
Legend of Destruction
Director: Gidi Dar, 93 min, English, 2021
The story of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which ended with the destruction of the Temple in the year 70.
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Thursday, February 20, 3:30 pm
Marathon Mom
Director: Rebecca Shore & Oren Rosenfeld, Hebrew with English subtitles, 2024
A young ultra-Orthodox Jewish mother of five who is racing to fulfill her dream to be an Olympian. Athletic as a child, Beatie left sports behind when she moved to Israel and married her soulmate. In 2015, completely out of shape after her fourth baby in six years, she made a promise to herself that she would train and complete a marathon. Now, five years later, she has her sights set on Tokyo 2021 and beyond.
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Thursday, February 20, 7:00 pm
31 Candles
Director: Jonah Feingold, English, 2024
Leo Kadner, a 30-year-old New Yorker, has a Bar Mitzvah after reconnecting with his childhood crush Eva Shapiro. To complete his Mitzvah project, Leo must deal with situationships, exes, and family while on a deadline.
Friday, February 21, 1:00 pm
Welcome to Yiddishland
Director: Ros Horin, 95 min, English and Yiddish with English subtitles, 2024
A feature-length documentary about the progressive artists spearheading a global cultural renaissance of the endangered Yiddish language; by creating new art in an ancient language that speaks to our times.
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Friday, February 21, 3:30 pm
Come Closer
Director: Tom Nesher, 107 min, English and Hebrew with English subtitles, 2024
When Eden's brother tragically dies, her grief spirals into obsession after discovering his secret girlfriend. A haunting exploration of love, loss and fixation with stunning visuals.
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Saturday, February 22, 7:00 pm
Matchmaking 2
Director: Erez Tadmor, 110 min, Hebrew with English subtitles, 2024
This light, fun romantic comedy about the Orthodox matchmaking process is the stand alone sequel to Matchmaking – the biggest box office hit in Israeli history.
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