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Opening Night:
Who Do You Love?
A rockin' Blues concert, a special reception, the "Who Do
You Love" movie, a tribute to our founders, Fagie Rosen and
Burt Epstein, and long-time supporters, Gloria and Ken Levy,
in honor of the Film Festival's 20th year, and a surprise guest
are part of what's in store for you at the 2011 special opening
night event. Held for the second year in a row at the Visual
and Performing Arts Center, DeAnza College, Cupertino, the evening will be a smilin' affair with lots of great music. Special tickets are required.
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100 Voices: A Journey Home
The Cantors Assembly of America journeys to the magnificent home of the Warsaw Philharmonic to present a concert of Jewish religious music.
SPECIAL EVENT: After the film, the audience will be treated to a special cantorial concert by Cantor Devorah Felder-Levy of Congregation Shir Hadash, Cantor Meeka Simerly of Temple Emanu-El, and Rabbi Philip Ohriner of Congregation Beth David.
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Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams
Internationally-acclaimed Israeli author Amos Oz provides insights into his thinking about a host of subjects.
SPECIAL EVENT: After the film, hear from Arie Dubnov, Ph.D., Stanford professor and scholar of Israeli intellectual history.
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Teen Screen 2011 Event
Article of Hope
The uplifting and emotional story of Israeli Air Force Colonel Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut, and the journey of a tiny Torah into space.
A discussion of the film, moderated by Rabbi Dana Magat of Temple Emanu-El, will follow the film.
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Berlin '36
Facing threats of an American boycott if Jews were barred from participating in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the Nazi government enticed Gretel Bergmann, a champion Jewish high jumper, into training on the German team. This nail-biting and powerful docudrama explores the political and personal challenges that Gretel faced in this difficult situation.
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Bride Flight
In the early 1950s several people from Holland emigrate to New Zealand, including a Jewish woman who is trying to escape memories of World War II.
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The Concert
A former conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra cobbles together an orchestra of Russian Jewish musicians to play in a special concert in Paris.
SPECIAL EVENT: After the Saturday, November 5 screening: Boris Vladimirsky, Ph.D., will join us for a discussion on the experience of Jewish musicians living in the USSR.
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A Film Unfinished
Found by accident, reels of unedited Nazi film footage catalogue the unspeakable realities of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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The Human Resources Manager
The HR manager of an Israeli company escorts the body of a Romanian foreign worker who was killed in a suicide bombing.
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Intimate Grammar
This film is based on a David Grossman novel and depicts the unhappy childhood of a 12-year-old boy in Jerusalem, circa 1960.
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Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray
Although relatively few in numbers when the Civil War began, Jews responded eagerly to the call to arms.
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Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, this film examines Jewish connection to baseball and the importance of the sport in the early lives of many famous Jewish personalities.
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Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
The dramatic and contentious tale of Rezso Kasztner, the Jew who negotiated with Adolf Eichmann for thousands of lives, and paid with his life.
SPECIAL EVENT: After the film, hear from Gaylen Ross, director of the film, who will be joined by Kasztner survivor George Bishop and by Adam Birek, whose grandparents and mother were all saved by Kasztner.
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Little Rose
This suspenseful film plumbs the depths of trust, betrayal and anti-Semitism in Poland circa 1967.
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The Matchmaker
In 1967, a restless young boy in Haifa learns about life from a man who makes his living making matches between lonely singles.
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A Matter of Size
Sumo wrestlers in Tel Aviv? It's a solution for some weight-challenged Israelis in this light feature.
SPECIAL EVENT: Big Joe and another sumo wrestler will join us for a mini-Sumo demonstration.
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Precious Life
A doctor at a Tel Aviv hospital saves the life of a child from Gaza with a rare disease.
SPECIAL EVENT: After the film, Dr. Robert Pearl will moderate a discussion with Filmmaker Shlomi Edlar, who will join us from Tel Aviv via Skype.
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Restoration
The surviving partner of a furniture restoration shop enlists the assistance of a mysterious young man.
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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Sholem Aleichem was called the "Yiddish Mark Twain." This is an extraordinary exploration of his life and storytelling.
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Strangers No More
A short film about an extraordinary Tel Aviv school serving immigrant children, many of whom are political refugees fleeing war and poverty.
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Sayed Kashua: Forever Scared
A short film about the complicated life of an Israeli Arab writer of a hit Hebrew-language TV show.
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