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OPENING WEEKEND October 21st & 22nd Director: Andrey Konchalovsky An Israeli Love Story is based on the 1948 true story of the love affair between Pnina from Nahalal, and Eli the son of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israel’s 2nd president. Romance grows, they set a date for their wedding, but Israel’s harsh reality intervenes. Director: Dan Wolman Welcoming remarks from Rabbi Howard Buechler & Cantor Steven Hevenstone Saturday, October 21st 8:00PM An Israeli Love Story Israel 2017, Drama Film followed by Israeli folk dancing and reception David, an upper-class charmer, leads a very comfortable life, until he is mandated to attend a support group for adults with disabilities. There, he is forced to come to terms with his own high-functioning autism. Director/Writer: Rachel Israel Sunday, October 22nd 6:00PM Keep The Change USA 2017, Romantic Comedy Followed by Reception Tuesday, November 14th 7:00PM Song of Songs Ukraine 2015, Feature Narrative Thursday, November 9th 7:00PM Paradise Russia 2016, Drama Told in flashback through docu-style confessionals, three central characters recount their fateful intersection, offering extraordinary introspection. Olga is a Russian aristocrat arrested for sheltering Jewish children. Olga eventually ends up in a concentration camp where she rekindles a romance with an old flame, the well-educated Helmut (Christian Clauss), now a high-ranking German SS officer. Director: Andrey Konchalovsky Sunday, December 10th 7:30PM Cloudy Sunday Greece 2016, Drama Sholem Aleichem, shtetl stories come alive with Shimek and Buzya. She is a princess and he is a prince. They live in the same yard, in neighboring palaces. What Buzya really means to him, Shimek begins to understand only years later when, far away from home, he receives the news that Buzya is about to be married off. Director: Eva Neymann Kristallnacht Commemoration Russian dinner prior to film at 6:00pm Set in Thessaloniki during the German occupation in 1943, a forbidden love between Estrea, a young Jewish girl, and Giorgos, the brother in law of the famed composer Vassilis Tsitsanis. The film’s English title, CLOUDY SUNDAY, references Tsitsanis’ beloved classic Synnefisameni Kyriaki. Director: Manoussos Manousakis Greek dinner and dance performance prior to film at 6:00pm Saturday, February 17th 8:00PM A Jewish Girl in Shanghai China/Israel 2010, Animation Drama Chinese Buffet and Dragon Dance Prior to film at 7:00pm Family Friendly! Thursday, March 15th 7:30PM Glories Of Tango Argentina 2014, Drama Argentinian buffet and tango dance performance prior to film at 6:00pm Thursday, January 18th 7:30PM Harmonia Israel 2016, Drama Thursday, January 25th 7:30PM Turkish Passport Turkey 2011, Documentary Drama A modern adaptation of the mythological triangle between the childless Abraham and Sarah and young Hagar. Sarah is the harpist, and Abraham is the conductor of the Jerusalm Philarmonic. When Hagar, a young horn player from East Jerusalem joins the Orchestra, she bonds with Sarah. Hagar, feeling Sarah’s pain from not having children, offers to have a baby for her from Abraham, shaking the thin balance in the family. Director: Ori Sivan Israeli dinner and classical musical performance prior to film at 6:00pm Based on the testimonies of witnesses, who traveled to Istanbul to find safety, the Turkish Passport also uses written historical documents and archive footage to tell this story of rescue and bring to light the events of the time. The diplomats did not only save the lives of Turkish Jews. They also rescued foreign Jews condemned to a certain death by giving them Turkish Passports. Director: Burak Arliel Turkish dinner and guest presenter: Dr. Mark Meirowitz prior to film at 6:00pm This delicately rendered family film centers around the warm friendship between Rina, a wide-eyed European Jewish schoolgirl and A-Gen, a Chinese pancake seller, who teach each other about their distant worlds as Shanghai struggles beneath its own cruelly portrayed Japanese occupation. Director: Wang Genfa Having started a residency at a Buenos Aires hospital, Jewish psychiatrist Ezequiel is especially perplexed by the behavior of one of his patients, Fermin, who communicates only by quoting lyrics and titles of tango songs. Suspecting that Fermin has been misdiagnosed for decades, Ezequiel starts researching his history, uncovering some dark secrets from both his patient’s and his country’s pasts. Co-Directors: Hernan Findling, Oliver Kolker Sunday, March 18th, 5:00PM Brazilian/ American Artist: Jonatas Chimen Exhibit Opening: In Thy Tent I Dwell A portrait of the Israeli people told through food. It puts a literal face on the culture of Israel. Profiling chefs, home cooks, farmers, vintners, and cheese makers drawn from the more than 100 cultures that make up Israel today-Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Druze a rich, complex and human story emerges. Director: Roger M. Sherman 6:00PM In Search of Israeli Cusine Israel 2016, Documentary Through a combination of rare recordings and documents,Yitzhak Rabin himself narrates his biography, from his childhood in Tel Aviv as the son of a labor leader before the founding of the State of Israel, to farm worker, then through his IDF military service and his later diplomatic and political career. Director: Erez Laufer 3:30PM Rabin In His Own Words Israel 2016, Documentary For additional information and sponsorship opportunities contact Bat-Sheva Slavin (631) 462-9800 ext. 140 | [email protected] This event is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council. In the great depths of the archive, six hours of interview footage was discovered of one of modern history’s greatest leaders- David Ben-Gurion. It is 1968 and he is 82 years old, five years before his death. He lives in his secluded home in the desert, removed from all political discourse, which allows him a hindsight perspective on the Zionist Enterprise. Director:Yariv Mozer 2:00PM Ben-Gurion, Epilogue Israel 2014, Documentary Closing Celebration Israel @70 April 22nd A Day Long Celebration! All Foreign Films Presented with English Subtitles SYJCC 5th International Film Festival Pricing SYJCC/ Dix Hills JCC Members Festival Passport: $110 Includes all Films and (2) Receptions Six Films, Dinners and Cultural Events: $108 One Film, Dinner and Cultural Event: $28 (Reservation required) Opening Weekend Film & Reception: $20 (Reservation required) Individual Movie: Adults $12 Children $6 Non Members Festival Passport: $130 Includes all Films and (2) Receptions Six Films, Dinners and Cultural Events: $138 One Film, Dinner and Cultural Event: $34 (Reservation required) Opening Weekend Film & Reception: $27 (Reservation required) Individual Movie: Adults $13 Children $7 Purchase tickets at suffolkyjcc.ticketfly.com | Please call for group rates
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OPENING WEEKEND
October 21st & 22nd
Director: Andrey Konchalovsky
An Israeli Love Story is based on the 1948 true story of the love affair between Pnina from Nahalal, and Eli the son of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israel’s 2nd president. Romance grows, they set a date for their
wedding, but Israel’s harsh reality intervenes.Director: Dan Wolman
Welcoming remarks from Rabbi Howard Buechler & Cantor Steven Hevenstone
Saturday, October 21st 8:00PMAn Israeli Love Story
Israel 2017, Drama
Film followed by Israeli folk dancing and reception
David, an upper-class charmer, leads a very comfortable life, until he is mandated to attend a support group for adults with disabilities. There, he is forced to
come to terms with his own high-functioning autism.
Director/Writer: Rachel Israel
Sunday, October 22nd 6:00PMKeep The Change
USA 2017, Romantic Comedy
Followed by Reception
Tuesday, November 14th 7:00PMSong of Songs
Ukraine 2015, Feature Narrative
Thursday, November 9th 7:00PMParadise
Russia 2016, DramaTold in flashback through docu-style confessionals, three central characters recount their fateful intersection, offering extraordinary introspection. Olga is a Russian aristocrat arrested for sheltering Jewish children. Olga eventually ends up in a concentration
camp where she rekindles a romance with an old flame, the well-educated Helmut (Christian Clauss), now a high-ranking German SS officer.Director: Andrey Konchalovsky
Sunday, December 10th 7:30PMCloudy SundayGreece 2016, Drama
Sholem Aleichem, shtetl stories come alive with Shimek and Buzya.
She is a princess and he is a prince. They live in the same yard, in neighboring palaces. What Buzya really means to him, Shimek begins to understand only years later when, far away from home, he receives the news that Buzya is about to be married off.Director: Eva Neymann
Kristallnacht Commemoration
Russian dinner prior to film at 6:00pm
Set in Thessaloniki during the German occupation in 1943, a forbidden love between Estrea, a young Jewish girl, and Giorgos, the brother in law of the famed composer Vassilis Tsitsanis. The film’s English title, CLOUDY SUNDAY, references Tsitsanis’ beloved classic Synnefisameni Kyriaki.Director: Manoussos Manousakis
Greek dinner and dance performance
prior to film at 6:00pm
Saturday, February 17th 8:00PM
A Jewish Girl in ShanghaiChina/Israel 2010, Animation Drama
Chinese Buffet and Dragon Dance
Prior to film at 7:00pmFamily Friendly!
Thursday, March 15th 7:30PM
Glories Of TangoArgentina 2014, Drama
Argentinian buffet and tango dance performance prior to film at 6:00pm
Thursday, January 18th 7:30PM
HarmoniaIsrael 2016, Drama
Thursday, January 25th 7:30PM
Turkish PassportTurkey 2011, Documentary Drama
A modern adaptation of the mythological triangle between the
childless Abraham and Sarah and
young Hagar. Sarah is the harpist,
and Abraham is the conductor of the
Jerusalm Philarmonic. When Hagar, a
young horn player from East Jerusalem joins the Orchestra, she
bonds with Sarah. Hagar, feeling
Sarah’s pain from not having children,
offers to have a baby for her from
Abraham, shaking the thin balance in
the family.Director: Ori Sivan
Israeli dinner and classical musical performance
prior to film at 6:00pm
Based on the testimonies of witnesses, who traveled to Istanbul
to find safety, the Turkish Passport
also uses written historical documents and archive footage to
tell this story of rescue and bring
to light the events of the time. The
diplomats did not only save the lives
of Turkish Jews. They also rescued
foreign Jews condemned to a
certain death by giving them Turkish
Passports.
Director: Burak Arliel
Turkish dinner and guest presenter:
Dr. Mark Meirowitzprior to film at 6:00pm
This delicately rendered family film centers around the warm friendship between Rina, a wide-eyed European Jewish schoolgirl and A-Gen, a Chinese pancake seller,
who teach each other about their distant worlds as Shanghai struggles beneath its own cruelly portrayed Japanese occupation.
Director: Wang Genfa
Having started a residency at a
Buenos Aires hospital, Jewish
psychiatrist Ezequiel is especially
perplexed by the behavior of one of
his patients, Fermin, who communicates only by quoting lyrics
and titles of tango songs. Suspecting that Fermin has been
misdiagnosed for decades, Ezequiel
starts researching his history,
uncovering some dark secrets from
both his patient’s and his country’s
pasts.
Co-Directors: Hernan Findling,
Oliver Kolker
Sunday, March 18th, 5:00PMBrazilian/ American Artist:
Jonatas Chimen Exhibit Opening: In Thy Tent I Dwell
A portrait of the Israeli people told through food. It puts a literal face on the culture of Israel. Profiling chefs, home cooks, farmers, vintners, and cheese makers drawn from the more than 100 cultures that make up Israel today-Jewish, Arab, Muslim,
Christian, Druze a rich, complex and human story emerges.
Director: Roger M. Sherman
6:00PMIn Search of Israeli Cusine
Israel 2016, Documentary
Through a combination of rare recordings and documents, Yitzhak Rabin himself narrates his biography, from his childhood in Tel Aviv as the son of a labor leader before the founding of the State of
Israel, to farm worker, then through his IDF military service and his later diplomatic and political career.
Director: Erez Laufer
3:30PMRabin In His Own Words
Israel 2016, Documentary
For additional information and sponsorship opportunities contact Bat-Sheva Slavin
(631) 462-9800 ext. 140 | [email protected]
This event is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the
New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.
In the great depths of the archive, six hours of interview footage was discovered of one of modern history’s greatest leaders- David Ben-Gurion. It is 1968 and he is 82 years old, five years before his death. He lives in his secluded home in the
desert, removed from all political discourse, which allows him a hindsight perspective on the Zionist Enterprise.
Director: Yariv Mozer
2:00PMBen-Gurion, Epilogue
Israel 2014, Documentary
Closing Celebration
Israel
@70
April 22nd A Day Long Celebration!
All Foreign Films Presented with English
Subtitles
SYJCC 5th International Film Festival Pricing
SYJCC/ Dix Hills JCC Members Festival Passport: $110 Includes all Films and (2) ReceptionsSix Films, Dinners and Cultural Events: $108One Film, Dinner and Cultural Event: $28 (Reservation required) Opening Weekend Film & Reception: $20 (Reservation required)Individual Movie: Adults $12 Children $6
Non Members Festival Passport: $130 Includes all Films and (2) ReceptionsSix Films, Dinners and Cultural Events: $138One Film, Dinner and Cultural Event: $34 (Reservation required)Opening Weekend Film & Reception: $27 (Reservation required)Individual Movie: Adults $13 Children $7
Purchase tickets at suffolkyjcc.ticketfly.com | Please call for group rates
