[ 5 במרץ 2008; 19:30; ]
7:30 p.m., Cinearts
Brazil-Germany, 2004, 114 minutes, Portugese, German with subtitles
East Bay Premiere! Featuring a brilliant performance from Agnès Jaoui, this feature film captures the emotionally charged atmosphere both during and after the Liberation of France when Jewish children (some who had been in hiding and others who had been deported to camps) were sent to […]
[ 5 במרץ 2008; 16:30; ]
Twin Sisters (De Twelling)
4:30 p.m., Cinearts
The Netherlands-Luxemburg, 2002, 137 minutes, Dutch and German with subtitles East Bay Premiere! Nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Film, Twin Sisters tells the heart breaking story of Lotte and Anna, two […]
[ 5 במרץ 2008; 10:00; ]
Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America
10:00 a.m., Contra Costa JCC
USA-Brazil-Ecuador-Argentina-Columbia, 75 minutes, Spanish with subtitles
East Bay Premiere! Longing explores the faith of a small group of crypto-Jews whose ancestors were European Jews who immigrated to South America […]
[ 4 במרץ 2008; 19:30; ]
Gloomy Sunday
7:30 p.m., Vine Cinema
Germany, 1999, 114 minutes, Hungarian and German with subtitles
Set against the backdrop of Budapest, this haunting, romantic mystery is an ironic parable about innocence and love, guilt and hate. Ilona Varnai is loved by three men-the dashing restaurant owner Laszlo Szabo; the somber young pianist, Andras Aradi, who composed the ballad […]
[ 4 במרץ 2008; 19:30; ]
Olga
7:30 p.m., Cinearts
Brazil-Germany, 2004, 114 minutes, Portugese, German with subtitles
East Bay Premiere! Based upon a true story, this winner of Cinema Brazil’s Grand Prize captures the tumultuous life of Olga Benário, a German woman who, abandoning her middle-class […]
[ 4 במרץ 2008; 16:30; ]
Sweet Mud (Adumah M’Shuga’at)
4:30 p.m., Cinearts
Israel-Germany-Japan, 2006, 90 minutes, Hebrew with subtitles
Winner Berlin International Film Festival! Winner of 5 Israeli Film Academy Awards! Sundance Film Festival Winner! Brilliantly acted and hauntingly beautiful, this feature film focuses on the close-knit society of the 1970s kibbutz where everyone knows everyone’s business and a person can get into […]
[ 4 במרץ 2008; 10:00; ]
The Rape of Europa
10:00 a.m., Contra Costa JCC
USA, 2006, 117 minutes, English, Russian, German, Polish and French
In a journey through seven countries, this documentary takes the audience into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out Europe’s artistic heritage. But young art professionals as well as ordinary heroes, from […]
[ 1 במרץ 2008; 20:00; ]
מונה ,כלה דרוזית בת 24 ממג’דל שאמס עומדת לחצות את הגבול בין ישראל לסוריה ולהנשא לטלאל, שחקן ומגיש תוכניות בטלוויזיה הסורית. ביום חתונתה היא תהפוך לאזרחית סורית ותיאלץ להיפרד ולהינתק ממשפחתה האהובה. הסרט מתאר את יום החתונה […]
[ 3 במרץ 2008; 19:30; ]
Aviva My Love
7:30 p.m., Cinearts
Israel, 2006, 107 minutes, Hebrew with subtitles
Winner of six Israel Academy Awards (including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Script), this film is a definite crowd pleaser. Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in Tiberias, dreams about becoming a published author. When she meets Oded, a well-established novelist, he leads […]
[ 3 במרץ 2008; 16:30; ]
Bad Faith
4:30 p.m., Cinearts
France-Belgium, 2006, 88 minutes, French, Arabic with subtitles
This touching romantic comedy begins with two French thirty-somethings-Ismaël and Clara-who are very much in love. The happy couple is able to ignore the differences of their religious backgrounds until Clara becomes pregnant. Then, Ismael wonders whether his Muslim family will accept the new circumstances, […]
