11th Annual Kirk Cashmere JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL coming Spring 2013
Mabul: The Flood
Directed by Guy Nattiv, 2011, Israel/Canada/France | Hebrew with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere
March 2 at 7:30-pm, March 10 at 4pm
Twelve-year-old Yoni is obsessed with getting bigger, taller and stronger before his impending Bar Mitzvah. Despite dealing with bullies and unforgiving teachers at school, and quarreling parents at home, Yoni has everything under control—until he is faced with the unexpected return of his autistic brother whom he has not seen for ten 10 years. As the fragile stability of his family is tested, Yoni must learn to navigate troubled waters in more ways than one. Winner: Crystal Bear-Special Mention, Berlin International Film Festival; Audience Award, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Newcomer, Haifa International Film Festival. Mabul: The Flood - http://youtu.be/5o8BGLRma1k
Foreign Letters
Directed by Ela Thier, 2012, USA, 100 mins. Hawai‘’i Ppremiere
March 3 at 1pm, March 6 at 7:30pm, March 14 at 1pm
March 3 at 1pm, March 6 at 7:30pm, March 14 at 1pm
It’s 1982 and 12-year-old Ellie, newly arrived to in the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties, and rejection at school, life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. Trust slowly builds as the two teach each other about life in America. Based on the filmmaker’'s own experience, Foreign Letters is a story about prejudice, poverty, shame, and the power of friendship to heal us.Winner: Honorable Mention, Nashville International Film Festival. Foreign Letters - http://youtu.be/m2H0cgrpyrU
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea | Une bouteille à la mer
Director: Thierry Binisti, 2011, France. 90 mins. France | French, Hebrew, English and Arabic with English subtitles Hawai'i Premiere
Director: Thierry Binisti, 2011, France. 90 mins. France | French, Hebrew, English and Arabic with English subtitles Hawai'i Premiere
March 3 at 4pm, March 5 at 7:30pm, March 12 at 7:30pm
Based on the award-winning novel by Valerie Zenatti, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea is a realist Romeo and Juliet tale for our times. Idealistic Tal is17and just transplanted to Jerusalem from Paris. After witnessing a terrorist attack, she writes a letter expressing her refusal to believe that there will always be only hate between Israelis and Palestinians and casts it out to sea near Gaza. When she receives an e-mail response from a young Palestinian called Naim, the pair embarks on a turbulent but tender long-distance friendship, separated by a history both try to understand. Winner: Narrative Feature Award and Audience Choice Award, Heartland Film Festival; Best Film, Festival of Young Filmmakers at Saint Jean de Luz; Grand Prix, From Page to Image Film Festival at Croisic; Best Actor (Mahmoud Shalaby), Audience Award, and Young Jury Award, Reunion Island Film Festival. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea - http://vimeo.com/37184818
The Flat
Director: Arnon Goldfinger, Israel, 2011, 97 mins. Hawai‘’i premiere
March 3 at 7:30pm, March 6 + 12 at 1pm
March 3 at 7:30pm, March 6 + 12 at 1pm
When director Arnon Goldfinger’s grandmother passed away at age 98, he was left with the task of clearing out the Tel Aviv flat that she and her husband shared for decades after immigrating from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. As he sifts through a mountain of photos, letters, files, and objects, a complicated and shocking family history unfolds before his camera: a chronicle of the unexpected yet inevitable ethical ambiguities and repressed emotions that arise when everyday friendships suddenly cross enemy lines. Winner: Best Documentary, Awards of the Israeli Film Academy; Best Editing, Tribeca Film Festival; Special Jury Prize (Foreign Film), Traverse City International Film Festival; The Bavarian Film Award for Best Documentary; The David A. Stein Memorial Award for Best Documentary, Toronto Jewish Film Festival. The Flat - http://www.ifcfilms.com/videos/the-flat-trailer
Remembrance | Die verlorene Zeit
Director: Anna Justice, Germany, 2011, 105 mins. German | English | Polish |
Director: Anna Justice, Germany, 2011, 105 mins. German | English | Polish |
Russian with English subtitles.Hawai'i Premiere
March 5 + 8 at 1 pm; March 9+ 13 at 7:30pm
Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a love story that blossomed in a concentration camp in Poland in 1944. In a daring escape Tomasz, a young Polish prisoner, rescues his Jewish lover, Hannah Silberstein. Forcibly separated at the end of the war, each is convinced that the other has died. More than 30 years later in New York City, the happily married woman Hannah thinks she sees her Tomasz on TV and she begins to search for him. Winner of five Audience Awards (Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, UK Jewish Film Festival, Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival and Filmkunstfest Schwerin). Remembrance - http://youtu.be/cjxrw8J2uXA
March 5 + 8 at 1 pm; March 9+ 13 at 7:30pm
Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a love story that blossomed in a concentration camp in Poland in 1944. In a daring escape Tomasz, a young Polish prisoner, rescues his Jewish lover, Hannah Silberstein. Forcibly separated at the end of the war, each is convinced that the other has died. More than 30 years later in New York City, the happily married woman Hannah thinks she sees her Tomasz on TV and she begins to search for him. Winner of five Audience Awards (Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, UK Jewish Film Festival, Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival and Filmkunstfest Schwerin). Remembrance - http://youtu.be/cjxrw8J2uXA
Dolphin Boy
March 7 at 7:30pm, March 10 at 1pm
Morad, an Arabic teenager in the north of Israel disconnects himself from humans after being brutally beaten. When told by doctors that dolphin-assisted therapy is the last treatment option, Morad’s father. He sells everything, and takes his son to the Red Sea captive dolphin facility Dolphin Reef near Eilat. After months of silence, Morad starts speaking again. Filmed over four years, this documentary is a remarkable tale of love, friendship, and healing. Official Selection: Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival. Winner: Jury Mention Award, Jerusalem International Film Festival. Dolphin Boy - http://vimeo.com/29571541
My Best Enemy | Mein Bester Feind
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger, Germany, Austria, 2011, 109 mins. German, with English Subtitles. Hawai'i Premiere
March 7 + 13 at 1pm, March 10 + 14 at 7:30pm
The producers of the Academy Award-winning The Counterfeiters are back with this audacious caper comedy. Victor Kaufmann, the son of wealthy Jewish art gallery owners in Vienna, is best buddies with their housekeeper’s son Rudi Smekal, When the Nazis annex Austria, Rudi enlists and betrays Victor by revealing a Michelangelo sketch the Kaufmanns have hidden in their home. Then in a twist of fate, Rudi and Victor, a prisoner of the Germans, are led to swap identities as they vie to recover the priceless drawing, promised as a gift from the Führer to Mussolini. Official Selection: Berlin International Film Festival. Winner: Audience Award for Best Film, Jewish Film Festival of Dallas. My Best Enemy - http://www.ifcfilms.com/videos/my-best-enemy-trailer
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger, Germany, Austria, 2011, 109 mins. German, with English Subtitles. Hawai'i Premiere
March 7 + 13 at 1pm, March 10 + 14 at 7:30pm
The producers of the Academy Award-winning The Counterfeiters are back with this audacious caper comedy. Victor Kaufmann, the son of wealthy Jewish art gallery owners in Vienna, is best buddies with their housekeeper’s son Rudi Smekal, When the Nazis annex Austria, Rudi enlists and betrays Victor by revealing a Michelangelo sketch the Kaufmanns have hidden in their home. Then in a twist of fate, Rudi and Victor, a prisoner of the Germans, are led to swap identities as they vie to recover the priceless drawing, promised as a gift from the Führer to Mussolini. Official Selection: Berlin International Film Festival. Winner: Audience Award for Best Film, Jewish Film Festival of Dallas. My Best Enemy - http://www.ifcfilms.com/videos/my-best-enemy-trailer
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