Seventh Annual Jewish Film Festival of Central New Jersey

October 18 – November 17

All films will be shown at:
The AMC Loews 10 Theatre, 1021 Route 22 East, Mountainside, New Jersey

Brothers
Tuesday, October 18 7:30 PM
Director: Igaal Niddam
Country: Israel
Running Time: 116 minutes
Language: Hebrew w/ English subtitles
Two Jewish brothers, whose choices and values have driven them apart, meet again in Israel after many years. Dan works the land on a secular kibbutz in the South of Israel. His deeply religious brother Aaron is a distinguished New York-based lawyer and Torah scholar who is invited to Jerusalem to defend Yeshiva students refusing military service. The conflict which arises between the two brothers reflects that of a society torn between religious and political principles.

An Article of Hope
Wednesday, October 26 7:30 PM
Director: Dan Cohen
Country: USA
Running Time: 60 minutes
Language: English
Appropriate for Ages 12+

An Article of Hope is an award-winning film about the remarkable true story of Colonel Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut, and the tiny Torah he carried into space. It is a unique story that interweaves scientific achievement,
the private grief of a boy who came of age during the Holocaust and the public mourning in the aftermath of the Columbia shuttle disaster. Combining historical and ethical inquiry, the film reaches across faiths and nationalities to tell a truly human story.

Guest Speaker: Director Dan Cohen

Arab Labor
4 episodes from Season 1
Wednesday, November 2 11:00 AM Matinee
and 7:30 PM
Directors: Roni Ninio and Yaakov Goldwasser
Country: Israel
Running Time: 100 minutes
Language: Arabic, Hebrew and English w/ English subtitles

11:00 AM Matinee

7:30 PM showing

Seinfeld meets All in the Family in creator Sayed Kashua's hilarious Israeli sitcom take on the Arab-Israeli conflict. The series focuses on the family and the work situations of Amjad, a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen. Much of the comedy is derived from the paradox of Amjad's love-hate relationship with his Arab identity and his simultaneous wish to integrate comfortably into Israeli society. Poking fun at the cultural divide, Kashua's characters play on religious, cultural and political differences to daringly depict Jerusalem's mixed society. The show marked a milestone on Israeli television – it was the first program to present Palestinian characters speaking Arabic on primetime.
"….groundbreaking and amazing." - Los Angeles Times
"….barges through cultural barriers…." - The New York Times
"It will tickle your funny bone, and maybe strike a nerve." - The Associated Press

Also Showing:
The Tailor Running time: 6 minutes • Directed by: Gordon Grinberg

La Rafle (The Round Up)
Wednesday, November 9 7:30 PM
Director: Roselyn Bosch
Country: France
Running Time: 124 minutes
Language: French, German and
Yiddish w/ English subtitles

Long a taboo subject in France, the infamous Vel' d'Hiv round-up is brought to stirring life in this gripping drama starring Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) and Jean Reno (The DaVinci Code). Two days after Bastille Day 1942, more than 13,000 Parisian Jews, including more than 4,000 children, were arrested and interned before being sent to Auschwitz. With a meticulously constructed script based on extensive research and firsthand accounts, La Rafle brings us inside these events, revealing both the heartless complicity of the Vichy elite and the heroism of some ordinary citizens.

66
Thursday, November 17
11:00 AM Matinee and 7:30 PM
Director: Ludi Boeken Country: England
Running Time: 93 minutes
Language: English
A Great Family Film 12+

It's the summer of '66 in England, and the country is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12-year-old Bernie, the biggest day of his life is looming, the day he becomes a man - his Bar Mitzvah. However Bernie's North London family seems a little distracted. His obsessive-compulsive father Manny is concerned about the giant supermarket opening opposite his grocery shop, and his mother, Ester (Helena Bonham Carter), is busy worrying about her husband, Manny, and Bernie's older brother, Alvie. But Bernie believes his Bar Mitzvah is about to change all this. He'll no longer be the kid everyone ignores, and he envisions and begins to plan the perfect ceremony and reception, where everyone will acknowledge his new status. Unfortunately for Bernie, things don't go according to plan.

Also showing:
Seltzer Works Running time: 7 minutes • Directed by: Jessica Edwards

11:00 AM Matinee

7:30 PM Showing