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OPENING NIGHTHarmoniaaccompanied by short film Mr. BernsteinWednesday, April 19 | Bryan Glazer Family JCC6 PM Cocktail and Heavy Hors d’oeuvre Reception7 PM Opening Ceremonies, Short and Feature Film9:30 PM Dessert ReceptionA childless Israeli musical couple seek to forma family in Harmonia, a contemporary adaptation of the biblicaltale of Abraham and Sarah set inside the inner sanctum ofa symphony hall. Winner of The Van Leer Award for BestCinematography, Jerusalem Intentional Film Festival, Israel, 2016.Country: Israel/Year: 2016/Language: Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles/Length: 98 minutesSubject: The Arts, Arab-Israeli Relations, Israeli Themes, Muslim Life and Women’s StudiesMr. BernsteinA daughter meets the famous music conductor who lifted her father’sspirits in a post-war refugee camp. Best Drama prize at the TorontoInternational Short Film Festival.Year: 2015/Language: English/Length: 12 minutesAdmission $36The Women’s Balconyaccompanied by short film Wig ShopThursday, April 20 | 6 PM | Bryan Glazer Family JCCFriday, April 21 | 11 AM* | Muvico Palm Harbor 10*followed by lunch catered by Jo-El’s (additional $5)A mishap at a Jerusalem synagogue causes amajor rift in a devout community, in The Women’sBalcony, a rousing, comical feminist narrativeabout speaking truth to patriarchal power.Country: Israel/Year: 2016/Language: Hebrew with English subtitlesLength: 96 minutes/Subject: Funny Stories, Israeli Themes and Women’s StoriesWig ShopEmily Mortimer portrays a Los Angeles Orthodox woman whouncovers a life-changing secret from a hairdresser along a meltingpot stretch of Pico Boulevard.Year: 2016 / Language: English / 16 minutesAdmission $10The 90 Minute Waraccompanied by short film IrvingThursday, April 20 | 6:30 PM | Bryan Glazer Family JCCAfter decades of strife and failed peace talks,both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflictdecide to settle their differences on a soccerfield in the bold satire The 90 Minute War.Country: Germany, Israel/Year: 2016/Language: Arabic,English, Hebrew, Portuguese with subtitles/Length: 84 minutes/Subject: Arab-IsraeliRelations, Funny StoriesIrvingA Brooklyn curmudgeon gets a surprise visit from a British gentclaiming to be his son, in this charming and gently humorous anatomyof family relations.Year: 2016/Language: English/Length: 28 minutesAdmission $10Mr. PredictableThursday, April 20 | 8 PM |Bryan Glazer Family JCCWhen Adi was five years old, his father died inthe war in Lebanon. Before leaving home Adi’sfather made his son swear he would be a goodboy, help his mother and be responsible.Country: Israel/Year: 2016/Language: Hebrew with Englishsubtitles/Length: 103 minutesAdmission $10MoosFriday, April 21 | 2 PM | Muvico Palm Harbor 10A social awkward young woman takes her firsttentative steps toward independence andfulfilling a lifelong dream, in the Dutch romanticdramedy Moos.Country: Netherlands/Year: 2016/Language: Dutch withEnglish subtitles/Length: 91 minutes/Subject: Funny Stories,Romantic Stories and Women’s StoriesAdmission $101945Friday, April 21 | 4:15 PM | Muvico Palm Harbor 10In this astonishingly haunting film reminiscent ofIda, deep undercurrents run beneath the simplesurface in a quaint village that’s ultimatelyforced to face up to its “ill-gotten gains” fromthe Second World War.Country: Hungary/Year: 2016/Language: Hungarian withEnglish subtitlesLength: 91 minutes/Subject: Anti-Semitism, collective guilt, Hungary, Post-HolocaustEurope, World War IIAdmission $10SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTPROGRAMRock in the Red ZoneFriday, April 21 | University of South Florida13101 USF Sycamore Drive, Tampa FL 336176:30 PM Shabbat dinner followed by feature filmHosted by Hillels of the Florida SuncoastRock music is a means of coping and expressingdefiance in an isolated southern Israeli border town under nearlyconstant state of attack in Rock in the Red Zone.Country: Israel, USA/Year: 2014/Language: English, Hebrew with subtitlesLength: 92 minutes/Subject: Arab-Israeli Relations, The Arts, Israeli ThemesAdmission is donation based. Please contact Sylvie Cohen toreserve your dinner and movie seat at 813.899.2788.Supported by:Across the WatersSaturday, April 22 | 8:45 PM |Muvico Sundial 19Unsure of whom they can trust, a Jewish musicianand his family make a frantic escape fromNazi-occupied Denmark, in Across the Waters,a gripping story of survival and rescue.Country: Denmark/Year: 2016/Language: Danish withsubtitles/Length: 95 minutes/Subject: the Holocaust, WWIIAdmission $10 Supported by:Fanny’s Journeyaccompanied by short filmFramed: The Adventure of Zion ManSunday, April 23 | 2 PM | Bryan Glazer Family JCCFamily Feature Film – Suggested age 10+A brave, resourceful young girl leads a smallband of orphans through Nazi-occupied Francein Fanny’s Journey, a coming-of-age dramabristling with suspense and poignancy.Country: Belgium, France/Year: 2016/Language: French with English subtitles/Length:94 minutes/Subject: Family-Friendly Stories, French Life, The Holocaust and WWIIFramed: The Adventures of Zion ManA young Jewish boy in pre-war Germany finds escape in the alternateuniverse of a superhero. Narrated by Ed Asner and inspired by a true story.Year: 2016/Language: English/Length: 16 minutesAdmission $10 adults/$5 children (under 18)Eva Hesseaccompanied by the short film Joe’s ViolinSunday, April 23 | 3 PM | Bryan Glazer Family JCCThursday, April 27 | 7 PM | Museum of Fine Arts – St. PeteEva Hesse profiles the groundbreaking artistwho’s brief but consequential career helpedusher in the 1960s post-minimalist movement,before her premature death.Country: Germany, USA/Year: 2016/Language: German with English subtitles/Length:108 minutes/Subject: American Jewish Life, The Arts, Biographies and Women’s StoriesJoe’s ViolinAcross generations and backgrounds, a musical instrument unites aHolocaust survivor and a Bronx schoolgirl. Tribeca Film Festival BestDocumentary Short nominee.Year: 2016 / Language: English / 24 minutesAdmission $10 Supported by:The Second Time Aroundaccompanied by the short film The StairsSunday, April 23 | 4:30 PM | Bryan Glazer Family JCCWednesday, April 26 | 7 PM | TBD – see TBJFF.orgTwo senior citizens discover it is never too lateto fall in love, in the unabashedly sentimentalromance The Second Time Around.Country: Canada/Year: 2016/Language: English/Length:107 minutes/Subject: RomanceThe StairsThe Stairs is a poignant recounting by a Holocaust survivor of hismost harrowing day at Auschwitz. He’s unable to tell this story to his sonface to face, but he records his account of the day he arrived at thedeath camp and has the cassette tape mailed to his son after his death.Year: 2016/Language: English/Length: 9 minutesAdmission $10CLOSING NIGHTCELEBRATIONA.K.A. NadiaSunday, April 23 | 6:30 PM* | Bryan Glazer Family JCC*Followed by a Gourmet Coffee Bar & Dessert ReceptionAn Israeli woman living under false pretenses ishaunted by her past in A.K.A. Nadia, a powerful meditation on thepersonal and political nature of identity.Country: Israel, United Kingdom/Year: 2015/Language: Arabic, English, Hebrew withsubtitles/Length: 115 minutes/Subject: Israeli Themes, Arab-Israeli Relations andWomen’s StoriesAdmission $18ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAYCELEBRATIONSOn the MapSunday, April 30 | 3 PM | Bryan Glazer Family JCCSunday, May 7 | 2 PM | Congregation B’nai Israel – St. PeteAn unforgettable upset victory by the MaccabiTel Aviv basketball team against a Cold War adversary isexhilaratingly recounted in On the Map.Country: Israel, USA/Year: 2016/Language: English, Hebrew with subtitlesLength: 91 minutes/Subject Israeli Themes, Sport Theme, Family-Friendly ThemeShowing as part of the community wide Israel IndependenceDay Celebrations. Seating is limited at each location.Free AdmissionFOR FILM & TICKET INFO, VISIT TBJFF.ORG OR CALL 813.769.4725 OR 813.769.4724TO SUPPORT THE TBJFF, GO TO TBJFF.ORG • BOX OFFICE OPENS ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SHOWTIMEVISIT US ONLINE!www.TBJFF.org2017 Tampa Bay Jewish Film FestivalApril 19–23, 2017Toasting 21 Year
