Wed, Feb 08
06:00PM
Wed, Feb 08
06:00PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- " SECRET PASSAGE"
Secret Passage, by Bosnian director Ademir Kenovic (“The Perfect Circle”), is a period piece filled with intrigue and romance. Set in 16th century Venice, the film revolves around two women saved from the Spanish Inquisition who secretly practice Judaism while planning their escape to the safety of the Ottoman Empire. This film is presented in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes. Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students, ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Wed, Feb 08
08:00PM
Wed, Feb 08
08:00PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- " UNTIL TOMMOROW COMES"
Until Tomorrow Comes, NY Premiere directed by David Deri. The film vividly depicts the realities of inter-generational conflicts in a dramatic and tender portrayal of a week-in-the-life of a beauty salon owner in the South of Israel facing the decline of her aging mother, the unraveling martial crisis of her daughter, and an unexpected courtship threatening her glorious solitude. Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students & ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Tue, Feb 07
04:00PM
Tue, Feb 07
04:00PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- "SALEM SHALOM"
Salem Shalom by Vanessa C. Laufer is a colorful film about the Jews of India that brings to life a remarkable history dating back two millennia. A microscopic minority living within a vast, varied nation, Jews who have been in India for thousands of years and more recent immigrants from Iraq and Spain, co-existed in an environment of tolerance and pluralism. With the declaration of Indian independence in 1947 and the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, many of the Jews of India decided to “leave their home to find their home: their religious loyalty stronger than their national loyalty to India.” Tickets $10/$8 seniors/Students, ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Tue, Feb 07
06:30PM
Tue, Feb 07
06:30PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- "THE FORGOTTEN REFUGEES"
The Forgotten Refugees, NY Premiere of a documentary produced by the David Project for IsraTV, traces the decline and disappearance of Middle Eastern Jewish communities from Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and Yemen that had existed for over 2,500 years. Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students & ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Tue, Feb 07
08:30PM
Tue, Feb 07
08:30PM
film festival
10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- " UNTIL TOMMOROW COMES"
Until Tomorrow Comes, NY Premiere directed by David Deri. The film vividly depicts the realities of inter-generational conflicts in a dramatic and tender portrayal of a week-in-the-life of a beauty salon owner in the South of Israel facing the decline of her aging mother, the unraveling martial crisis of her daughter, and an unexpected courtship threatening her glorious solitude. Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students & ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Mon, Feb 06
06:30PM
Mon, Feb 06
06:30PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- "LOVE IRANIAN AMERICAN STYLE"
Love Iranian American Style, the directorial debut of Tanaz Eshaghian, is a deeply personal documentary that offers a rare glimpse into the inner circles of the tightly knit Persian Jewish community in America. The film follows Tanaz, the narrator, a hip New Yorker whose Iranian family attempts to marry her off now that sheÂ’s reached the ancient age of 25. As they arrange dates with suitors, lament her liberal American upbringing, and agitate about the passing of youth, Tanaz explores weather she can find love in her own way. Q & A with the director. Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students & ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Mon, Feb 06
08:30PM
Mon, Feb 06
08:30PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL-- "THE GARDEN OF FINZI CONTINI"
The Garden of Finzi Contini, Vittorio De Sica
Adapted from Giorgio Bassani's 1962 semiautobiographical novel, the film chronicles the gradual disintegration of the Jewish community living in Italy at the beginning of World War II. As Fascist persecution of the Jews escalates from the onset of Benito Mussolini's anti-Semitic edicts in 1938 to the mass arrests and deportations in 1943, the wealthy Finzi-Contini family opens their lush gardens to the persecuted friends of their daughter, Micol, and their son, Alberto. It is through the eyes of one of these friends, a middle-class, Jewish-Italian student named Giorgio that the story of unrequited love, set in tragic historic times, unfolds.
Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students & ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Sun, Feb 05
02:00PM
Sun, Feb 05
02:00PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- "SALEM SHALOM"
Salem Shalom by Vanessa C. Laufer is a colorful film about the Jews of India that brings to life a remarkable history dating back two millennia. A microscopic minority living within a vast, varied nation, Jews who have been in India for thousands of years and more recent immigrants from Iraq and Spain, co-existed in an environment of tolerance and pluralism. With the declaration of Indian independence in 1947 and the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, many of the Jews of India decided to “leave their home to find their home: their religious loyalty stronger than their national loyalty to India.” Tickets $10/$8 seniors/Students, ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Sun, Feb 05
02:30PM
Sun, Feb 05
02:30PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- "A MATTER OF TIME & THE LAST GREEKS ON BROOME STREET"
A Matter of Time NY Premiere by Serge Ankri & Marco Carmel. The little-known story of the Jewish Communities of North Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) during WW II, revealing how, had fate not intervened, it was only “a matter of time” until they would share the fate of their co-religionists in Europe. While often considered a Jewish community “apart”, the film reveals through archival and contemporary footage and stills and extensive interviews with surviving witnesses and historians that these Jews too were very much in the thoughts of Nazi planners.
The Last Greeks on Broome Street, NY Premiere by Ed Askinazi. A personal exploration of the filmmakerÂ’s heritage doubles as a fascinating glimpse into the little known community of Greek Jews, also known as Romaniotes, with 2,000 years of history and their own language. The Kehila Kedosha Janina on Broome Street is the only remaining Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Q & A with the Director.
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Sun, Feb 05
05:00PM
Sun, Feb 05
05:00PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- "THE FORGOTTEN REFUGEES"
The Forgotten Refugees, NY Premiere of a documentary produced by the David Project for IsraTV, traces the decline and disappearance of Middle Eastern Jewish communities from Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and Yemen that had existed for over 2,500 years. Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students & ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Sun, Feb 05
07:30PM
Sun, Feb 05
07:30PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -- "LIVE AND BECOME"
Live and Become (Va, Vis et Deviens) Renowned director Radu Mihaileanu has created a touching story of a Moroccan Israeli family who adopts an Ethiopian boy, airlifted to Israel from a Sudanese refugee camp in 1984 during Operation Moses. The film follows SchlomoÂ’s conflicted journey into adulthood as he struggles with survival, a secret identity, and love
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Sat, Feb 04
07:00PM
Sat, Feb 04
07:00PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL --
Elias Canetti by Thomas Honickel, German with English subtitles. A "Spanish poet of German language," Elias Canetti grew up a polyglot, living at different periods of his life in Bulgaria, England and Vienna. He was born into an elite Sephardic family who when expelled from Spain in 1492, settled in the Ottoman Empire. His masterpieces “Auto-da-Fé” and “Crowds and Power,” are considered among the most original works of the 20th Century. The film will be followed by a talk with Gloria Ascher, Tufts University on Canetti’s Sephardic heritage. Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students & ASF, SH & YUM members.
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Sat, Feb 04
08:30PM
Sat, Feb 04
08:30PM
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10th INTL SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL-- "SECRET PASSAGE"
Secret Passage, by Bosnian director Ademir Kenovic (“The Perfect Circle”), is a period piece filled with intrigue and romance. Set in 16th century Venice, the film revolves around two women saved from the Spanish Inquisition who secretly practice Judaism while planning their escape to the safety of the Ottoman Empire. This film is presented in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes. Tickets $10/$8 seniors/students, ASF, SH & YUM members.
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