The Charlotte Jewish News - January 2014 - Page 16
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival Announces 2014 Schedule
(Continuedfrom page 1)
Zaytoun, Tuesday, February 25,
7 PM at Temple Israel. An uneon-
ventional buddy film starring
Stephen Dorff as an Israeli fighter
pilot who eseapes from PLO eap-
tivity in war-tom Lebanon with
the aid of a young Palestinian
refugee who is searehing for his
aneestral family home in Israel.
The Jewish Cardinal, Wednes
day, Febraary 26, 7 PM, at Temple
Israel. The amazing hue story of
Jean-Marie Lustiger, who eon-
verted to Catholieism and beeame
a priest.
The Zig Zag Kid, Thursday,
Febraary 27, 7 PM at Temple Is
rael. A delightful aetion-paeked
adventure tale of 13-year-old
Nono Feierberg, who right before
his Bar Mitzvah, runs off on a se-
eret mission to diseover the truth
about the mother he never knew.
Bethlehem, Saturday, Mareh 1,
7:30 PM at Regal Ballantyne Vil
lage Stadium 5. An ineredibly
eomplex relationship between an
Israeli offieer and his teenage
Palestinian informant gives view
ers an unparalleled glimpse into
the faseinating world of military
intelligenee.
The Third Half, Sunday, Mareh
2, 3 PM, at Regal Ballantyne Vil
lage Stadium 5. The rag tag Maee-
donia Football Club eompetes for
the ehampionship of the Nazi
Football League but beeause of
the ehanging world around them,
this group of misfits and idealists
realize they’re playing more than
just a game.
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Hannah Arendt, Tuesday,
Mareh 4, 7 PM at Sam Lemer
Center, Shalom Park. A brilliant
new biopie of the influential Ger-
man-Jewish philosopher and po-
litieal theorist Flannah Arendt.
A Night of Shorts, Wednesday,
Mareh 5, 7 PM at Sam Lemer
Center, Shalom Park. A night of
award-winning, entertaining short
films, ineluding The Cake Lady,
Audienee Award winner at the At
lanta Jewish Film Festival; Wilt
Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bell
hop; and The Tribe, a fun look at
Jewish identity.
50 Children: The Rescue Mis
sion of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus,
Thursday, Mareh 6, 7 PM at Sam
Lemer Center, Shalom Park. A
riveting doeumentary of a
Philadelphia Jewish eouple who,
against all odds, brought the
largest group of ehildren out of
Nazi Germany to the U.S. during
the Holoeaust.
Igor and the Cranes
Journey, Saturday, Mareh 8,
7:30 PM at Regal Ballan
tyne Village Stadium 5
(sponsored by Temple Beth
El). When his mother de-
eides for both of them to mi
grate from Russia to Israel,
11 -year old Igor faees many
new ehallenges, leaving be
hind his father and a baby
erane.
Fill the Void, Sunday, Mareh 9,
3 PM at Regal Ballantyne Village
Stadium 5. A thoughtful film that
respeetflilly depiets life among Tel
Aviv’s ultra-Orthodox Flaredi
eommunity.
Cupcakes, Sunday, Mareh 9, 7
PM at Regal Ballantyne Village
Stadium 5 (sponsored by Levine
JCC). A feel-good musieal eom-
edy about a group of friends who
write a song that inadvertently be-
eomes Israel’s entry in the Univer-
song eompetition.
CJFFExtras (not included in the
All Festival Pass; see website for
additional details)
Life in Stills, Wednesday, Feb
ruary 12, 7 PM at the Mint Mu
seum. A photo shop owner and her
grandson fight to save their busi
ness and nearly one million nega
tives that doeument Israel’s
history.
Out in the Dark, Thursday,
Febraary 20, 7 PM at Regal Bal
lantyne Village (Collaboration
with the GayCharlotte Film Festi
val). A eompelling, intimate film
about a relationship between an
Israeli lawyer and a Palestinian
student.
Early Childhood Program:
Purim Palooza: A free Pre-Purim
Happenin’ for Young Chil
dren and their families,
Sunday, Febraary 23,
10:30 AM, Goreliek Hall,
Shalom Park (Co-Sponsor:
Levine-Sklut Judaie Li
brary). A speeial event for
presehoolers and their fam
ilies, ineluding the ani
mated film Esther, the Girl
who Became Queen, a
Purim seavenger hunt,
snaeks and more
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, Sun
day, Febraary 23, 3 pm at David
son College (Presented in
eollaboration with Temple Kol
Tikvah, Lake Norman).
Mondays at the Lake (Pre
sented in eollaboration with the
Jewish Couneil of Lake Norman;
all films sereen at the Regal Cine
mas Birkdale Stadium 16)
Monday, Febraary 24, 7 PM -
When Jews Were Funny
Monday, Mareh 3, 7 PM -
Bethlehem
Monday, Mareh 10, 7 PM - The
Third Half
Wednesday, Mareh 12, 7 PM,
UNC Charlotte —Remembrance
(Collaboration with UNC Char
lotte’s International Film Festival)
Sunday, April 6, 7 PM, CPCC -
Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last
Catskills Resort (Collaboration
with Sensoria). Best Doeumen
tary, Miami Jewish Film Festi
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