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Bar Mitzvah
USA Premiere - New Restoration


NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
2 Sold Out Screenings
Starring Boris Thomashefsky in his only film role

CLICK HERE for new reviews of Bar Mitzvah in The New Yorker, Village Voice & Huffington Post

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Six NCJF Films Screen at
Washington Jewish Film Festival
  

December 5 - December 13

CAMERA OBSCURA MY MOTHER'S COURAGE
THE LEGEND OF MRS. GOLDMAN
FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS
THE IMPORTED BRIDEGROOM THE JESTER
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JEWISHFILM.2010
NCJF's 13th Annual Film Festival
April 7 - April 18, 2010

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New Releases: Feature Films

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Camera Obscura (Argentina)

ATLANTA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Two Screenings, One Advance Screening SOLD OUT

A FESTIVAL FAVORITE!
Eight Upcoming Festival Screenings

 

At the end of the 19th century, Gertrudis grows into her role as the ugly duckling in a colony of Argentinean Jews until she meets a nomadic photographer whose uncompromising vision allow her to see herself for the first time. A lyrical, inventive new film from award-winning director María Victoria Menis. More

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Father's Footsteps (France/Israel)

In the early 1970s, the Maimons, a rambunctious but tight knit Tunisian-Israeli family, settle in Paris seeking adventure and fortune. Israeli-French filmmaker Marco Carmel draws on events from his own childhood in this unusual coming of age story. Starring French star Gad Elmaleh. More

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ARCHIVE FILM RESTORATION
The Jester (1937)



37th YIDDISH FILM RESTORED BY NCJF

The original bittersweet Polish Yiddish Classic! More

ALL RESTORED YIDDISH FILMS

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New Releases: Social Change Docs


Bewoket
(USA)

In 1990, Dr. Rick Hodes went to Ethiopia to set up a series of medical clinics. He never left. Almost 20 years later, “Dr. Rick” treats thousands of Ethiopians, among them a group of boys who live with him following life-saving surgery. More


Forgotten Children (Australia)

Amid the crisis surrounding the education of Aborginal children in Australia, there is a ray of hope. Forgotten Children chronicles a team of Israeli teachers from Hebrew University in Jerusalem who travel to the Australian outback to introduce a new method for teaching at-risk kids. More


New Releases: Arts & Music


Fiestaremos!
(USA)

Fiestaremos! presents the inspiring work of musician Judy Frankel. The film explores Frankel’s dedication to preserving Sephardic music and songs. Interviews with Frankel, musical excerpts and performances offer an intimate look at one of the leading collectors and practitioners of Sephardic folk music. More


Rachel de la Comédie-Française
(France)

The daughter of Jewish peddlers from Alsace, Rachel Felix (1821–1858) made her debut as a street singer in Lyon and Paris. She joined the Comédie-Française at the age of 17 years and became a star of the French theater in the heyday of Romanticism, 1838-1855. Small, plain and fierce, Rachel’s ability to convey passion in her performances thrilled audiences. More

Festival & Theatrical Hit

Being Jewish in France

Special Screenings
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (August 2009)
Over 2000 Tickets Sold   
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago
(July 2009)
Film Society of Lincoln Center (May 2009)
Over 2500 Tickets Sold 

OFFICIAL SELECTION: TOURNÉES FESTIVAL 2009-10

Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan
The Village Voice,
J. Hoberman
Time Out New York, David Fear

“EXCEPTIONAL"- Kenneth Turan, LA Times

“[CRITICS’ PICK – FOUR STARS] ESSENTIAL VIEWING..." - David Fear, Time Out New York
NCJF Boston Area Programs
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Filmed by Yitzhak

Sunday, October 18, 7:00 pm
Wasserman Cinematheque, Brandeis University

A Special Screening in Commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination

Event Details (PDF)

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A Serious Man

On October 4, NCJF introduced the Coen Brothers' new film A Serious Man to the Boston area at a special pre-release screening. A Serious Man stars Michael Stuhlbarg and Aaron Wolff joined NCJF's Lisa Rivo for a Q&A.

EVENT COVERAGE
The Boston Globe Michael Paulson's Boston Globe blog Brandeis Now
Justice

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NCJF in the News
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Review: Being Jewish in France "Exceptional"
By Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times, Aug 7, 2009

Edward Zwick's Short List: The Films of Axel Corti
(print version only) Feb 2, 2009
Defiance director Zwick says of these films: "Closely observed, beautifully acted, utterly unsentimental yet profoundly moving".

"Jewish Guys Get an Image Makeover"
By Lewis Beale Los Angeles Times, Jan 4, 2009
NCJF's Lisa Rivo quoted

"On the Horizon": New York Jewish Film Festival
New Yorker, Jan 5, 2009
2 of 3 films cited are from NCJF

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Paul Mazursky's Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy

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Six Docs for the Sixieth DOWNLOAD PDF

ALTALENA DREAMERS AND BUILDERS FOUR FRIENDS LIVING FOR TOMORROW RAIN 1949 WHAT I SAW IN HEBRON

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