Films & Schedule

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This multi award winning film is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-WWII Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. They become fast friends during the long flight taking them to their waiting husbands, who have already settled in Christchurch. On the flight the women also meet Frank, a dashing young man who will play a... more details »

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 130 minutes

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Written and Directed by Vancouver local, Adam Bogoch, "Complexity" is the story a young woman stuck in a place of complete uncertainty. When she meets a man who will turn her world upside down and make her question her decisions, things turn from bad to worse. "Complexity" is a coming-of-age romantic comedy that takes you on a roller coaster ride of family obligations, obstacles, manipulations... more details »

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 87 minutes

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DUSK is a journey down the path of Israeli reality through the story of ordinary people. It is a story about insecure parents and children, about the search for atonement, and the ability to forgive. The ramifications of a car accident connect intertwining story strands in the ambitious Israeli drama "Dusk." First time director-writer Alon Zingman channels Paul Haggis' "Crash," but with plotlines... more details »

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 90 minutes

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At the age of 13, Yoni is growing up fast. But not fast enough for this diminutive young man who is obsessed with getting bigger, taller, stronger. On the even of his Bar Mitzvah, Yoni has no choice but to become a man when he is faced with the unexpected return of his autistic brother who he has not seen for almost ten years RATED PG - All ages admitted. Parental guidance advised. Theme or... more details »

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 97 minutes

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Fabian Hofman's semi-autobiographical account of a Jewish family caught up in Argentina's Dirty War of the 1970s centers on teenager Javier, who watches his middle-class existence come apart as leftist brother Adrian tries to stand up against the military takeover. After Adrian becomes one of the thousands of political dissidents "disappeared" by the regime, his family sends Javier to stay with... more details »

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 96 minutes

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In the chaotic final days of World War II, a group of Hungarian Jews is on a forced march towards the Mauthausen concentration camp. Reaching a sleepy Austrian village, the 19 starving and exhausted men and women are locked in the barn of a surly farmer and his sullen wife. When one of the captives, a half-mad Budapest opera singer, proposes staging a Strauss operetta for the locals, everyone... more details »

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 94 minutes

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In 1933 the Nazis came to power. As a Jew, Erich rapidly stopped getting commissions and was excluded from the architects union. Before it was too late, he fled to London. Arriving at Victoria train station, he pulled a pencil and said to a friend: "Look, I brought my office with me!" In London he met Chaim Weitzman, the future president of Israel, who offered him to become the "national... more details »

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 70 minutes

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Narrated by Dustin HoffmanJews and Baseball portrays the contributions of Jewish major leaguers and the special meaning that baseball has had in the lives of American Jews. More than a film about sports, this is a story of immigration, assimilation, bigotry, heroism, the passing on of traditions, and the shattering of stereotypes. The story is brought to life through Dustin Hoffman's narration,... more details »

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 91 minutes

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This German-Jewish variation on the films of Woody Allen and Charlie Kaufman is a smart and silly self-reflexive comedy from Dani. Alfi Seliger (a nod to Allen’s alter ego Alvy Singer in Annie Hall) is a filmmaker whose life is falling apart—he discovers his wife having an affair, his kids hate him, his health seems to be deteriorating, and his latest script is continually rejected.... more details »

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 86 minutes

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From acclaimed director Eytan Fox (Walk on Water, Yossi and Jagger, The Bubble and Florentine) comes Israel’s more thoughtful answer to Glee. Featuring the songs of Israeli pop icon Svika Pick, Mary Lou is a colourful and charming musical about a young gay man in search of his mother. It is Meir’s 10th birthday, but the celebrations are bittersweet as his mother, Miriam (Maya Dagan... more details »

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 150 minutes

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In July 2002, Lisa Gossels followed 22 Israeli and Palestinian teenage girls traveling to the United States to participate in a women's leadership program called "Building Bridges for Peace." They were Jewish, Muslim and Christian, and many had lost friends and family in the conflict. Over the next seven years My So-Called Enemy looks at six of these young women to reveal how the experience... more details »

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 89 minutes

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The latest film from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Michael King, uncovers the largely unknown stories of 13 heroic and courageous diplomats who, at tremendous personal cost, saved tens of thousands of Jews during World War II. The film follows Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan anti-genocide activist who lost 100 members of her family in the Rwandan Genocide of the 1990s, and Sir Martin... more details »

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 94 minutes

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Narrated by Peter Reigert A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant... more details »

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 95 minutes

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One of American television’s most popular, enduring and fondly remembered programs, This Is Your Life presented tributes to hundreds of notable people on NBC. When remembering This Is Your Life, most people recall the many Hollywood personalities honored over the years.  But it is the lives of these courageous women, whose harrowing yet inspiring stories are vividly related on This Is... more details »

Genre: Documentary Narrative
Run time: 90

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The story of the Displaced Persons camp at Bergen-Belsen established after WW2, and the revitalized Jewish community that sprang up there. While providing the necessities of life, the camp also fed the spirits of its occupants, as people waited to restart their lives in other countries. PG- Violence, Themes of Genocide FREE SCREENING FOR SOCIETY MEMBERS ATTENDING THE AGM SUNDAY DECEMBER 18 2:00... more details »

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 45 minutes