Miami Jewish Filmfestival

Festival Schedule
Films

SPECIAL SCREENING TOMORROW
Special Events TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 - 7:45 p.m.
Frank Theaters at Intracoastal Mall 400 MILES TO FREEDOM Directed and written by Avishai Mekonen and Shari Rothfarb Mekonen Israel, USA, 2012, 60 min. English, Hebrew and Amharic with subtitles In 1984, the Beta Israel, a secluded 2,500-year-old community of observant Jews in the northern Ethiopian mountains, began a secret and dangerous ...
SPECIAL SCREENING TOMORROW
Special Events TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 - 7:45 p.m.
Preceded by short film B-BOY Directed by Lisa Cohen USA, 2011, 15 min Eli is your typical Bar Mitzvah boy – a 13-year-old barely out of childhood –but put him on the competitive break dance floor, and he’s E-Break, part of nationally recognized break dancing crew. Boston Jewish Film Festival Short Film Award Tickets: Frank Theater...

400 Miles to Freedom Category, Documentaries
Directed and written by Avishai Mekonen and Shari Rothfarb Mekonen Israel, USA, 2012, 60 min. English, Hebrew and Amharic with subtitles This fascinating documentary explores issues of immigration and racial diversity in Judaism, as the director comes to terms with his own extraordinary story. In 1984 Beta Israel, a secluded 2,500-year-old ...
Aliyah Category, Features
Directed by Elie Wajeman’s France, 2011, 90 min. French with subtitles Alex lives in Paris, making a living selling drugs and constantly paying off the debts of his brother Isaac. So when his cousin tells him that he is opening a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex imagines joining him to start a new life at...
Arnošt Lustig Nine Lives Category, Documentaries
Directed by Kristina Pavelková and Ivo Pavelek Czech Republic, 2012, 60 min. Czech with subtitles Arnošt Lustig was born in Prague in 1926. He had completed seven grades when the Nazis prohibited all Jewish children from attending school. In 1942, he was sent to Terezin concentration camp. Two years later, he was transferred to Auschwitz...
Besa: The Promise Category, Documentaries
In commemoration of U.N. Holocaust Memorial Day Films Sponsor Hall Lamb Hall P. A. Community Partner Holocaust Memorial of Greater Miami Jewish Federation Directed by Rachel Goslins USA, 2012, 86 min. English, Albanian with subtitles In 1939, many German Jews were looking for refuge from the Nazis. While the rest of Europe turned its back,...
Child Prodigies Category, Features
(WUNDERKINDER) Directed by Markus Rosenmüller Germany, 2011, 100 min. German with subtitles From the producers of Europa Europa comes this universal tale of three exceptionally musically talented children, who develop a deep and genuine friendship, extending beyond their different religions and nationalities. The two Jewish children are both ...
Divorce Invitation Category, Features
Director: S.V. Krishna Reddy USA, 2012, 113 min. In this romantic comedy, Mike is happily married to Dylan, until he runs into his high school sweetheart, Alex, and sparks fly. He decides Alex is his true soul mate and that he wants a divorce. There’s only one problem: his wife won’t give him one, unless...
Foreign Letters Category, Features
Directed by Ela Thier USA, 2012, 100 min. A bittersweet coming-of-age film and a love letter to the unshakeable bonds of friendship. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties and...
Hava Nagila (The Movie) Category, Documentaries
Directed by Roberta Grossman USA, 2012, 75 min. It is instantly recognizable – musical shorthand for anything Jewish, a happy party tune that you dance to at weddings, bar mitzvahs and even at Major League Baseball games. It conjures up wistful smiles, memories of generations past. But the song is much more. It carries with...
Kaddish For A Friend Category, Features
(KADDISH FÜR EINEN FREUND) Directed by Leo Khasin Germany, 2010, 94 min. Russian, Arabic, German with subtitles What would you do if you believed your greatest enemy was living in the apartment above you? That’s the situation 14-year-old Ali finds himself in when his family moves away from Lebanon to the heart of Berlin. Alexander,...