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Israeli Film Festival
2nd Annual Israeli Film Festival
January 21st & 22nd
$8.50 per film or all four films$28 M
$10 per film or all four films $36 NM
Three Mothers
Saturday, January 21st at 7:30 p.m.
Israel, 2006 | Feature, 106 min.
Director: Dina Zvi-Riklis
Producers: Eran Riklis & Yifat Prestelnik
The Hakim sisters, Rose, Flora and Jasmine, were born in Alexandria in 1942. They are triplets. Their saga is one of powerful love and deadly deceit played out in three languages and across three generations.
The film won Best Cinematography and Best Actress in the Jerusalem International Film Festival 2006. It was nominated for 9 Academy Awards at the Israeli Academy Awards and won Best Cinematography and Best Wardrobe Design.
Precious Life
Sunday, January 22nd at 10:00 a.m.
Documentary, 2010. 86mins.
Languages: Hebrew, English, Arabic
English & Hebrew Subtitles
Directed by: Shlomi Eldar
A Palestinian woman must work with Israeli doctors and a Gaza reporter to save the life of her newborn son, who is suffering from an immune system disorder. For 18 months the reporter documents an extraordinary story that gives hope for the fate of this war-torn region.
Salsa in Tel Aviv
Sunday, January 22nd at 1:30 p.m. at Byrd Theater
Israel, 2011 | Feature, 100 min.
Director: Jorge Weller
Producer: Zvi Spealmann
Salsa in Tel Aviv is a romantic comedy. Vicky is a talented salsa dancer who arrives in Israel in order to work and send money to her mother and son overseas. Her son’s father, Beto, is living in Israel illegally, teaching salsa and cleaning homes. Following Beto’s advice, Vicky disguises herself as a nun in order to enter Israel more easily. The story begins on the plane to Israel. In the seat next to Vicky is Yoni, an Israeli biologist. Yoni and Vicky develop a “forbidden” attraction-between a “nun” and a man engaged to be married.
The Matchmaker
Sunday, January 22nd at 7:00 p.m.
Languages: Hebrew
English & Hebrew Subtitles
Directed by: Avi Nesher
Set in 1968 Haifa, a teenage boy gets a summer job with a Holocaust survivor who makes ends meet by brokering marriages and smuggling goods. Throughout the summer, the mysterious matchmaker takes the boy on a dangerous coming-of-age ride into the deepest underbelly of Haifa during the time of the Six-Day War.
Winner of Audience Choice Award at 25th Israel Film Festival in New York.