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The Bubble/HaBuah
Two gay men live with a straight woman, all Israelis, in the trendy and somewhat bohemian Sheinkin Street neighborhood of Tel Aviv. |
Sunday, Nov 16th,
Camera 12 Theater
English, Hebrew and Arabic w/subtitles
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The Champagne Spy
It may be a documentary but this film feels more like a James Bond spy thriller.
A speaker following the Movie |
Sunday, Nov 2nd, *SOLD OUT*
Camera 12 Theater
Wednesday, Nov 5th,
Camera 12 Theater
English and Hebrew w/subtitles
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The Debt
This is a nail-biting fiction with a seemingly plausible premise. Mossad agents capture a Mengele-like Nazi physician, intending to return him to Israel for trial.
Shown With Short Movie
Student short—"Soul to Soul" |
Sunday, Oct 26th,
Camera 12 Theater
Thursday, Oct 30th,
Cubberley Theater
Hebrew, Arabic, German w/subtitles
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Fugitive Pieces
A young Jewish boy's immediate family is murdered before his eyes by Nazis, but, through fate, his life is spared.
Shown With the Short Movie
Naturalized |
Sunday, Oct 26th,
Camera 12 Theater
Wednesday, Oct 29th,
Camera 12 Theater
English, Greek, German & Yiddish w/subtitles
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I Have Never Forgotten You:
The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
A definitive and chair-gripping biography of famed Nazi-hunter and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal
Speakers following the Movie |
Sunday, Nov 16th,
Camera 12 Theater
English and German w/subtitles
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Knowledge is the Beginning
A collaborative effort by renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim and Columbia University professor Edward Said, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra seeks, as its mission, to bring together young Arab and Israeli musicians as a source of hope and inspiration |
Sunday, Nov 9th,
Camera 12 Theater
English, Hebrew; Arabic, German w/subtitles
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Ladino: 500 Years Young
It has been more than a half a millennium since the Jews were expelled from Spain. But beautiful Ladino (old Spanish with a mix of Hebrew) songs, of the Sephardic Jews continue to be heard throughout Europe, Israel and North Africa.
Bonus: Ladino Concert Follows Film |
Thursday, Nov 13th,
Cubberley Theater
English, Greek, German and Yiddish w/subtitles
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Max Minsky and Me
Nelly Sue Edelmeister is a cerebral 13-year-old Berlin wallflower who lives for astronomy, with a desire to become a star basketball player.
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Sunday, Nov 9th,
Camera 12 Theater
German w/subtitles
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My Father, My Lord
This sensitively-directed film depicts the staggering price that a family can pay for an obsession with ritualistic observance, even in the face of enormous tragedy.
Shown With
Children of the Sun
Israeli filmmaker Ran Tal grew up on a kibbutz in an atmosphere of Socialist and Utopian idealism, when kibbutznikim were living their dream. |
Thursday, Nov 6th,
Cubberley Theater
Hebrew and Yiddish w/subtitles
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My Mexican Shiva
An Ashkenazi family in Mexico City celebrates shiva for its patriarch, who had a Gentile mistress many years younger than him |
Sunday, Nov 9th,
Camera 12 Theater
Spanish, Yiddish and Hebrew w/subtitles
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Refusenik
The definitive work on the subject, this masterful documentary film chronicles the lengthy campaign, begun on a shoestring in the United States, to allow Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel.
Special Program Follows Movie |
Sunday, Nov 2nd,
Camera 12 Theater
English, Russian and Hebrew w/subtitles
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A Secret/Un Secret
An insecure adolescent in post-war France, and a Catholic, always knew that he had been born Jewish.
Due to sell out, the SVJFF has arranged a special $3 discount
off the regular box office general admission price, with this
coupon. For show times,
please call 408-998-3300. |
Friday, Nov 21st, *New*
Camera 12 Theater
French and Yiddish w/subtitles
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The Secrets/Ha-Sodot
Two women, one Israeli-born and deeply religious and the other, secular, disdainful of tradition, and French-born, meet at a yeshiva in Safed.
Shown With Short Movie
A Kiss is A Kiss is A Kiss |
Sunday, Nov 16th,
Camera 12 Theater
Wednesday, Nov 19th,
Camera 12 Theater
Hebrew w/subtitles
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Sixty Six
Bernie's Bar Mitzvah was going to be the affair to remember. But there was a little competition. His Bar Mitzvah in 1966 was precisely on the day of the World Cup soccer finals.
Family Event (age 7 and above) |
Sunday, Nov 9th,
Camera 12 Theater
English
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Villa Jasmin
Jewish life in North Africa was vibrant and this very special feature film tells a poignant and romantic story.
Shown With Short Movie
A Trip to Prague |
Sunday, Nov 9th,
Camera 12 Theater
Wednesday, Nov 12th,
Camera 12 Theater
French, Arabic w/subtitles
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Yiddish Theater, a Love
Story
The Yiddish Theater of New York is the oldest continuously operating Yiddish theater in the world, having opened on the Lower East Side over 90 years ago. |
Sunday, Oct 26th,
Camera 12 Theater
English and Yiddish w/subtitles
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