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2006 festival of jewish cinema

Hotel Harabati

Contemporary films on Jewish themes from around the world.

Wed 1 Nov - Sun 19 Nov 2006





All sessions incl. opening night $16 (no concessions)
Gold Pass $87.50 (valid for any seven different films)

Phone 8663 2222 for tickets or Book Online

The Festival of Jewish Cinema is presented by The Jewish Film Foundation of Australia Inc.

Proudly supported by The Erdi Group, The Pratt Foundation, New South Wales Film and Television Office, Australian Film Commission, Victorian Multicultural Commission, Ivany Investment Group, Altshul Printers and ACMI.

family law Burman has created a wonderfully affirmative and reassuring portrait of two generations drawn closer together by the most uneventful of circumstances.

hotel harabati This masterfully crafted, contemporary mystery-thriller from France is a compelling parable about urban fear and Islamic terrorism.

la maison de nina A quietly magnificent and classically told story about the tentative readjustment to normal life of Jewish children in the aftermath of the war.

just an ordinary jew This tour de force, from the director of Downfall, addresses the thorny issue of what it means to be Jewish in contemporary Germany.

legacy of jedwabne An eye-opening documentary inspired by groundbreaking research into what really happened to the little-known Jewish community of Jedwabne in Poland.

quand les anges s'en mêlent... This contemporary comedy of manners explores the universal themes of marriage and friendship within a distinctly French-Jewish setting.

le temps de la désobéissance An uplifting historical thriller inspired by an actual event that took place in July 1942.

el cantor France's Joseph Morder has fashioned a fine bittersweet drama about the joys and pitfalls of post-Holocaust ethnic reaffirmation in El Cantor.

sixty six A lovable comedy-drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family planning their son's Bar Mitzvah.

yiddish soul This timely two-part documentary and live-concert film is a musical journey that traces the revival of Yiddish singing in Europe.

love to hide This powerful drama is not one but two stories of converging lives in wartorn France.

judíos en el espacio An affectionate comedy drama about an extended Jewish family, and its youngest generation's attempts to keep the family together.

the tenants Set in New York in the early 1970s, the film tells the story of the uneasy relationship between two men: one white and Jewish; the other black.

nina's journey Nina's Journey is a powerful drama about a young Jewish woman's remarkable odyssey from survival in World War II Poland to a new life in Sweden.

four weeks in june This riveting drama focuses on the friendship between an elderly Jewish woman and a troubled Swedish girl.

volevo solo vivere Volevo Solo Vivere is one of the few non-fiction films to document the fate of Italy's Jews during the Holocaust.

first zionist bunny This deceptively intelligent documentary follows bikini-clad contestants vying for the coveted role of the first Israeli Playboy Channel hostess.

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