All films and events will take place in person, with most of the programs also being made available virtually. In-person screenings will take place November 2 – 9. Virtual streaming dates are November 2 – 12, except for Madrasa (TV Series) which will have an extended streaming window from November 2-16.

In-Person Screenings Schedule:

Thursday, November 2, 2023 -- Opening Night

6:30 PM -- The Future (80 min)
8:45 PM -- Opening Night Reception

Friday, November 3, 2023

5:30 PM -- Savoy (78 min)
7:30 PM -- 20s + 30s Shabbat Dinner

Saturday, November 4, 2023

2:00 PM -- Madrasa (TV Series) (25 min)
3:00 PM -- East Side (TV Series) (45 min)
4:30 PM -- Innocence (100 min)
7:00 PM -- Mediterranean Fever (108 min)

Sunday, November 5, 2023 -- Films & Democracy Summit (Day 1)

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Democracy Summit: Day 1 – Hybrid format
2:00 PM -- Post-Summit Reception
2:30 PM -- Children of Peace (58 min)
4:30 PM -- The Checkpoint Women: Memories (60 min)
6:30 PM -- Seven Blessings (111 min)

Monday, November 6, 2023 -- Films & Democracy Summit (Day 2)

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Democracy Summit: Day 2 – Hybrid format
5:00 PM -- Post-Summit Reception
5:30 PM -- Mourning in Lod (73 min)
7:30 PM -- Alam (100 min)

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

5:30 PM -- Israelism (84 min)
7:30 PM -- A Gaza Weekend (90 min)

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

5:30 PM -- Egypt, a Love Song (55 min)
7:30 PM -- The Taste of Apples is Red (83 min)

Thursday, November 9, 2023 -- Closing Night

6:00 PM -- The Other (104 min)
8:30 PM -- Closing Night Reception

Virtual Screenings Schedule:

Streaming Window:
November 2, 2023 10:00 am - November 12, 2023 11:59 pm

Opening Night: The Future
2023 | 80 minutes | Narrative
Director: Noam Kaplan
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In the near future, Israeli scientist Nurit (Reymond Amsalem) has created a groundbreaking algorithm designed to prevent future violent attacks. But her system fails when Yaffa (Samar Qupty), a young Palestinian woman from the occupied West Bank, assassinates the Israeli minister of Space and Tourism. In order to fix the bugs in her algorithm, Nurit faces the assassin in person. As the sessions between these two brilliant women raise questions about their pasts, Nurit begins to question her future.

Screening followed by Q+A conversation.

Savoy
2022 | 78 minutes
New York Premiere
Director: Zohar Wagner
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Filmmaker Zohar Wagner tells the story of Kochava Levy (Dana Igvy), a young woman of Yemeni descent who served as mediator between Palestinian attackers and the IDF while being held hostage in Tel Aviv—during the night of the deadly 1975 Hotel Savoy terror attack. Over the course of one night, she transformed herself into a fearless heroine and formed an unlikely connection with one of the attackers. The film intertwines rare archival materials that were never released with reenacted scenes from the night of the attack.

Screening followed by Q+A conversation and Shabbat dinner hosted for 20s + 30s. To include the 20s +30s Shabbat dinner in your ticket, please specify the add-on at checkout.

East Side (TV Series)
2023 | 45 minutes | Narrative
International Premiere
Director: Evgeny Ruman
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A new television series about Momi Ben Dahan (Yehuda Levi), a former Secret Service agent who now works as a land agent, brokering sketchy property deals in East Jerusalem between its Arab residents and the right-wing Jewish groups trying to take over. Though the deals are politically volatile, Momi is motivated by something more personal.

Screening followed by Q+A.

Mediterranean Fever
2022 | 108 minutes | Narrative
Director: Maha Haj
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Forty-year-old Waleed, a Palestinian living in Haifa with his wife and two children, is a struggling writer with depression. When he meets his new neighbor Jalal, a small-time crook, the two men form an unexpected friendship and become inseparable. This dark comedy won a prize for best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival.

Screening followed by Q+A conversation.

Children of Peace
2022 | 58 minutes | Documentary
New York Premiere
Director: Maayan Schwartz
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In 1970s Israel, a group of dreamers founded a utopian Palestinian-Israeli village as a social experiment, and challenged everything they knew about their nationalities and histories. In Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, Israelis and Palestinians live side by side, learn together, and share languages. The film follows the children who were raised in this unique environment, set apart from the rest of Israeli and Palestinian societies. Now adults, these “children of peace” are facing the harsh realities of the outside conflict, and are asking themselves the hardest question of all: Is coexistence possible? This poignant film is a personal account of a revolutionary ecosystem.

Screening followed by Q+A conversation.

The Checkpoint Women: Memories
2023 | 60 minutes | Documentary
International Premiere
Director: Eliezer Yaari
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In 2001, a group of Israeli women, most of them in their sixties, established Machsom Watch (Checkpoint Watch), an organization dedicated to guarding the human rights of Palestinians who must regularly pass through checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank. For years, these women documented the troubling activity taking place at the checkpoints, giving viewers a never-before-seen look at the occupation. As the women revisit the footage from the checkpoints, this moving film showcases those who stood at the heart of the conflict, exposing the daily struggle of Palestinians living under occupation.

Screening followed by Q+A conversation.

Egypt, A Love Song
2022 | 55 minutes
Director: Iris Zaki
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In 1940s Egypt, Souad Zaki was a popular Jewish-Arab singer married to a renowned Muslim musician. After her husband abandoned her and their child, Souad was forced to flee to Israel and make ends meet working as a domestic cleaner. Souad’s granddaughter Iris tells her tempestuous story in a hybrid cinematic project that crosses nations, cultures, and generations.

Screening followed by Q+A conversation.

Streaming Window:
November 2, 2023 10:00 am - November 16, 2023 11:59 pm

Madrasa (TV Series)
2023 | 25 minutes | Narrative
New York Premiere
Director: Guri Alfi
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A comedy television series set at a bilingual Jewish-Arab high school in Israel. This unique setting serves as the background for many challenges, dilemmas, and conflicts that the students, teachers, and parents deal with throughout the episodes. The children studying at Madrasa are learning how to break down age-old walls of suspicion, racism, and hostility.

Screening followed by Q+A conversation.

When:

In-Person Screenings: November 2 - 9, 2023
Virtual Screenings: November 2 - 16, 2023

Where:

Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan,
334 Amsterdam Avenue,
New York, NY 10023

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