Arts and Entertainment
January 24, 2024
From: Jewish Film FestivalSchedule:
February 4, 2024
The Anne Frank Gift Shop (short) - 1PM
Directed by Mickey Rapkin
Is there a wrong way to talk about the Holocaust? When a high-end design firm presents its plans to reimagine the gift shop at The Anne Frank House, the company's overt appeal to Generation Z sparks a debate about collective trauma, the Holocaust and tote bags.
Love Gets a Room
Directed by Rodrigo Cortes - 1PM
Inspired by true events during the 1942 Nazi occupation of Poland, this is the story of a Jewish stage actress who must make the gut-wrenching decision to follow her heart or to escape the Warsaw ghetto. The film is a romantic tale of love and survival in the face of harrowing circumstances.
The Peacock That Passed Over (short) - 3:30PM
Directed by Max Goldberg
Four years ago a peacock suddenly landed and has settled ever since in the grounds of a Leeds synagogue. Whimsical and charming, the film explores the responses of a diverse section of that Yorkshire community.
Remembering Gene Wilder - 3:30PM
Directed by Ron Frank
Remembering Gene Wilder documentary film, a warm tribute to actor Gene Wilder.
February 8, 2024
Schedule:
Delegation - 7PM
Directed by Asaf Saban
Three Israeli high school friends take part in a class trip visiting Holocaust sites in Poland -- the last time together before going to the army. During the trip, shy boy Frisch, aspiring artist Nitzan and class heartthrob Ido deal with issues of love, friendship and politics against the backdrop of concentration camps and memorial sites. This journey will change them forever.
February 10, 2024
The Future - 7PM
Directed by Noam Kaplan
When Israel’s Minister of Space and Tourism is murdered in the lead-up to the country’s first mission to the moon, Yaffa, a young Arab university student from the occupied West Bank, confesses to the murder. Scientist Nurit asks for permission to interview the assassin. As the truth is exposed - and the spacecraft carrying a nation’s dreams nears its destination - an increasingly disillusioned Nurit inches towards a profoundly troubling realization.
February 17, 2024
The Story of Annette Zelman - 7PM
Directed by Philippe Le Guay
In 1942 Paris, Jewish-born Annette Zelman and Catholic Jean Jausion fall in love and wish to get married. However, Jean's parents are opposed to the match and report Annette to the Gestapo. She is sent to Auschwitz, and Jean is driven to despair.
February 18, 2024
Kidnapped - 1PM
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
A Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.
June Zero - 3:30PM
Directed by Jake Paltrow
The 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, architect of the mass murder of the Jews during World War II. Based on true accounts-tells its story from the intertwined perspectives of three largely unrelated figures: Eichmann’s Jewish Moroccan prison guard; an Israeli police investigator for the prosecution and a Holocaust survivor; and a 13-year-old Jewish Libyan immigrant.
Date: February 4 - 18, 2024
Location:
Barshop Jewish Community Center -
12500 North West Military Highway
San Antonio, TX 78231
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