FREE TALKS
ETGAR KERET IN PERSON:
Screening & Discussion
90 MIN
THURSDAY APRIL 18 · 12:30 PM · ITH
Don’t miss the opportunity to engage in discussion with award-winning Israeli author and filmmaker Etgar Keret. Keret’s short stories are enjoyed and admired for their casual style, inventiveness and tragic-comic sensibility as well as for exploring ethical dilemmas and the attempt to overcome trauma through magical thinking. He brings allthese qualities to his film work, both as a writer and co-director. A screening of a selection of Keret’s short films will be followed by a discussion of his work, his collaborations and how he brings his voice from the page to the screen.
Presented in conjunction with:
Films include:
A Buck’s Worth
Skin Deep/ Malka Lev Adom
What About Me
PROFESSOR MAMLOCK:
100 MIN
APRIL 14 - 5:30PM SHEPPARD 3
Made in Stalin’s Russia, Professor Mamlock was one of the first films worldwide to tackle Nazi anti-Semitism head-on. Based on a famous play by a German-Jewish exile to Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with brutal honesty the story of a Jewish doctor and his family as he becomes a victim of the Nazis’ rise to power in 1930s Germany. Professor Mamlock is not only impressively acted but also beautifully shot—and was a hit with audiences both at home and abroad. Newly-translated for this screening.
Guest: Professor and author Olga Gershenson (author of the upcoming The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe)
Co-presented with:
UJA's Emerging Communities
and
NEW:
FREE FAMILY SCREENINGS
AN AMERICAN TAIL
USA 1986, 80 MIN
DIRECTOR: DON BLUTH
SATURDAY APRIL 20 · 2:30 PM · ITH
Filled with memorable characters and wonderful songs, this beautifully animated and heart-warming classic is a treat for audiences of all ages. Little Fievel Mousekewitz and his Russian-Jewish mouse family flee their homeland for what they hope will be a better life in America. As they cross the ocean, a storm separates Fievel from his family, and the young mouse makes his way alone to New York, where he begins to search for his loved ones. Along the way he makes a variety of friends who help him
At this screening the theatre will have the lights turned up and the volume turned down. Children are permitted to get up and move about during the show.
Co-presented with:
OLIVER TWIST
UK/Czech Republic/France/Italy 2005, 130 MIN
DIRECTOR: ROMAN POLANSKI
SATURDAY APRIL 20 · 5:00 PM · ITH
Desiring to make a film his children could enjoy, Roman Polanski adapted the Dickens classic, transporting us to early Victorian England to tell the beloved tale of the orphan Oliver Twist, who makes his way to London where he falls into a gang of pickpockets led by the villainous Fagin. Excellent art direction, set and costume design give the film an authentic look and feel, and Polanski's direction captures equally well the novel's grim moments and the more hopeful ones. Featuring strong performances, especially from Ben Kingsley who brings out both the treachery and the kindness in Fagin, this visually effective and literate film makes a wonderful companion to two other movies in this year's Festival: The First Fagin and Roman Polanksi: A Film Memoir.
Warning: Some disturbing scenes
Co-presented with:
Dickens Fellowship - Toronto Chapter
SHALOM SESAME
USA / ISRAEL 2010, 30 MIN x 2 episodes
SATURDAY APRIL 20 · 11:00 AM · ITH
In Shalom Sesame, your favourite old friends from Sesame Street—plus some new characters and special guest stars—introduce viewers to Jewish customs, holidays, traditions and culture. The shows are in English, and though especially ideal for youngsters age three to eight, they can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Shalom Sesame: Shabbat Shalom Grover
Grover can't seem to figure out why everyone is so busy just before a day of rest. Join Grover as he learns all about Shabbat, and sing along to Avigail's favorite Shabbat song, Bim Bam!
Shalom Sesame: Countdown to Shavuot
It's Shavuot! Avigail and Brosh want to stay up all night just like the grown-ups. Will they be able to do it? They will certainly try with a little help from a dancing cow! Featuring a guest appearance by Ben Stiller.
