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2010 Film Festival

2009 Film Festival

Bart Got a Room

Nerdy high school senior Danny has spent six hundred bucks on the hotel room, the limo, and the tux for his prom. He's only missing one thing -- the girl. Hampered by well-intentioned but clueless advice from his newly-divorced parents and unsympathetic mocking from his best friends, Danny battles peer pressure, teen angst, and his own raging hormones as he desperately searches for a prom date. Danny's luckless quest turns to panic when he learns that even Bart - the school's biggest dweeb - has secured not only a date, but also a hotel room for the night.

Children's movies: The Chosen and Something from Nothing

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It's the summer of 1966 and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12-year-old Bernie, though, the biggest day of his life is looming:his Bar Mitzvah, the day he becomes a man. However, Bernie's family is increasingly distracted by the threat of losing their business and their wayward older son, and the scale of Bernie's Bar Mitzvah diminishes daily. Worst of all, the Cup Final is scheduled to take place on the same day and when England makes it through the qualifying rounds, Bernie's longed-for Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a complete disaster!

Children's movies: Pre-K through 4th grades will watch The Prince Who Thought He Was a Rooster and other wonderful Jewish stories. Children in 5th grade and above will watch Unstrung Heroes (rated PG).

Noodle

At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside-down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touchingcomic-drama in which two human beings - as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Bejing - accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.

Children's movies: The Frisco Kid and It Can Always Be Worse.

The Band
This film tells the story of a police orchestra from Egypt who come to Israel only to make a wrong turn and end up in a remote desert town, where cultures clash in a forgotten place void of culture. When the band leaves in the morning for their intended destination, it is clear that their unplanned detour was worth the trip! Susannah Perlman, movie critic for Jewtastic.com comments that filmmaker Eran Kolirin masterfully weaves comedy, drama and poignancy in this pitch perfect piece.

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Set in the turbulent year of 1970, this poignant and humorous coming of age story thrusts twelve year-old Mauro into a maelstrom of political and personal upheaval. When his left-wing militant parents are forced to go underground, Mauro is left in the care of his Jewish grandfather’s neighbor in Sao Paulo. Suddenly finding himself an exile in his own country, he is forced to create an ersatz family from the religiously diverse and colorful population of his new neighborhood.

Only Human
Guess who's coming to dinner at the Dalinsky home? In this Spanish screwball comedy, Leni introduces her Palestinian fiancto her Jewish family. Murder, mayhem, and belly dancing ensue in this cross-cultural romp that provides comic relief to a seemingly irresolvable conflict. It’s a Jewish Meets the Parents-type comedy that will spiral out of control and provide for hilarious misunderstandings!

The Point
A classic fable by American songwriter and musician Harry Nilsson about a boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person in The Pointed Village, where by law everyone and everything had to have a point. This wonderful movie has a simple but direct message--accept everyone for who they are and not force them to fit into a preconceived notion of who they should be.

The Adventures of Agent Emes- The Fish Head
Enter the exciting world of Agent Emes, the fearless yeshiva-boy-turned-crime fighter who battles to save the Jews and thwart the evil schemes of the fiendish Dr. Lo-Tov of Aveiros International. Agent E's first escapade finds him trying to decode a mysterious message, delivered by an even more mysterious source, a talking fish head in the local kosher market. His search leads him and his rambunctious yeshiva classmates to a shofar-making factory, where Agent E cracks the case and nabs the bad guys.

Masada
Wits and weapons clash in this 1981 epic chronicling a rebellion by Jewish Zealots against Roman rule. After Jerusalem falls to the Romans in 70 A.D., nearly a thousand Jewish rebels withdraw to a mountaintop fortress 30 miles southeast of Jerusalem. There, fed by defiance and an unlimited supply of cistern water, they make their stand against Roman rule.

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