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19th Annual Washington Jewish Film Festival. December 4-14, 2008

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Films of the 2008 Washington Jewish Film Festival

Scene from A GREEN CHARIOT Title: A GREEN CHARIOT
Director: Gilad Goldschmidt
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: Video, 48 minutes
 Scene from A LETTER TO AN ABSENT CHILD Title: A LETTER TO AN ABSENT CHILD
Director: Ayelet Bargur
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 4 minutes
Scene from A TIME FOR JUSTICE Title: A TIME FOR JUSTICE
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: 16 mm, 38 minutes
 Scene from A TOUCH AWAY Title: A TOUCH AWAY
Director: Ron Ninio
Language: Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 304 minute
Scene from A TRIP TO PRAGUE Title: A TRIP TO PRAGUE
Director: Neil Ira Needleman
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: video, 4 minutes
Scene from ABOUT YOSSI Title: ABOUT YOSSI
Director: Avi Hemy
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 53 minutes
Scene from ARAB LABOR Episodes 1, 4 and 5 Title: ARAB LABOR Episodes 1, 4 and 5
Director: Ron Ninio
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 90 minutes
 Scene from AROUND TRIP Title: AROUND TRIP
Director: Gur Bentwich
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 12 minutes
Scene from AT HOME IN UTOPIA Title: AT HOME IN UTOPIA
Director: Michal Goldman
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: video, 57 minutes
 Scene from AT THE END OF THE DAY Title: AT THE END OF THE DAY
Director: Ayelet Bargur
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 50 minutes
Scene from BEAU JEST Title: BEAU JEST
Director: James Sherman
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 98 minutes
 Scene from BEING JEWISH IN FRANCE Title: BEING JEWISH IN FRANCE
Director: Yves Jeuland
Language: French with English subtitles
Country: France
Duration: 185 minute
Scene from BERGA: SOLDIERS OF ANOTHER WAR Title: BERGA: SOLDIERS OF ANOTHER WAR
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 85 minutes
 Scene from BLESSED IS THE MATCH: THE LIFE & DEATH OF HANNAH SENESH Title: BLESSED IS THE MATCH: THE LIFE & DEATH OF HANNAH SENESH
Director: Roberta Grossman
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: video, 86 minutes
Scene from BRIDGE OVER THE WADI Title: BRIDGE OVER THE WADI
Director: Barak & Tomer Heymann
Language: Hebrew, Arabic and English with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Duration: 57 minutes
 Scene from CIRCUMCISE ME! Title: CIRCUMCISE ME!
Director: David Blumenfeld, Matthew Kalman
Language: English
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 49 minutes
Scene from DANCING ALFONSO Title: DANCING ALFONSO
Director:
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 minutes
 Scene from DARLING: THE PIETER-DIRK UYS STORY Title: DARLING: THE PIETER-DIRK UYS STORY
Director: Julian Shaw
Language: English
Country: Australia
Format and Duration: video, 54 minutes
Scene from DEAR MR. WALDMAN Title: DEAR MR. WALDMAN
Director: Hanan Peled
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 86 minutes
 Scene from ENEMIES BY DEFAULT Title: ENEMIES BY DEFAULT
Director: Matan Yam
Language: No dialogue
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: animation, 1:30 minut
Scene from FAMILY ON THE EDGE Title: FAMILY ON THE EDGE
Director: Gilad Goldschmidt
Language: Hebrew and English with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 58 minutes
 Scene from GREEN MERCEDES Title: GREEN MERCEDES
Director: Sarit Zarivach
Language: English with Hebrew subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: animation, 4 minutes
Scene from HEY HEY IT’S ESTHER BLUEBURGER Title: HEY HEY IT’S ESTHER BLUEBURGER
Director: Cathy Randall
Language: English
Country: Australia
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 103 minute
 Scene from JERUSALEM LIVES Title: JERUSALEM LIVES
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Duration: 53 minutes
Scene from JOHN F. KENNEDY: 1917-1963 Title: JOHN F. KENNEDY: 1917-1963
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 33 minutes
 Scene from JOURNEY TO AMERICA Title: JOURNEY TO AMERICA
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: 16mm, 52 minutes
Scene from LEMON TREE Title: LEMON TREE
Director: Eran Riklis
Language: Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel/Germany/France
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 106 minute
 Scene from LET’S DANCE! Title: LET’S DANCE!
Director: Noemie Lvovsky
Language: French with English subtitles
Country: France/Switzerland
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 100 min
Scene from LIFE IN A BOX Title: LIFE IN A BOX
Director: Em-Li Noy, Inbar Rotstein
Language: No dialogue
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: animation, 2 minutes
Scene from LIFE IN THE SHADOWS Title: LIFE IN THE SHADOWS
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: video, 10 minutes
Scene from LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER Title: LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER
Director:
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 minutes
 Scene from LOVE TIES Title: LOVE TIES
Director: Omer Sasson, Oran Shtang
Language: No dialogue
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 6 minutes
Scene from MAX MINSKY AND ME Title: MAX MINSKY AND ME
Director: Anna Justice
Language: German with English Subtitles
Country: Germany
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 94 minutes
 Scene from MERDY BIRDY Title: MERDY BIRDY
Director: Nir Green
Language: No dialogue
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: animation, 1 minute
Scene from MISS UNIVERSE 1929 Title: MISS UNIVERSE 1929
Director: Peter Forgacs
Language: German with English subtitles
Country: Hungary
Format and Duration: digital beta, 70 minutes
 Scene from MOM, I DIDN’T KILL YOUR DAUGHTER Title: MOM, I DIDN’T KILL YOUR DAUGHTER
Director: Orna Ben Dor
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 50 minutes
Scene from MUSICAL CHAIRS Title: MUSICAL CHAIRS
Director: Yonni Aroussi, Ben Genislaw
Language: No dialogue
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: animation, 4 minutes
Scene from MY OLYMPIC SUMMER Title: MY OLYMPIC SUMMER
Director: Daniel Robin
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: video, 12 minutes
Scene from NEW YEAR’S DAY Title: NEW YEAR’S DAY
Director: Alon Meler
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: animation, 4 minutes
Scene from NINE FROM LITTLE ROCK Title: NINE FROM LITTLE ROCK
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 21 minutes
Scene from ONE DAY YOU’LL UNDERSTAND Title: ONE DAY YOU’LL UNDERSTAND
Director:
Language: French with English subtitles
Country: France
Format and Duration: 35mm, 89 minutes
 Scene from PAUWEL’S CIRCUS Title: PAUWEL’S CIRCUS
Director: Agnes Bensimmon
Language: French with English subtitles
Country: Belgium
Format and Duration: video, 51 minutes
Scene from REVELATION Title: REVELATION
Director: Guy Zinger
Language: no dialogue
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: animation, 4 minutes
Scene from ROBERT KENNEDY REMEMBERED Title: ROBERT KENNEDY REMEMBERED
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: 16 mm, 29 min
Scene from SALONICA Title: SALONICA
Director: Paolo Poloni
Language: English and Hebrew, Greek and Ladino with English subtitles
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 87 minutes
 Scene from SHORTS PROGRAM: LOVE AND WAR BETWEEN THE LINES Title: SHORTS PROGRAM: LOVE AND WAR BETWEEN THE LINES
Director:
Language: mixed
Country: varied
Duration: 81 minutes
Scene from STEFAN BRAUN Title: STEFAN BRAUN
Director: Itamar Alcalay
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 62 minutes
 Scene from STRANGERS Title: STRANGERS
Director: Erez Tadmor, Guy Nattiv
Language: French, Hebrew, Arabic, English, German and Aramaic with English subtitles
Country: Israel/France
Format and Duration: 35 mm, 85 minutes
Scene from TELL YOUR CHILDREN Title: TELL YOUR CHILDREN
Director: Andras Salamon
Language: No dialogue
Country: Hungary
Format and Duration: video, 5 minutes
Scene from THE BEETLE Title: THE BEETLE
Director: Yishai Orian
Language: Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Duration: 70 minutes
Scene from THE HOUSE ON AUGUST STREET Title: THE HOUSE ON AUGUST STREET
Director: Ayelet Bargur
Language: Hebrew and German with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 63 minutes
 Scene from THE KIDDUSH MAN Title: THE KIDDUSH MAN
Director: Yitz Brilliant
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: USA
Format and Duration: video, 11 minutes
Scene from THE MAKING OF LIBERTY Title: THE MAKING OF LIBERTY
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Language: English
Country: USA
Format and Duration: 16mm, 58 minutes
 Scene from THE TUNNEL Title: THE TUNNEL
Director: Gennady Kuchuk
Language: No dialogue
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 18 minutes
Scene from TO SEE IF I’M SMILING Title: TO SEE IF I’M SMILING
Director: Tamar Yarom
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 59 minutes
 Scene from TULIP TIME Title: TULIP TIME
Director: Marco De Stefanis , Tonino Boniotti
Language: Dutch and Italian with English subtitles
Country: Netherlands
Format and Duration: video, 53 minutes
Scene from TWO LIVES PLUS ONE Title: TWO LIVES PLUS ONE
Director: Idit Cebula
Language: French with English subtitles
Country: France
Format and Duration: 35mm, 90 minutes
 Scene from VILLA JASMIN Title: VILLA JASMIN
Director: Ferid Boughedir
Language: French and Arabic with English subtitles
Country: France
Format and Duration: video, 87 minutes
Scene from WAVES OF FREEDOM Title: WAVES OF FREEDOM
Director: Alan Rosenthal
Language: English and Hebrew with English subtitles
Country: Israel
Format and Duration: video, 53 minutes
 Scene from WHO AM I? THE FOUND CHILDREN OF ARGENTINA Title: WHO AM I? THE FOUND CHILDREN OF ARGENTINA
Director: Estela Bravo
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Country: Argentina
Format and Duration: video, 75 minutes