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Saturday, December 13
 WOULD
I LIE TO YOU TOO?
105 minutes
French with English subtitles
Director: Thomas Gilou
Saturday, December 13th, 5:45 pm at the AFI Silver Theater.
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tickets now for this screening.
Life is not great for the gregarious group of fast-talking but
flailing entrepreneurs doing business in the Jewish garment
district of Paris. The boys think they've scored big when they
swing a promising partnership with giant discount clothing chain,
Eurodiscount. But instead, its unscrupulous executive takes
them for a ride, and Eddie, Dov, Ivan, and Patrick concoct a
devious scheme to teach the swindler a lesson in swindling.
A sequel to the huge French box office hit Would I Lie to You?
(11th WJFF), this film is high-speed, hilarious, and full of
heart.
Co-sponsored by the Embassy of France
Poland/USA, 2002, 35mm
118 minutes
English
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Saturday. December 13th, 7:45 pm at the AFI Silver Theater.
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tickets now for this screening.
Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa; The Dybbuk -11th WJFF) is
back with another film that explores the psycho-sexual intersection
of the Jewish and Polish experience. Julie's father, a devout
Polish Catholic has never approved of her relationship with
Henry because he is Jewish. Her father's curse on their relationship,
Henry's infidelity and the sudden illness of their son Nicholas
cause the family to unravel. In a quest to cure Nicholas, Julie
(Miranda Otto, Lord of the Rings), travels to Poland and encounters
Alexis, an introverted Russian faith healer with whom she falls
in love. When Alexis follows Julie home to Canada all the members
of her family are confronted by issues of faith, betrayal, love
and compassion. Julie Walking Home refuses to
settle for easy answers as it lends one family's struggle for
happiness with mytho-poetic significance.
In cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Welcoming Remarks: Anna Niewiadomska, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy
of the Republic of Poland
Post-screening discussion with Variety Film Critic Eddie Cockrell
 JAMES'
JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
87 minutes
English, Hebrew and Zulu with English subtitles
Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Saturday, December 13th, 10:00 pm at the AFI Silver Theatre.
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tickets now this screening.
also screening Sunday, December
14th, 5:30pm at the Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
James, a devout pilgrim from the small African village of Entshongweni,
is sent by his people to see Jerusalem. However, arriving at
the airport, James is mistaken for an illegal guest worker and
imprisoned. It is his luck to catch the attention of Shimi (Salim
Daw) who bails him out of jail and puts him to work as part
of his gang of guest workers who live in the shadows of Tel
Aviv and clean the homes of yuppies along with other menial
labor formerly performed by Palestinians. As James learns the
"rules" of how business is done in the West, his character changes
to heed the advice of Shimi's father who admonishes him, "Don't
be a fryer (sucker)!" This audience favorite at the Cannes Film
Festival is a moral fairytale with a satirical comment on the
obsessions and character of contemporary Israeli society.
Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel
In cooperation with DC Labor Film Festival and the New Israel
Fund
Welcoming Remarks: Aviva Raz-Shechter, Counselor, Public and
Academic Affairs, the Embassy of Israel
Special Guest: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, Director
 FROM
DACHAU WITH LOVE
77 minutes
German with English subtitles
Director: Bernd Fischer
Saturday, December 13th, 5:45 pm at the Aaron and Cecile
Goldman Theater. Buy
tickets now for this screening.
Bernd Fischer, a young filmmaker who grew up in Dachau, takes
us back to his hometown to meet the residents of this small
Bavarian village, which is also home to a former concentration
camp. Fischer unravels a bizarre, even humorous, battle between
two opposing parties, those who accept the town's grim past
as an inevitable part of its identity and those who would insist
Dachau is the perfect location for a romantic honeymoon. From
Dachau With Love is a quirky tale on holocaust guilt
that also explores the difficult task of maintaining normal
life in the shadow of grotesque history.
Co-sponsored by the Goethe-Institut Washington
Welcoming Remarks: Heribert Uschtrin, Director, Goethe-Institut
Washington
Special Guest: Bernd Fischer, Director
 PUT
THE CAMERA ON ME
70 minutes
English
Directors: Darren Stein and Adam Shell
Saturday, December 13th, 7:50 pm at the Aaron and Cecile
Goldman Theater. Buy
tickets for this double screening.
During the '80s on a suburban cul-de-sac in Encino, CA, filmmaker
Darren Stein created over 50 movies between the ages of 7 and
15. Starring the neighborhood kids, the films tackled sophisticated
themes such as homosexuality, the Holocaust, nuclear war, child
abuse, and loneliness. Kids would vie for starring roles, as
well as the attention and approval of the filmmaker, creating
an atmosphere of betrayal and backbiting, with the exhilarating
heights and crushing lows of a mini studio system. Put
the Camera on Me offers an intimate peek into the power
structure within a group of kids captured on film when the parents
are away -- the jealousy, cruelty, sexuality, innocence, and
often perverse imagination seen through the eyes of a child
auteur at the dawn of the video generation. (Film note adapted
from the Northwest Film Forum)
Co-sponsored by Reel Affirmations and Bet Mishpachah, Washington,
DC's Egalitarian Synagogue Embracing a Diversity of Sexual and
Gender Identities
Following the screening will be a DVD-release party for Trembling
Before G-d, with special guest Director/Producer Sandy Simcha
DuBowski in attendance.
with
 THE
GREAT YIDDISH LOVE
15 minutes
Yiddish with English subtitles
Director: Diane Nerwen
With segments from the diva's films, dubbed over with Yiddish dialogue and music from Molly Picon's films, Director Diane Nerwen brilliantly crafts a fictitious love affair between Marlene Dietrich, the tempestuous 1920s idol of German cinema, and Zarah Leander, the sensational actress who filled her shoes after Dietrich defiantly abandoned Germany.
Co-sponsored by Yiddish of Greater Washington
 TREMBLING
BEFORE G-D DVD-RELEASE PARTY
FREE
Ina & Jack Kay Community Hall, Washington DCJCC
Trembling Before G-d, the 84 minute award-winning documentary
by Sandi Simcha DuBowski, is an unprecedented feature documentary
that shatters assumptions about faith, sexuality, and religious
life. Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic
and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays
a group of people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile
their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic
Biblical prohibitions that forbid homosexuality.
Trembling Before G-d (12th WJFF Special Mention)
became one of 2001's most successful documentaries, winning
more than twelve awards, including The Teddy Award for Best
Documentary at the Berlin Film Festival, The Mayor's Prize for
the Jewish Experience at the Jerusalem Film Festival, and the
Golden Plaque Award for best documentary at the Chicago International
Film Festival.
Come out for a swingin� DVD Release Party with Director/Producer Sandi Simcha Dubowski, featuring a DVD signing and special screening of Trembling on the Road, the DVD�s new short feature which tracks the movement of this wildly successful film across the globe. The DVD�s Special Features also include segments on Mark:The Musical, Behind the Silhouettes, Interview with the Director, and More with Rabbi Steve, the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi.
Free food, beverages, and Red Hook beer
Special Guest: Sandi Simcha Dubowski, Director/Producer
Co-sponsored by Reel Affirmations, Red Hook Brewery, Heeb
Magazine, and Bet Mishpachah, Washington DC's Egalitarian
Synagogue Embracing a Diversity of Sexual and Gender Identities
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