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Rated LGBTQ

Rated LGBTQ is the WJFF’s queer cinema series presented in partnership with GLOE—The Kurlander Program for GLBT Outreach & Engagement.

The Cakemaker | Spotlight

Dir. Ofir Raul Graizer
(105 min, Germany/Israel, 2017) Narrative

After his Israeli lover dies, German baker Tomas travels to Jerusalem and finds work with his lover’s widow, but keeps his identity a secret. They click in the kitchen, but suspicions, jealousies, and cultural differences threaten their fragile friendship.

Saving Neta

Dir. Nir Bergman
(90 min, Israel, 2016) Narrative

Acclaimed Israeli filmmaker Nir Bergman (Broken Wings) returns with his grandest and most evocative tableau to date—a richly imagined ode to femininity, parenthood, and human connection.

The Strangest Stranger

Dir. Magnus Bärtås
(73 min, Japan/Sweden, 2017) Documentary

In Haruki Murakami’s novel Kafka on the Shore, a mysterious man appears, calling himself Johnnie Walker. Is he modeled on Joni Waka, a Jewish man living in Tokyo, or is it the other way around?

Summer

Dir. Pearl Gluck
(19 min, United States, 2018) Narrative, Short

Two teenage girls in a Hasidic sleep-a-way camp explore a forbidden book which leads them to a sexual awakening neither of them are prepared to encounter.

Sunset

Dirs. Katie EnnisGary Jaffe
(15 min, United States, 2017) Narrative, Short

In the days following Pearl Harbor, a young man must decide whether to serve overseas or stay in New York with his streetwise male lover.

Rated LGBTQ

The Cakemaker | Spotlight

Dir. Ofir Raul Graizer (105 min, Germany/Israel, 2017) Narrative

Saving Neta

Dir. Nir Bergman (90 min, Israel, 2016) Narrative