 | Sunday April 21, 2013 2:30pm (two films)
Au Fil du Banc (with Esther and Me)
Dramatic Short | France | 2011 | 8 mins | French with subtitles
Director: Alex Torterotot
Venue: Temple Beth El
3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos
An elderly woman sits on her favorite Paris bench each morning, when a Romanian man interrupts her ritual and stirs buried memories.
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 | Saturday April 13, 2013 7:30pm (film series) The Basketball Game (short)
Documentary | Canada| 2011 | 5 mins. | English
Director: Hart Snider
Venue: Museum of Art and History
705 Front St Santa Cruz
A simple game of hoops at a Canadian summer camp dispels mindless prejudices in this autobiographical animated tale about confronting one’s fears.
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 | Saturday April 13, 2013 7:30pm (film series) Batman at the Checkpoint (short)
Dramatic Short | Israel | 2012 | 10 mins | Hebrew & Arabic with subtitles
Director: Rafael Ballulu
Venue: Museum of Art and History
705 Front St Santa Cruz
Stuck in traffic at a checkpoint, 7 year olds Yuval and Mahmoud make faces at one another through their windows as events around them unfold.
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 | Sunday April 21, 2013 4pmBroadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Q & A with Bruce Thompson - UCSC faculty lecturer
Documentary | USA | 2012 | 90 mins | English
Director: Michael Kantor
Venue: Temple Beth El
3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos
Explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical from Yiddish theatrical roots, including interviews with theater luminaries.
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 | Wednesday April 10, 2013 7pm
Dolphin Boy
Q & A with Dr. Julie Kriegler, trauma expert and psychotherapist
Documentary | Israel | 2011 | 72 mins | Hebrew with subtitles
Director: Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir
Venue: Del Mar Theater
1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
After a violent classmate attack, an Arab teenager disconnects himself from humans. Treatment with dolphins in Eilat reveals the healing powers of nature and of love.
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 | Sunday April 21, 2013 2:30pm (two films)Esther and Me (with Au Fil du Banc)
Q & A with Lisa Geduldig-comedienne and filmmaker
Documentary | USA | 2010 | 33 mins | English
Director: Lisa Geduldig
Venue: Temple Beth El
3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos
Friendship between octogenarian Esther Weintraub, a former stand-up comedienne, and lesbian comedienne Lisa Geduldig, brings Esther back to the stage at 87.
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 | Saturday April 20, 2013 7pmHava Nagila (The Movie)
Venue: Temple Beth El
3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos
Documentary | USA | 2012 | 75 mins | English
Director: Roberta Grossman
Venue: Temple Beth El
3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos
Delightfully traces the cultural impact of iconic folk song that transcended its origins to become a worldwide hit.
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 | Thursday April 11, 2013 6:30 pm
Kaddish for a Friend
Drama | Germany |2012| 94 mins| German, Arabic & Russian with subtitles
Director: Leo Khasin
Venue: Del Mar Theater
1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
A moving and gripping story of reconciliation and forgiveness between an elderly Jewish man and a Palestinian teenage émigré in a working class Berlin neighborhood.
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 | Saturday April 13, 2013 7:30pm (film series) The Last Flight of Petr Ginz
Documentary| USA | 2012 | 67 mins | English
Director: Co-directed by Sandy Dickson and Churchill Roberts
Venue: Museum of Art and History
705 Front St Santa Cruz
A testament to how a boy’s wonder and creative expression represent the best of what makes us human through the death of teenage artist and novelist, Petr, at Theresienstat.
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 | Saturday April 20, 2013 8:30pm
Mabul (The Flood)
Drama | Israel | 2011 | 100 mins | Hebrew with subtitles
Director: Guy Nattiv
Venue: Temple Beth El
3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos
Looming over Yoni’s approaching Bar Mitzvah is his parent’s divorce and the return home of his older autistic brother. Warm and tender. Nominated for Israel’s Oscars.
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Sunday April 7, 2013 4 pm
The Other Son (Le Fils de l’autre) (with Within the Eye of the Storm)
Hummus and Hope:
Middle East Films, Food and Discussions with Rabbi Paula Marcus (double feature)--Middle Eastern Food (available for purchase)
Drama | Israel| 2012 | 105mins| Hebrew & Arabic with subtitles
Directors: Lorraine Levy
Venue: Louden Nelson Center
301 Center St, Santa Cruz
As two young men discover that they were switched at birth 18 years earlier, they and their families reassess their respective identities, values, and beliefs.
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 | Thursday April 11, 2013 8:30 pm
Paris Manhattan
Romantic Comedy | France | 2012 | 80 mins | French with subtitles
Director: Sophie Lallouche
Venue: Del Mar Theater
1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
A beautiful loveless thirty-something young woman’s obsession with Woody Allen is put to the test in this charming romantic comedy
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 | Saturday April 6, 2013 7pm
LGBT Event: Films and Discussion with Bettina Aptheker (two films)
The Seder (comedy short) (with The Secrets)
Comedy | Canada |2011| 6 mins.| English |
Director: Justin Kelly
Venue: Louden Nelson Center
301 Center St, Santa Cruz
When openly gay Leo decides to bring his boyfriend home for the family Seder, the Passover themes of freedom and tolerance are put to the test.
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 | Saturday April 6, 2013 7pm
LGBT Event: Films and Discussion with Bettina Aptheker (two films)
The Secrets (with The Seder)
Drama|Israel|2007|127mins|Hebrew with subtitles
Director: Avi Nesher
Venue: Louden Nelson Center
301 Center St, Santa Cruz
The daughter of an orthodox rabbi attends a traditional Seminary where she and her beloved roommate struggle with their relationship that is wrong in their orthodox world.
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Sunday April 7, 2013 4 pm
Within the Eye of the Storm (with The Other Son)
Hummus and Hope:
Middle East Films, Food and Discussions with Rabbi Paula Marcus (double feature)--Middle Eastern Food (available for purchase)
Documentary | Israel | 2012 | 68mins | Hebrew/Arabic/and English with subtitles
Director:Shelly Hermon
Venue: Louden Nelson Center
301 Center St, Santa Cruz
Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan, Palestinian and Israeli dedicated fighters, were each struck by tragedy. They changed course and chose to humanize the enemy.
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