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B E Y O N D B O L LY W O O D : 1 7 T H A N N U A L
Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (the
great Jonathan Pryce, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil,
HBO’s Game of Thrones) obstinately clings
to his way of life and his livelihood as a
kosher bakery shop owner in London’s East
End. With a dwindling clientele and the
pressures of encroaching big box stores,
Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager
Ayyash who has a secret side-gig selling
pot to help his struggling immigrant mother
make ends meet. When Ayyash accidentally
drops his stash into the mixing dough, the
challah starts flying off the shelves, and
an unlikely friendship forms between the
old Jewish baker and his young Muslim
apprentice. Co-starring Oscar®-nominee
Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine) and Ian
Hart, DOUGH is a warmhearted and gently
humorous story about overcoming prejudice
and finding redemption in unexpected
places.
DOUGH
UK, 2015, 94 MIN,
DIRECTED BY JOHN GOLDSCHMIDT,
IN ENGLISH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 147:30 PM ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER
“THE PERFORMANCES ARE EXCELLENT (AND) THE LAUGHS COME OFTEN.”
GARY MEYER,EATDRINKFILMS
CO-PRESENTED BY
Born as Menachem Teitelbaum in Hungary,
Marcus Schwarz (renowned German actor
Mario Adorf) escaped Auschwitz with his
life, only to extinguish his Jewishness. With
no synagogue, Jewish friends or family, the
hardened yet lovable old man has done such
an effective job of creating a new identity
in Germany that, when faced with his own
mortality, the rabbis refuse his about-face
appeal to be buried in a Jewish cemetery in
Cologne. Determined to return to his birthplace
and establish his ancestry, Marcus enlists the
help of Gul, a brash, chain-smoking young
Turkish woman with a troubled history of her
own. The unlikely duo set out on an emotional
and humorous road trip to a small village on
the Hungarian-Romanian border, a journey
that will irrevocably change them both.
THE LAST MENTSCH
GERMANY/SWITZERLAND/
FRANCE, 2014, 93 MIN,
DIRECTED BY PIERRE HENRY
SALFATI, IN GERMAN,
HUNGARIAN, HEBREW,
ENGLISH & YIDDISH WITH
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15
11 AM AT ENZIAN
“A THOUGHTFULLY RENDERED STORY OF FRIENDSHIP AND HEALING WITH NUANCED PERFORMANCES…POIGNANT, FUNNY AND DEEPLY MOVING.”
ALISSA CHADBURN,JEWISH FILM INSTITUTE
Gifted Eyad, a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the
chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding
school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to
fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within
early 1990s Israeli society, Eyad develops a
friendship with another outsider, Jonathan
(Michael Moshonov, Mabul) a boy suffering from
muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes
part of the home Jonathan shares with his
mother, Edna (Yael Abecassis, Kadosh). After
falling in love with Naomi, a Jewish girl, he leaves
school when their relationship is uncovered,
and he discovers that he will have to sacrifice
his identity in order to be accepted. Faced with
a choice, Eyad will have to make a decision that
will change his life forever. Nominated for 4
Israeli Oscars, this latest work from acclaimed
Israeli director Eran Riklis (Zaytoun) is an
unusually delicate and sometimes humorous
coming-of-age drama.
A BORROWED IDENTITY
ISRAEL, 2014, 104 MIN,
DIRECTED BY ERAN RIKLIS,
IN HEBREW AND ARABIC WITH
ENGLISH SUBTITLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15
1:30 PM AT ENZIAN
“DAZZLING! EMOTIONALLY RICH! A DON’T MISS!”
JEWISH CURRENTS
From the award-winning director of The
Life and Times of Hank Greenberg and
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, Aviva Kempner’s
ROSENWALD is the incredible story of Julius
Rosenwald, who never finished high school
but rose to become the President of Sears.
Influenced by the writings of educator Booker
T. Washington, this Jewish philanthropist
joined forces with African-American
communities during the Jim Crow South to
build over 5300 schools during the early part
of the 20th century. Inspired by the Jewish
ideals of tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam
(repairing the world), and a deep concern for
racial inequality, the modest Rosenwald used
his wealth to become one of the country’s
most important philanthropists and Pre-Civil
Rights Movement social activists. He gave
away $62 million in his lifetime, and it’s time
to shine a spotlight on this remarkable man’s
achievements.
ROSENWALD
USA, 2015, 100 MIN,
DIRECTED BY AVIVA KEMPNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16
4:15 PM AT ENZIAN
“A STIRRING PORTRAIT OF A MODEST YET MORAL MAN…A RICH AND FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY.”
DANIEL M. GOLD,THE NEW YORK TIMES
A spellbinding mystery of identity, illusion,
and deception unfolds against the turmoil of
post-World War II Germany in the stunning
new film from acclaimed director Christian
Petzold. Nelly, a German-Jewish nightclub
singer, has survived a concentration camp,
but with her face disfigured by a bullet
wound. After undergoing reconstructive
surgery, she emerges with a new face, one
similar but different enough that her former
husband, Johnny, doesn’t recognize her.
Rather than reveal herself, Nelly walks into
a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise
as she tries to figure out if the man she loves
may have been the one who betrayed her to
the Nazis. Evoking the shadows and haunted
mood of post-war Berlin, PHOENIX weaves
a complex, Hitchcock-ian tale of a nation’s
tragedy and a woman’s search for answers
as it builds towards an unforgettable, heart-
stopping climax.
PHOENIX
GERMANY, 2014, 99 MIN,
RATED PG-13, DIRECTED BY
CHRISTIAN PETZOLD, IN GERMAN
WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16
7:00 PM AT ENZIAN
“FOUR STARS! MESMERIZING! OUT OF THE ASHES OF SUMMER MOVIEGOING EMERGESA MASTERPIECE.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE 2015-2016 JCC
CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM
The festival is produced by Enzian Theater as part of the Cultural
Festival Circuit and is co-presented by Enzian and the Roth
JCC of Greater Orlando. This program is funded in part by local
corporations and is supported by United Arts of Central Florida
with funds from the United Arts Campaign and by the State of
Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the
Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
CONGRATULATIONS TOTHE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
FOR 17 YEARS OFWONDERFUL FILMS!
THE TETENBAUM FAMILY
MEDIA SPONSOR OPENING NIGHT FILM SPONSOR