Film Schedule 2008

February 23
March 02 | 08 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 29

Opening Night - Saturday, February 23rd, 8 pm

Noodle       
Gershman Y
401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia

At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose...
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Sunday, March 2nd, 7 pm

Beaufort (Bufor)       

Philadelphia Premier!

A powerful Israeli war drama about a group of soldiers stationed at the Beaufort, a 12th century Crusader fortress in southern Lebanon, led by Liraz Liberti, who was the...
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Saturday, March 8th, 8 pm

She's Got It       
Congregation Or Shalom
835 Darby Paoli Road
Berwyn, PA

In this lighthearted film, Malka Ohion, a seamstress, leads workers in Mitzpe Ramon in a battle against management and the threat of a lay-off. Meanwhile, her sister Yafit, a teller in a...

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Saturday, March 15th, 8 pm

The Champagne Spy    
Gratz College Auditorium
7605 Old York Road
Melrose Park, PA

Major Ze'ev Gur- Arie was an Israeli officer drafted by the Mossad in 1960 in order to penetrate the circle of German scientists developing weapons of mass destruction in...
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Monday, March 17th, 7pm

A Hebrew Lesson       
Gershman Y
401 South Broad Street
Philadelphia

Chin (China), Sasha (Russia), Marisol (Peru), and other characters, all came to Israel for different reasons. They meet in a Hebrew language Ulpan, where their...

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Sunday, March 23rd, 7 pm

Sweet Mud       
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
824 W, Lancaster Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA

Israel's entry to the 2007 Oscars®, this lush, coming-of-age tale spotlights a 12-year old boy caught between an emotionally unstable mother and the rigid socialistic...
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Closing Night - Saturday, March 29th, 8.30 pm

Jellyfish       
International House
3701 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia

Poignant, often witty and exceedingly cinematic, JELLYFISH tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait...
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