Jerusalem Cinematheque: February 2014 Full Program

Hitchcock's Silent Classics with Musical Accompaniment

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Tenement Songs

The February program

Sat., February 1, 2014, 11:00 a.m.

IN THE BACKYARD OF HESTER STREET

Songs of Jewish Immigration and Early American Klezmer Music

Lecture by: Prof. Eliyahu Schleifer

Screening of: Hester Street by Joan Micklin Silver (USA 1975)With: Steven Keats, Carol Kane

Concert performed by:Eliyahu Schleifer baritoneMikhal Shiff-Matter mezzo-sopranoAya Schleifer pianoKlezmer band: Gilad Harel clarinet, Ilya Magalnik, accordion

On the program:The concert will present Jewish Tenement Songs of the Lower East Side. For the first time, an authentic performance of the Klezmer Music in the United States during the great immigration period.

Sat., February 15, 2014, 11:00 a.m.

JOSEPH HAYDN

A MAN’S LIFE AS A REFLECTION OF HIS TIME

Lecture by: Dr. Ron Regev

Screening of: In Search of Haydn by Phil Grabsky (UK 2012)

Concert performed by:Eyal Kless violinAvigail Arad celloRon Regev piano

On the program:Haydn — Piano sonata in C minor, Piano sonata in E minor, Piano variations in F minor, Trio in G major (“Gypsy Trio”) for piano, violin and cello

Jerusalem Municipality The Israel Film CouncilThe Jerusalem Foundation Ministry of CultureThe Van Leer Group FoundationOstrovsky Family Fund

מדברים קולנוע

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פעלטון לילדים שאוהבים סרטים

חדש בסינמטק! פעלטון לגיל הרך בליווי

הקרנת סרטים ברצף

כל שבת בין השעות 14:00-10:00

"להציל נסיכה" האביר הנועז וטוב הלב ראסטי יוצא למסע

לטיהור שמו וכיבוש לב אהובתו. לפני הסרט - שיחה מרתקת על נסיכות

ואבירים עם שר היער, ניר וילד. (מומלץ לגילאי 5 ומעלה)

שבת, 08.02, 11:00, סינמטק 3 בתלת מימד

"ללכת בין דינוזאורים" מסע המופלא של שורד קטן ואמיץ אל עולם הדינוזאורים - בתלת מימד. לפני

הסרט - סדנה על דינוזאורים עם הזואולוג אודי שני (כולל הדגמות של בעלי חיים).

(מומלץ לגילאי 5 ומעלה)

שבת, 01.02, 11:15, סינמטק 3

בסוף כל סרט הפתעה לילדים!

פברואר לילדים בסינמטק:

הצטרפו למסע בעולם המופלא!

"ניקוס השקנאי" סרט נוגע ללב על ידידות מרגשת

בין נער ושקנאי. (מומלץ לגילאי 9 ומעלה)

שבת, 08.02, 11:00, סינמטק 2

הסינמטק קופות / 02.5654356 נוספים: ופרטים כרטיסים רכישת

| The Jerusalem Cinematheque / www.jer-cin.org.il

"אליסה בארץ הפלאות" מועדון הסרט הטוב לכל המשפחה עם

אלון גור אריה / מפגש מס' 3 - עולם הדמיון בקולנוע

הסיפורים האמיתיים מאחורי סרטי הפנטזיה הגדולים - "פיטר פן", "הקוסם

מארץ עוץ" ו"עליסה בארץ הפלאות". כיצד נולדו המצאות כמו מטוסים וטלפונים בדמיונם הפרוע של סופרים וקוסמים

ועובדו לקולנוע. לסיום יוקרן הסרט "עליסה בארץ הפלאות" (לואיס קרול).


שבת, 15.02, 11:15, סינמטק 3

"אי.טי - חבר מכוכב אחר" איחוד משעשע עם החייזר האהוב

ביותר בתולדות הקולנוע. לפני הסרט- דינוזאורים, פיטר פן וארכיאולוג שעשוי

ללא חת נפגשים סדנת "הקסם של שפילברג" עם חוקר הקולנוע עידו לויט.


שבת, 22.02, 11:00, סינמטק 3

"קיקוריקי" עולמם המושלם של חברי קיקוריקי נסדק

כשהם מגלים את הטלוויזיה וחושבים שמה שהם צופים בו - זוהי המציאות!


שבת, 22.02, 11:00, סינמטק 1

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Omar (Palestine 2013) Dir.: Hany Abu-Asaad | W.: Adam Bakri, Samer Bisharat, Leem Lubani | Love and war are not taken for granted in Palestine.

Omar climbs over the Separation Wall and dodges bullets for

Nadia’s love. When an Israeli soldier is killed in a deadly act of

resistance, he becomes entangled in a cat-and-mouse game.

Omar’s painful choices about life, love, and masculinity will

leave him as torn as the Palestinian landscape. (96 min., Arab.

& Heb., Heb. subt.)

Sweets (Israel 2013)Dir.: Joseph Pitchhadze | W.: Makram Khouri, Ruth Hailovsky, Menashe Noy, Shmuel Vilozny, Moni Moshonov | Salah, an

Israeli-Arab entrepreneur, hopes to sweeten the lives of the

children in the Arab sector by opening a new chain of candy

stores. Klausner, head of an Israeli corporation controlling the

Israeli candy market, sees this new initiative as a real threat,

not only in a business sense but also culturally and politically.

Under the guise of a Business struggle the story reveals moral

dilemmas and cultural differences. (132 min., Heb., Arab., Eng.,

Russ. & Ger., Eng. subt.)

Ticket price to remain the same when film isscreened in Cinematheque Halls 1, 2 & 4.

Tickets: 38 NIS, Members: 31 NIS

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Like Father, Like Son (Japan 2013) Dir.: Hirokazu Koreeda | W.: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono | Ryota is an ambitious architect living with his wife

and young son in a gorgeous apartment overlooking Tokyo.

An unexpected phone call from the hospital changes this

idyllic existence. Six years earlier, their son was swapped with

another baby. Meeting his biological child will show Ryota

the true meaning of fatherhood. “Hirokazu has crafted a warm

and lovely film that suggests the easiest thing about raising

a child is embracing how complicated it can be” (The Playlist).

(122 min., Jap., Heb. & Eng. subt.)



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Miele (Italy/France 2013) Dir.: Valeria Golino | W.: Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo | No one knows that Irene, a regular young woman,

works for a euthanasia organization. With a sense of purpose,

she helps grant people their dying wish. Her life changes

when she develops a relationship with a healthy man that

comes to the clinic for their special treatment. Stunning

cinematography, meticulous cinematic style, and fantastic

performances create this precise drama. (95 min., It., Eng. &

Heb. subt.)

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Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) (Germany 2013) Dir.: Philipp Kadelbach | W.: Volker Bruch, Tom Scilling, Katharina Schuttler, Miriam Stein | Berlin, 1941. They were

five friends that made a promise to meet after the war

ended. Brothers Wilhem and Friedhelm (soldiers ordered to

the Eastern front), Charlotte (a nurse sent to the frontline),

Greta (dreaming of becoming a star), and her boyfriend Victor

(a Jew trying to survive). They all have ideals, dreams, loves.

They all believed they would be back in time to welcome the

New Year. None of them could have ever imagined that this

war would change the face of history and their lives forever.

Generation War, the controversial series that has caused an

uproar throughout Europe. (Ger., Heb. & Eng. subt.)

The series will be shown in two parts: Part 1, 132 min., Part

2, 148 min.

Free entry for Members of the preview screening on 5.2

Tickets:

* Special discounted price for the entire series (Parts 1 & 2): 64

NIS / Members: 34 NIS

Individual ticket price: 38 NIS / Members: 19 NIS

* Parts 1 & 2 may be viewed on different dates.


Present Continuous (Israel 2012)Dir: Aner Preminger | W.: Kais Nashif, Hilla Vidor, Lucy Aharish, Moris Cohen | During the 2000 Palestinian uprising, Ruti locks her house

to the outside. Her family wakes up to a claustrophobic prison for an

intimate and difficult weekend. (100 min., Heb., Heb. subt.)

Farewell Herr Schwarz (Israel/Germany 2013) Dir.: Yael Reuveny | Michla and Feiv’ke Schwarz, sister and brother,

could have re-met in Lodz in 1945. But they didn’t. They are only

the beginning. Farewell Herr Schwarz constructs and de-constructs

a family myth and suggests a new explanation to our unexplained

urge to hang onto stories. (96 min., Heb., Ger. & Eng., Heb. & Eng.

subt.)

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In Envelopes (Israel 2013)Dir: Shelly Kling | An intimate inside look into the process of creating

the dance and musical performance Envelopes by chorographer

Keren Levi. Besides Levi, the main characters in the film are her

sister Reut, a dancer and sociology student, British musician and ex-

boyfriend Tom Parkinson and his twin brother Alex, a musician and

a camera man. The film explores the relationship between art and

life, and themes such as home, family and identity. (50 min., Heb. &

Eng., Heb. subt.)

Footsteps in Jerusalem: A Tribute to David Perlov (Israel 2013) Creator and Curator: Renen Schorr | Dir.: David Perlov, Dan Geva, David Ofek, Nadav Lapid, Benjamin Freidenberg, Moran Ifergan, Yarden Karmin, Amichai Chasson and Elad Schwartz, Boaz Frankel and Yair Agmon, Nayef Hammoud and Yotam Kislev | A homage to

director David Perlov and his landmark In Jerusalem, in which top

graduates and students of the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School,

Jerusalem created short films inspired by Perlov and his film. (87 min.)

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Not Your Life (Israel 2013)Dir: Tal Shefi | Can we invent our own reality? Is there a place for

a tribe of people who are not defined by nationality, race and

economic status? What are the consequences of our life choices

and how do they affect our relationship with our children? (67 min.,

Heb. & Eng., Heb. subt.)

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Paradise: Love (Austria/Germany/France 2012)Dir.: Ulrich Seidl | W.: Margarete Tiesel, Peter Kazungu | Teresa is what

is known as a “Sugar Mama”, European middle-aged women who

seek out African boys selling love for money. She goes from one

Beach Boy to the next, never finding the paradise she is pursuing.

On the beaches of Kenya love is only a business. (120 min., Ger., Eng.

& Swahili, Eng. & Heb. subt.)

הסרטים מתורגמים לשבע שפות: עברית, אנגלית, צרפתית, רוסית, גרמנית, ספרדית וערבית

טרילוגיה הכוללת שלושה סרטים

המכה ה–81 / פני המרד / הים האחרוןהטרילוגיה הופקה על ידי "סרטי תעודה", הקשורה בבית לוחמי הגטאות למורשת השואה והמרד, בין השנים 1985-1972 ונערכה מחדש בשנים האחרונות על ידי הארכיון הישראלי לסרטים, סינמטק ירושלים. הסרטים מלווים בעדויות האנשים, בני הזמן ההוא,

מבין הנרדפים והנרצחים ומבין רודפיהם והורגיהם, להבדיל, פוגשות בתמונות שחור-לבן אמיתיות ובפרקי זמר ומנגינות השייכים לעידן ההוא וכל זאת ללא קריינות ופרשנות - כך נוצרת העלילה העושה את הצופה לשותף פעיל המפענח את פשר ההתרחשות.

לרכישה בקופות הסינמטק ובטלפון: www.jer-cin.org.il / 02-5654356

למכירה בקופות סינמטק ירושלים במחיר השקה מיוחד בימי הפסטיבל לקולנוע יהודי 2013 - 149 ₪ (במקום 189 ₪)

סינמטק ירושלים ובית לוחמי הגטאות גאים להציג

הטרילוגיה התיעודית - היסטורית

FRED KELEMEN RETROSPECTIVE

The Retrospective is organized with the help of Goethe Institute Tel Aviv

JOSEF PICHHADZE RETROSPECTIVE

Bésame Mucho

Fallen


THE HITCHCOCK 9

February-March 2014In 2012 the British Film Institute undertook its largest restoration

project to bring nine of Alfred Hitchcock’s silent films back to

life. Made between 1925 and 1929, they are among the greatest

achievements in British silent film from one of the world’s great

directors. I am delighted that a partnership between the British Film

Institute and the British Council has meant that the Hitchcock 9 have

been seen in countries such as Brazil, South Africa and now Israel.

We have invited seven of this country's finest musicians to perform

new and existing works at Hitchcock 9 screenings in Haifa, Jerusalem

and Tel Aviv. Alongside these previously unseen works we will be

screening a number of Hitchcock masterpieces such as The 39

Steps and Psycho at the Cinematheques over the next few months.

I want to thank our Cinematheque partners in this project and hope

you enjoy the films.

Alan Gemmell

Director, British Council Israel

About The Hitchcock 9While Hitchcock is one of the most famous film directors of all

time, his first 10 films—nine of which survive—are little known

compared to his later work. Made from 1925 to 1929, Hitchcock’s

extant silents are among the greatest achievements of early British

cinema, containing the motifs and obsessions we’ve come to

recognise as ‘Hitchcockian’, though most of the nine have been

little-seen here, if at all.

The nine new BFI restorations include the director’s very first film,

The Pleasure Garden, and such rarities as Downhill, Easy Virtue,

Champagne, and The Farmer’s Wife. The familiar Hitchcock style

begins to emerge strongly in at least four of the films: Blackmail,

The Ring, The Manxman, and The Lodger, which the director himself

dubbed “the first true Hitchcock picture” (it also features his first

cameo appearance). One early Hitchcock, The Mountain Eagle, is lost.

The restoration of the ‘Hitchcock 9’ is the largest restoration

project ever undertaken by the BFI, which holds some of the most

important and earliest surviving copies of the silent Hitchcocks; the

restorations also include materials sourced from other international

archives. The restorations have made the films crisper and fresher

than ever and uncover new layers of meaning, encouraging a

deeper appreciation of the precocious genius at work.

Easy Virtue

Live musical accompaniment by Karni Postel and Tom Darom

The Pleasure Garden

Live musical accompaniment by DJ Ofer Tal (Schoolmaster)

The Farmer s Wife

Live music accompaniment by saxophonist Abate Brihun and pianist Omri Mor


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Czech Center Tel Aviv, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Israel

Cordially invites you to the opening of

CZECH FATEFUL DATES Exhibition and Gallery Talk with Eliyahu Rips and historian Adam Hradílekin honor of Jan Palach's anniversary.

Friday | January 24th, 2014 | at 12:00

Eliyahu Rips, also Ilya Rips is a Latvian-born Israeli

mathematician known for his research in geometric group

theory. He became known to the general public following

his co-authoring a paper on what is popularly known as

Bible code, the supposed coded messaging in the Hebrew

text of the Torah. Rips grew up in Latvia (then part of Soviet Union). He was the first high school student from Latvia to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad. On 9 April 1969, Rips, then a graduate student at the University of Latvia, attempted self-immolation in a protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. After that, he was incarcerated by the Soviet government for two years, but under pressure from Western mathematicians, was allowed to emigrate to Israel in 1972.

Adam Hradílek

Czech historian, Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes

The discussion will be accompanied by video segments

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HBO

Additional events in honor of Jan Palach´s anniversary

Saturday | February 1st, 2014 | at 19:30

Screening of

BURNING BUSHCzech Republic, 2013(240 minutes, Czech, English & Hebrew subtitles)

Director: Agnieszka Holland

Burning Bush is a three-part mini-series created for HBO

by world-renowned Polish director Agnieszka Holland.

Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama

focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history

student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest

against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969.

Box office: 02-5654330

Cinematheque members: free admission

Exhibition duration: 20.1.14-27.2.14 Free Entrance

הסינמטק קופות / 02.5654356 נוספים: ופרטים כרטיסים רכישת

| The Jerusalem Cinematheque / www.jer-cin.org.il

מר פיבודי ושרמןבאווירת "ונהפוך הוא": מי קבע שאדם

יכול לאמץ גור כלבים, אבל כלב אינו יכול לאמץ ילד? "דרימוורקס" מביאה למסך

הגדול ובתלת מימד את הסרט "מר פיבודי ושרמן", מסע במכונת הזמן של כלב וילדו

אל ההיסטוריה.(מומלץ לגילאי +5)

סינמטק 3 / 11:00

עמי‘לה, סטנד אפ לילדיםסטנדאפיסט הילדים הראשון יוצא מהמסך הקטן, ”עמי‘לה“

הופעת סטנד אפ לילדים של כוכב הסדרה ’עמי‘לה‘ .ZOOM המשודרת בערוץ

(מומלץ לגילאי 6-12)

סינמטק 1 / 11:15

בגדי המלך החדשיםעומר המספר בהצגה ”בגדי המלך

החדשים“ לפעוטות. סיפור לפורים על מלך שאהב רק להתלבש, מהו סופו של

אותו ראוותן? זאת יגלה לנו ילד קטן.(מומלץ לגילאי 3-5)

פעלטון / 11:00

יום ראשון, 16.03.14

קרנבל של הפתעות לכל המשפחה בסינמטק ירושלים

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Like Father Like SonSee page



OmarSee page

SweetsSee page

Tenement Songs

Cinematic Variations on Live Classical Music

In the Backyard of Hester StreetSongs of Jewish Immigration and Early

American Klezmer Music

Lecture (in Heb.) by: Prof. Eliyahu Schleifer

Concert performed by:

Eliyahu Schleifer baritone, Mikhal Shiff-

Matter mezzo-soprano

Aya Schleifer piano

Klezmer band: Gilad Harel clarinet, Ilya

Magalnik accordion

On the program:

The concert will present Jewish Tenement

Songs of the Lower East Side from the

collections of Mark Slobin and others.

For the first time in this concert series, we

present an authentic performance of the

Klezmer music in the United States during

the great immigration period.

Hester Street (USA 1975) Dir.: Joan Micklin Silver | W.: Steven Keats,

Carol Kane | Hester Street is named after

one of the main streets of the Lower East

Side of Manhattan, the biggest Jewish

ghetto in the world at the turn of the

20th century. Gitl, a Jewish immigrant

just arrived from Russia, joins her

husband Yankel in the Land of Endless

Opportunities, only to discover a different

person. Yankel, who now goes as “Jake,”

dreams of becoming a full-fledged

American and ridding himself of the old-

world mentality. He is ashamed of Gitl’s

old-world ways. Gitl, for her part, feels

hurt and betrayed, but most of all she

misses her beloved of yore. The debut film

by director Joan Micklin Silver (Crossing

Delancey) is a kind of souvenir album

from the New York Jewish-immigrant

experience of the beginning of the 20th

century. (92 min., Eng. & Yidd., Heb. & Fr.

subt.)

BBC

Walking with Dinosaurs

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Children’s Cinema ClubBefore the screening, a dinosaur

workshop (30 min.)

Walking with Dinosaurs (USA/UK 2013) Dir.: Barry Cook, Neil Nightingale | Join

Patchi, a young dinosaur, as he journeys

from childhood to adulthood, trying to

avoid hungry dinosaurs, and find food and

companionship. Walking with Dinosaurs is

a compelling and illuminating adventure.

(87 min., Heb. dub.) For ages 5+

New Films

Enough Said (USA 2013) Dir.: Nicole Holofcener | W.: Julia Lewis-Dreyfus,

James Gandolfini | Eva and Albert. They

meet at a party, and romance blooms. They

have been fine with their independence,

their freedom, but the heart wants what

the heart wants. Just as they start to believe

that they have finally, mid-life, found their

better half, the problems begin. (93 min.,

Eng., Heb. subt.)

New Films

Bethlehem (Israel 2013) Dir.: Yuval Adler | W.: Tsahi Halevi, Shadi Mar’i,

Hitham Omari | In this unparalleled glimpse

into the dark and fascinating world of

human intelligence, Bethlehem depicts the

complex relationship between an Israeli

Secret Service officer and his teenage

Palestinian informant. A fantastic thriller

that successfully translates a personal

and political complexity into an effective

cinematic drama. (99 min., Heb. & Arab.,

Heb. subt.)

HBO

Burning Bush (Czech Republic 2013) Dir.: Agnieszka Holland | W.: Tatiana

Pauhofova, Jaroslava Pokorna, Petr Stach | A

three-part mini-series created for HBO by

world-renowned Polish director Agnieszka

Holland. Based on real characters and

events, this haunting drama focuses on

the personal sacrifice of a Prague history

student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire

in protest against the Soviet occupation of

Czechoslovakia in 1969. (240 min., Czech,

Heb,. & Eng. subt.)

Bethlehem

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New Films

Blue Is the Warmest Color (France 2013) Dir.: Abdellatif Kechiche | W.: Adele

Exarchopoulos, Lea Seydoux | In this most

stunning portrait of female maturation,

the film depicts the intense relationship

between two women, Adele and Emma,

and the way in which this relationship

maps Adele’s growth from adolescence

to adulthood. Blue Is the Warmest Color is

a portrait of romantic curiosity and lust,

sexual ecstasy, and heartbreak. (177 min.,

Fr., Heb. subt.)

Sunday

02/02


SweetsSee page

OmarSee page


Around the World—Northern Lights

Cross Cultural Meetings—Emigrants and Hosts in Nord-Finnish CultureLecture (in Heb.): Roni Yanovsky. Tickets: 75


Le Havre (Finland/France 2011) Dir.: Aki Kaurismaki | W.: Andre Wilms, Blondin

Miguel, Kati Outinen | Marcel Marx meets a

young African refugee. Taking pity on him,

Marcel invites the young boy into his home

and vows to help him find his mother in

London. Le Havre is a charming deadpan

treat that showcases Kaurismaki’s unique

style, a subtle appearance by its cast, and

mostly the love of mankind. (103 min., Fr.,

Heb. subt.)

Blue Is the Warmest ColorSee

The Escape (Israel 2013)Dir.: Meni Elias | Eight young Israelis, from all

walks of life, set out to follow the paths of

escape of thousands of Holocaust survivors

from Europe at the end of WWII. The journey

is made up of moments of laughter and

tears, at the end of which they have a better

sense of themselves and of the society in

which they live. (74 min., Heb., Ger., It. &

Eng., Eng. subt.)

Le Havre

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Preview Screening

Miele (Italy/France 2013) Dir.: Valeria Golino | W.: Jasmine Trinca, Carlo

Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo | No one knows that

Irene, a regular young woman, works for a

euthanasia organization. With a sense of

purpose, she helps grant people their dying

wish. Her life changes when she develops a

relationship with a healthy man that comes

to the clinic for their special treatment.

Stunning cinematography, meticulous

cinematic style, and fantastic performances

create this precise drama. (95 min., It., Eng.

& Heb. subt.)

Album 61 (Israel 2013) Dir.: Halil Efrat | Director Halil Efrat (an

average chess player), sets out in the

footsteps of the fascinating character of

Boris Gelfand, the first Israeli to compete

for the title of World Chess Champion. This

is a film about parental choices and the

dilemma of whether to dictate for one’s

child the way to self-fulfillment. (70 min.,

Heb., Eng. & Russ., Heb. subt.)

Monday

03/02


OmarSee page

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Enough SaidSee

Blue Is the Warmest ColorSee

Present ContinuousSee page

Tuesday

04/02


SweetsSee page

OmarSee page


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Jerusalem Premiere

Gisi (Israel/Czech Republic/Slovakia/USA 2014) Dir.: Natasha Dudinski | Gisi Fleischmann

believed she could stop the Holocaust

if only she succeeded to raise enough

money. Through the dialogue between

film and theater, past and present, facts

and imagination, Gisi tells the tragic, yet

inspiring story of a woman who helped to

save thousands but couldn’t save herself.

(62 min., Heb., Czech, Slovak & Eng., Heb.

subt.)

Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve

Cecil B. Demille’s The Greatest Show on Earth

might have won the Oscar for best film in

1952, but sixty years on, Fred Zinnemann’s

High Noon is considered the prototype for

all Westerns and one of the greatest classic

films of all time.

High Noon (USA 1952) Dir.: Fred Zinnemann | W.: Gary Cooper, Grace

Kelly, Thomas Mitchell | A sheriff stands

alone against a group of gunslingers bent

on revenge. A classic of the Western genre

which brought Gary Cooper his second

Oscar. (85 min., Eng. only)

BethlehemSee

Not Your LifeSee page

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05/02


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Generation War—Part 1 (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) (Germany 2013) Dir.: Philipp Kadelbach | W.: Volker Bruch, Tom

Scilling, Katharina Schuttler, Miriam Stein

| Berlin, 1941. They were five friends that

made a promise to meet after the war ended.

Brothers Wilhem and Friedhelm (soldiers

ordered to the Eastern front), Charlotte (a

nurse sent to the frontline), Greta (dreaming

of becoming a star), and her boyfriend

Victor (a Jew trying to survive). They all

have ideals, dreams, loves. They all believed

they would be back in time to welcome

the New Year. None of them could have

ever imagined that this war would change

the face of history and their lives forever.

Generation War, the controversial series that

has caused an uproar throughout Europe.

(Ger., Heb. & Eng. subt.). The series will be

shown in two parts, with an intermission

between. (Part 1, 132 min., Part 2, 148

min.) Free entry for Members for the

screening on 5.2

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Generation War—Part 2

In EnvelopesSee page

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06/02

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New Films

The Best Offer (USA 2013) Dir.: Giuseppe Tornatore | W.: Geoffrey Rush,

Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks | Virgil Oldman

is an eccentric genius who can appraise

art, recognize forgery, and find beauty in

a realm hidden from the world. But when

a mysterious woman invites him to assess

the contents of an old house, Virgil’s life

will change forever. Giuseppe Tornatore’s

(Cinema Paradiso) presents his first English

spoken film. (118 min., Eng., Heb. subt.)

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Preview Screening

Operation Sunflower (Israel 2014)Dir.: Avraham Kushnir | W.: Yehoram Gaon,

Tzufit Grant | The 1960s. The Iranians are a

“push of the button” away from launching

missiles at Israel. Racing against time, the

head of the Mossad and a key scientist

have been recruited to develop the

nuclear option for Israel. There is no

connection between events in the film

and real events. (105 min., Heb., Heb.

subt.)

Preview Screening

Happiness Wrapped In a Blanket (Israel 2013) Dir.: Yosi Artzi | W.: Kais Nashif, Hilla Vidor, Lucy

Aharish, Moris Cohen | Bashir returns home

after a long night of working only to find

his partner Karin holding a baby. “We are a

family now”, she says. After it is announced

that the baby was kidnapped, they go on

the run. On the backdrop of social and

political issues, a gentle love story unveils.

(55 min., Heb. & Arab., Heb. subt.)

BethlehemSee

Tribute to Joseph Pitchhadze

Bad Days (Israel 1992) Dir.: Joseph Pitchhadze | Lily shares her life

with the obsessive and violent Mosh. When

a stranger enters their lives, things a bound

to change. (22 min., Heb.)

Under Western Eyes (Israel 1996) Dir.: Josef Pichhadze | W.: Eyal Shechter, Liat

Glick | A tragic-comic road movie which

tells the story of Gary Razumov, a young

architect living in Berlin in total detachment

from his past, until sudden notification of

his father’s death brings him back to Israel.

Upon his arrival, he discovers that he was

tricked. (95 min, Heb.)

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07/02

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New Films

All Is Lost (USA 2013) Dir.: J. C. Chandor | W.: Robert Redford | An

American man must face the elements and

mortality when his ship goes down at sea. A

sweeping epic starring Robert Redford in a

physical role that gives the film its charisma,

heart, and allegorical framework. (106 min.,

Eng., Heb. subt.)

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Richard Pryor in Concert (USA 1979) Dir.: Jeff Margolis | Brilliant, vulgar, cynical

and irreverent, Richard Pryor ignores every

possible taboo and blasts into sex, race and

death. (78 min., Eng. only)

Saturday

08/02

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Children’s Cinema Club

Nicostratos the Pelican (France/Greece 2011) Dir.: Olivier Horlait | W.: Thibault Le Guellec,

Emir Kusturica, Jade-Rose Parker | Yanis,

a 14-year-old boy, lives a quiet life with

his father on a small Greek island. Their

relationship has been strained since the

death of his mother. But when Yanis finds

a young pelican and takes him home, a

special bond is formed that might just

change Yanis relationship with his father.

(108 min., Fr., Heb. subt.) For ages 9+

Children’s Cinema ClubBefore the film, a princesses and knights

workshop . (30 min.)

Knight Rusty (Germany 2012) Dir.: Thomas Bodenstein | After being

accused of theft, Knight Rusty sets out

on an entertaining adventure to redeem

himself, fight the evil prince, and win over

the heart of the damsel. (85 min., Heb.

dub.) For ages 5+

All Is LostSee

The Best OfferSee

Footsteps in Jerusalem: A Tribute to David Perlov

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The Metropolitan Opera HD-LIVEWith gratitude to the Crown family for

their generous support

Dvorak

RusalkaThe great Renée Fleming returns to

one of her signature roles, singing

the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in

Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor

Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora

Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young

maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the

podium. (4 hours)


Sunday

09/02

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The Last of the Unjust (France/Austria 2013)Dir.: Claude Lanzmann | In 1975, while

collecting materials to his monumental

Shoah, director Claude Lanzmann met

Benjamin Murmelstein, the last president

of the Theresienstadt Jewish Council, for a

series of conversation that did not make it

into the film. In 2012, he went back to these

materials and discovered a composed hero

that had to withstand cruel and painful

moral tests. Murmelstein arrived to these

meetings with a unique sober and reflective

perspective, completely aware of his

actions and their significance. Lanzmann

possess a direct and persistent approach

to the horrors and is able to translate them

into a captivating and thought provoking

work. (220 min., Fr. & Ger., Heb. subt., short

intermission after two hours)

Play Misty for Me (USA 1971) Dir.: Clint Eastwood | W.: Eastwood, Donna

Mills | A late night radio D.J. is stalked by

a homicidal fan. Eastwood’s first film as

director. (102 min., Eng. only)

Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’veIt is surprising how this sharp comedy

managed to get nominated for Best Film at

the 1964 Oscar. It is less surprising that it lost

to the heartening musical My Fair Lady

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (UK 1964) Dir.: Stanley Kubrick | W.: Peter Sellers, George C.

Scott, Sterling Hayden | Fifty years after it was

first released, this dark Cold War era comedy

remains the quintessential example of satire

in film. The magical and brilliant combination

between the directing of Stanley Kubrick

and Peter Sellers's acting reminds us of why

this classic work will always be enjoyable to

all. (93 min., Eng., Heb. subt.)

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Monday

10/02

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All Is LostSee

An Evening with Ma’aleh School Alon Rabinovitz, graduate of Ma’aleh School

of Television, Film & the Arts, will present his

short film and discuss the influence of The

Return on his work.

With Visit to Parents (Israel 2013)Dir.: Alon Rabinovitz | After my divorce, I

decided to deal with my traumatic past and

mend the shattered pieces of my family. Will

I succeed in recovering a belief in love?

The Return (Russia 2003) Dir.: Andrei Zvyagintsev | W.: Vladimir Garin,

Ivan Dobronravov | One day, without

explanation and after an absence of twelve

years, the father of 15-year-old Andrei

and his younger brother Ivan appears.

The following day, he takes the boys on a

fishing trip. Emotional tensions increase as

their journey continues, until the mystery

behind the father begins to unravel. (105

min., Russ., Heb. subt.)

The Cursed—Part 1Screening of the first two episodes of the

series. Episodes 3-5 will be shown on 13.2

The Cursed: Pinchas Sadeh (Israel 2013) Dir.: Hagai Levi | Hagai, a suicidal teen from

a religious kibbutz. He feels Pinchas Sadeh

can change his life, perhaps even save

him. He knocks on his door with his small

super-8 camera. For the next 30 years,

Hagai documents Sadeh’s life. (62 min.,

Heb., Heb. subt.)

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The Cursed: Yona Wallach (Israel 2013) Dir.: Hagai Levi | In the last two years of her

life, poet Yona Wallach became a public

figure. Hagai, who as a teenager was

exposed to the brutality and madness that

surrounded her, goes back to Wallach and

documents her late self-contemplation and

her love for the younger man she lived with.

(58 min., Heb., Heb. subt.)

Tuesday

11/02


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Tous les matins du monde (France 1991) Dir.: Alain Corneau | W.: Jean-Pierre Marielle,

Gerard & Guillaume Depardieu | M. de Saint

Colombe, the 17th century viola de gamba

player, takes on Marin Marais, the son of a

simple laborer, as a student. Soon enough

the young Marais rises to fame and leaves

his teacher behind. (115 min., Fr., Heb. &

Eng. subt.)

Architecture in Cinema

Poverty and Abundance—From the Favelas to the Skyscrapers and BackLecture (in Heb.): Dr. Emily Silverman.

Tickets: 85 NIS / Mebers: 75 NIS

Slumdog Millionaire (UK 2008) Dir.: Danny Boyle | W.: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto,

Anil Kapoor | A Mumbai teen who grew

up in the slums, becomes a contestant on

the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A

Millionaire?”. As always with Danny Boyle,

his camera and editing work is brilliant. (120

min., Eng. & Hindi, Heb. subt.)

The Act of Killing (UK/Denmark/Norway 2012) Dir.: Joshua Oppenheimer | In this chilling

original film, director Joshua Oppenheimer

challenges his protagonists, war criminals

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who participated in Indonesia’s military

coup, with a request: to play themselves

and their victims in dramatic cinematic

recreations of the atrocities they committed

half a century ago. The Act of Killing explores

questions of ethics and the representation

of truth and memory, while offering

an affecting and tantalizing viewing

experience. (115 min., Indon., Eng. & Heb.

subt.)

Tribute to Joseph Pichhadze

Besame Mucho (Israel 2000) Dir.: Josef Pichhadze | W.: Moni Moshonov,

Carmel Betto, Ezra Kafri | A modern love

story laced with elements of film noir.

Ten marginal characters in southern Tel

Aviv are involved in the theft of a stolen

Christian icon from an international crime

syndicate. The cruel outcome will alter their

conception of love forever. (114 min., Heb.,

Eng. subt.)

Wednesday

12/02


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The Act of KillingSee

Jacques Faitlovitch and the Lost Tribes (France 2011) Dir.: Maurice Dores, Sarah Dores | Jacques

Faitlovitch discovered the Ethiopian Jews

during his first exploration, in 1904. The

movie traces back the journey of an unusual

character looking for the Lost Tribes. (59

min., Fr. & Eng., Heb. subt.) Following the

screening, a conversation with director

Maurice Dores

Preview Screening

A Place In Heaven (Israel 2013) Dir.: Joseph Madmoni | W.: Alon Aboutboul,

Rotem Zisman-Cohen, Tom Graziani | The

rise and fall of a brutish army general on

the backdrop of the history of the State,

a Hassidic tale about a man who sells his

place in Heaven, and a story about stifling

father-son relationship. (117 min., Heb.,

Heb. subt.) Screening courtesy of: United

King Films

Album 61See

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New Films

August: Osage County (USA 2013) Dir.: John Wells | W.: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts

| The death of a family’s patriarch brings

together the strong-willed female members

of the family. It does not take much for

tensions to bubble over and explode.

Streep and Roberts are phenomenal in

the roles of mother and daughter in this

effective, powerful, witty, and touching film.

(121 min., Eng., Heb. subt.)

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The Cursed—Part 2

The Cursed: Moshe Kroy (Israel 2013) Dir.: Hagai Levi | The unbelievable life story

of Moshe Kroy is one of the most extreme

to have been seen here. It is the story

of a genius who paid the price for his

uncompromising pursuit of the truth. (57

min., Heb., Heb. subt.)

The Cursed: Aviva Uri (Israel 2013) Dir.: Hagai Levi | Artist Aviva Uri is probably

the most influential and significant woman

in the history of Israeli modern art. Hagai,

who begins to document her, unveils her

great love for her husband and the price

she paid for her total devotion to her art

and love. (57 min., Heb., Heb. subt.)

The Cursed: Chapter Five (Israel 2013) Dir.: Halil Efrat | In the last part of the series,

18-year-old Emmanuel, a film student and

the son of the show’s creator Hagai Levi,

follows the unique mechanism of the show

and the reasons for its creation. (48 min.,

Heb., Heb. subt.)

—

Stop Making Sense—Rock’n’Roll at the CinemathequeOpening remark by Dana Kessler

Lou Reed’s Berlin (USA 2008) Dir.: Julian Schnabel | Jealousy, anger, loss,

depression, drugs—these are some of the

motifs in Lou Reed’s monumental album,

Berlin. Upon release, though, the critiques

were so harsh and the sales so mediocre

that the planned concert tour was

cancelled. Thirty-three years later, the tour

finally occurred. (85 min., Eng. only)

Lou Reed’s Berlin

The Cursed: Moshe Kroy

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Friday

14/02

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Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’veHitchcock’s Rebecca might have won the

1940 Oscar for best film, but honestly, The

Great Dictator was much more deserving.

The Great Dictator (USA 1940) Dir.: Charles Chaplin | W.: Chaplin, Paulette

Godard | Chaplin’s satire of Nazism, in

which he plays a Jewish ghetto barber and

dictator Adenoid Hynkel of Tomania. (125

min., Eng. & Gibberish, Heb. subt.)

August: Osage CountySee

La Chinoise (Portraits De Paris) (France 1967) Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard | W.: Ann Wiazemski,

Jean Pierre Leaud, Juliet Berto | An attack

on capitalism and the USA as well as on

the Soviet brand of communism. The film

follows a five-member revolutionary unit

living in a rented Paris flat. (95 min., Fr., Eng.

subt.)

Saturday

15/02




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Cinematic Variations on Live Classical Music

Joseph Haydn—A Man’s Life as a Reflection of His TimeLecture (in Heb.) by: Dr. Ron Regev Concert

performed by:

Eyal Kless violin

Avigail Arad cello

Ron Regev piano

On the program: Haydn—Piano sonata

in C minor, Piano sonata in E minor, Piano

variations in F minor, Trio in G major (“Gypsy

Trio”) for piano, violin and cello

In Search of Haydn (UK 2012) Dir.: Phil Grabsky | Through interviews with

musicians and excerpts from Haydn’s

personal letters, director Phil Grabsky

follows the development of Haydn’s style,

and the Classic style in general, from the

end of the Baroque and up to the buds

of the Romantic era. The film includes

interpretations of Haydn’s music, with

performances by some of the world’s

greatest musicians and orchestras. (102

min., Eng. only)

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Children’s Cinema Club—Family Film Club

The Imaginary World in Cinema A program dedicated to the best family

oriented films. Before the film, Alon Gur

Arye will give a talk about the magical

world of cinema and imagination. (30 min.)

Alice in Wonderland (USA 1951) Dir.: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson,

Hamilton Luske | The Disney adaptation

of the Lewis Caroll’s wonderful story in

which young Alice falls asleep and wakes

up in a mysterious world: magical, a little

scary, and one that possesses its own

logic. A fantastic production, full of warm

colors and wisdom. A classic that should

not be missed. (75 min., Heb. dub.) For

ages 5+

Paradise: LoveSee page

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Wacky Film Club—French ComediesOpening remarks by Alon Gur Arye

Le diner de cons (France 1998) Dir.: Francis Veber | W.: Thierry Lhermitte,

Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster | Each week,

Pierre and his friends organize what is

called a “diner de cons.” Each one brings the

dumbest guy he can find as a guest. Pierre

thinks his champ—Francois Pignon—will

steal the show. (80 min., Fr., Heb. subt.)



Sunday

16/02

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Around the World—Northern Lights

The Bad Boy of Scandinavian CinemaLecture (in Heb.): Yaron Shamir. Tickets: 75


Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany 2011) Dir.: Lars von Trier | W.: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte

Gainsbourg | As the planet Melancholia

is about to collide with earth, two sisters

approach the end of the world in very

different manners. Lars von Trier devises

a hypnotic cinematic reality, which wisely

combines different genres in a way that

speaks to both the mind and heart. (136

min., Eng., Heb. subt.)

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Tribute to Joseph Pichhadze

Year Zero (Israel 2004) Dir.: Josef Pichhadze | W.: Menashe Noy, Sarah

Adler, Moni Moshonov | Several stories are

interwoven. Michal unexpectedly gets

pregnant. Her husband runs over a seeing-

eye dog and out of guilt befriends the dog’s

owner. A young single mother resorts to

prostitution and meets an arms dealer. An

aging punk rocker enters the life of the son

of the founder of the punk movement in

Israel. (130 min., Heb. only)


Just being nominated for the Best Film

should have been satisfying, but still, losing

to the historical melodrama The English

Patient was frustrating.

Fargo (USA 1996) Dir.: Joel Coen | W.: Frances McDormand, Steve

Buscemi, William H. Macy | A car salesman

from Minnesota tries to settle his money

problems by having his wife kidnapped. He

hires two thugs for the job, offering them

a cut from the ransom, which he tries to

force her rich father-in-law to pay. But the

kidnapping turns sour. Fargo turned out to

be one of the more mischievous films of

1996 and one of the most wonderful gems

in the Coen Brother’s successful career. (97

min., Eng., Heb. subt.)

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Under the RadarOpening remarks by film critic Meir

Schnitzer

You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (Vous n’avez encore rien vu) (France 2012) Dir.: Alain Resnais | W.: Mathieu Amalric, Pierre

Arditi | From beyond the grave, celebrated

playwright and director Antoine d’Anthac

gathers all who have appeared in his play

Eurydice over the years. While watching

a recording of the work performed by a

non-professional acting company, they

reminisce over their past involvement in the

play. (115 min., Fr., Heb. subt.)

Monday

17/02

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In 1995, Forrest Gump overshadowed all

its competitors including Pulp Fiction,

Four Weddings and a Funeral, and also The

Shawshank Redemption, which these days

stars in many of the best films lists.

The Shawshank Redemption (USA 1994) Dir.: Frank Darabont | W.: Tim Robbins, Morgan

Freeman | Andy, a young respectable

banker, is sentenced to life imprisonment

for the murder of his wife and her lover. He

meets Red, also convicted for murder. The

story is told by the old-timer who observes

Andy through the years. A wonderful and

heartfelt film. (142 min., Eng., Heb. subt.)


Tuesday

18/02


MieleSee page

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In the Heat of the

Night

Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’veArthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde did lose the

Best Film Oscar in 1967, but it was to the

fantastic In the Heat of Night

Bonnie and Clyde (USA 1967) Dir.: Arthur Penn | W.: Warren Beatty, Faye

Dunaway, Gene Hackman | The life and

times of the infamous gangster couple

Bonnie and Clyde. The film was made with

a very low budget, was highly successful,

and became a milestone in the history of

cinema. (111 min., Eng., Heb. subt.)


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The Critics’ Society

In cooperation with the Film Critics Forum.

Once a month two film critics will discuss

and analyze a film. This month, Gravity,

chosen by the Forum as the best film of the

year. In conversation: Yael Shuv, Time Out

Israel and Doron Fishler, Fisheye

New Films

Gravity (USA 2013) Dir.: Alfonso Cuaron | W.: Sandra Bullock,

George Clooney | A first time astronaut

and a veteran one must find a way to

save themselves when a disaster leaves

them stranded in space. Alfonso Cuaron

masterfully orchestras the plot twists,

special effects, 3D, soundtrack, and his two

lead actors to present a humane, thrilling,

and captivating film that activates the mind

and impacts the heart. (91 min., Eng., Heb.

subt.)


Wednesday

19/02


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Orthodox—A Look from Within

Leisure in the Orthodox SocietyDiscussion with Yaacov Lifschitz and

Menachem Naabath. Tickets: 38 NIS /

Members: Free entry / Discount tickets:

20 NIS (advanced booking at sea.yam.ac@

gmail.com)

The Wonders (Israel 2013) Dir.: Avi Nesher | W.: Adir Miller, Ori Hizkiah,

Yehuda Levi, Yuval Scharf | Graffiti artist,

mystery man—part conman, part modern-

day prophet—along with a grumpy cyclical

private investigator, and a neurotic femme

fatale, embark on a nourish journey into the

very heart of darkness of Jerusalem. (112

min., Heb. only)

Thursday

20/02




MieleSee page

Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’veLosing the Oscar to Laurence Olivier’s

Hamlet is a great honor. Even so, Hamlets

are in abundance, but demanding and

tender melodramas about ballerinas in love

are hardly ever made anymore.

The Red Shoes (UK 1948) Dir.: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | W.:

Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring

| Victoria Page gets the position hundreds

of young ballerinas covet in the acclaimed

Lermontov ballet company. But when she

falls in love with a young composer, she

finds herself torn between her innocent

love and the company’s manager’s fierce

possessive hold. The Red Shoes is one of the

great dance films of all time—not only due

to the choreography and dance selections,

but primarily, because of the directorial

craft. (134 min., Eng. only)

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Tribute to Fred Kelemen—Opening Event Screening in the presence of Fred Kelemen

Fate (Germany 1994) Dir.: Fred Kelemen | W.: Valerij Fedorenko, Marc

Ottiker | The paths of various characters cross

during the course of one night. They speak

different languages, but they are bound

together by the solitary quest for happiness

and deliverance. “Fred Kelemen’s Fate is

a visionary, one-of-a-kind achievement. I

admire this film very much” (Susan Sontag).

(80 min., Ger., Heb. & Eng. subt.)

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Man Changes the World

Pina— The Greatest of Modern DanceLecture (in Heb.): Amir Kolben. Tickets: 85


Pina (Germany/France 2011) Dir.: Win Wenders | The unique and inspiring

art of the great German choreographer Pina

Bausch is depicted on camera and brought

to life in 3D by Wim Wenders. Wenders

creates poetic and fantastic images,

reinventing how cinema captures dance.

The result is a farewell bow worthy of the

great artist. (104 min., Ger., Heb. subt.)

New Films

Out of the Furnace (USA 2013) Dir.: Scott Cooper | W.: Christian Bale, Casey

Affleck | Rodney plans to settle his debts

with some boxing matches, but something

goes awry. Now, his older brother will have

to take matters into his own hands. With an

intense script and a sensational cast, Out of

the Furnace is one of the most exceptional

films of the year. (116 min., Eng., Heb. subt.)

The Good, the Bad, and the UglyIdan Barkai and friends in a hilarious,

personal and different show that combines

standup and video footage.

Friday

21/02

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Preview ClubLecture (in Heb.): Ron Fogel. Tickets: 85 NIS /

Members: 75 NIS

Philomena (UK 2013) Dir.: Stephen Frears | W.: Judi Dench, Steve

Coogan | A Catholic woman sets out on a

journey with an inquisitive journalist to find

the baby she gave up for adoption. With

an effective script, well-disguised social

criticism, and stellar performances by the

two leads, Philomena is one of the best films

of 2013. (98 min., Eng., Heb. subt.) Preview

screening courtesy: of Lev Films.

Saturday

22/02




GravitySee

Room Service (USA 1938) Dir.: William Seiter | W.: Groucho, Chico &

Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball | The Marx Bros in a

Broadway farce about destitute producers

trying to keep their play afloat. (78 min.,

Eng. only)

Silent film with live musical accompa-

niment by Karni Postel and Tom Darom.

Easy Virtue (UK 1927) Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock | W.: Isabel Jeans,

Robin Irvine, Franklin Dyall, Ian Hunter |

Easy Virtue offers Hitchcock’s favorite

theme—the wrong man—judged

guilty by society and forced to become

an outsider. Hitchcock’s imaginative

play with point-of-view and flashbacks

shows his impressive narrative talent.

(70 min., Eng. titles, Heb. subt.)

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Children’s Cinema Club

Kikoriki: Team Invincible (Russia 2011) Dir.: Denis Chernov | The Kikoriki live on an

isolated island and have never heard of

our world. But then a television set lands

on them. They are sure that everything

they see is real and set out to find their

favorite superhero in the big city. (90 min.,

Heb. dub.) For ages 5+

Children’s Cinema Club—Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’veIt is not clear how a fantastic film like E. T.

didn’t win an Oscar for best film instead of

a biography about Gandhi, especially as

this is probably Spielberg’s best film.

Before the film, a workshop on the magic

of Spielberg. (30 min.)

E. T.—The Extra Terrestrial (USA 1982) Dir.: Steven Spielberg | W.: Henry Thomas,

Drew Barrimore, Peter Coyote | The story of

the friendship between a 10-year old boy

and a remarkable creature from another

planet that has been stranded on earth.

A warm, touching, and exhilarating film.

(115 min., Eng., Heb. subt.) For ages 9+

GravitySee


Out of the FurnaceSee


—

The Jerusalem Cinematheque – Israel Film Archive

The Romain Gary Jerusalem French Institute

Premiere screening

AMITIES SINCERESFrance

104 min., French,

Heb. subtitles

Directors: Stephan Archinard &

François Prévôt-Leygonie

With: Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Hugues

Anglade, Wladimir Yordanoff, Ana

Girardo, Zabou Breitman

Courtesy of Eden Cinema

Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 at 19.00

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Wacky Film Club—It's Oscar TimeOpening remarks by Alon Gur

Arye The Producers (USA 1968)Dir.: Mel Brooks | W.: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder,

Dick Shawn | In Mel Brooks’ first feature length

film, a down-and-out producer schemes to

stage the worst flop in Broadway history and

accidentally makes a fortune in the process.

(88 min., Eng., Heb. subt.)


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Sunday

23/02

SweetsSee page

MieleSee page



Cine Premiere

Amitiés sincères (True Friends) (France 2012)Dir.: Stéphan Archinard, François Prévôt-

Leygonie | W.: Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Hugues

Anglade, Ana Girardot | They have been the

best of friends for many years, but still they all

keep some secrets to themselves. But when

these secrets are revealed, their male bond

is put to the test. Amitiés sincères offers a

portrait of developing masculinity, perfectly

sketched and delivered by an exceptional

cast. (104 min., Fr., Heb. subt.) Preview

screening courtesy of: Eden Cinema

Tribute to Fred Kelemen

Frost (Germany 1997) Dir.: Fred Kelemen | W.: Paul Blumberg, Anna

Schmidt | Micha has to escape with his

mother from the violence of his drunken

father. She wants to go back to her

childhood home. But when they arrive, it

is not as she remembered. Are they in the

wrong place? Or rather are her memories

distorted? One of the key films of the 1990s.

(201 min., Ger., Eng. subt.)


Monday

24/02

MieleSee page



SweetsSee page

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained

Children in Israeli IncarcerationIn cooperation with Ossim Shalom Lecture (in

Heb.): Dr. Maya Makhoul. Tickets: 38NIS /Ossim

Members: 31NIS /Cin’ Members: Free entry

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Pixote (Brazil 1981) Dir.: Hector Babenco | W.: Fernando Ramos

da Silva, Marilia Pera | Pixote, 10-years-old,

breaks out of a reformatory with three

friends and commits more and more serious

crimes. A harsh look at juvenile delinquency

and on the situation of abandoned children

in the streets of the third world. (127 min.,

Port., Eng. subt.)

Out of the FurnaceSee


The Man from London (Hungary/France/Germany 2007) Dir.: Bela Tarr | W.: Miroslav Krobot, Tilda

Swinton, Agi Szirtes | Ph: Fred Kelemen | A

switchman in a seaside railway station

witnesses a horrifying violent act, causing

emotional and moral turmoil. “The movie

is really about a manner of looking at

things, exploring space in unexpected

ways, meditating on qualities of light and

the surface of objects” (New York Times).

(132 min., Hun., Eng. subt.) One-time

screening

Tuesday

25/02


MieleSee page

SweetsSee page


Silent movie with live musical accompa-

niment by DJ Ofer Tal (Schoolmaster)

The Pleasure Garden (UK 1926) Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock | W.: Virginia Valli,

Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John

Stuart | Directed when he was only

25-years-old, The Pleasure Garden is

Hitchcock’s first feature film. It tells

the story of two chorus girls who

work in a theatre called “The Pleasure

Garden” and their search for passion

and independence. It’s a discourse on

voyeurism, sexual politics and the gap

between romantic dreams and reality, and

exposes many of Hitchcock’s obsessions:

deception, black comedy, and murder. (90

min., Eng. titles, Heb. subt.)

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Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’veIn the 1970s, harsh films such as Taxi

Driver managed to make it into the final

five of the Best Film category. This is

where it stopped. In 1976, this defeat

was particularly blatant, as Scorsese was

robbed from the much deserved award,

given to the boxing drama Rocky.

Taxi Driver (USA 1976) Dir.: Martin Scorsese | W.: Robert De Niro, Cybill

Shepherd, Jodie Foster | A young Vietnam

vet, finds work as a cab driver in New York.

His disgust with the dregs of humanity he

sees daily eventually drives him insane. (114

min., Eng., Heb. & Fr. subt.)


Fallen (Latvia 2005) Dir.: Fred Kelemen | W.: Egons Dombrovskis,

Nikolay Korobov | One night, Matiss Zelcs

notices a woman on a bridge. He ignores

her and she jumps, but her body is never

found. The sensation of failure and guilt

changes the course of his life. (90 min., Russ.

& Lat., Heb. & Eng. subt.)

Wednesday

26/02


SweetsSee page

MieleSee page


New Films

Saving Mr. Banks (USA 2014) Dir.: John Lee Hancock | W.: Emma Thompson,

Tom Hanks | Saving Mr. Banks depicts the

relationship between the two personas

responsible for one of the greatest and most

beloved films ever made, Mary Poppins,

author P.L. Travers and Walt Disney. “A delicate

and brilliantly acted story of overcoming

the past to embrace an uncertain future”

(Empire). (125 min., Eng., Heb. subt.)

Seven Days (Israel 2013) Dir.: Oded Raz | W.: Maya Gasner, Roni Hadar,

Dima Ross | Sigalit and Noga, two completely

opposite sisters, are forcefully reunited for

their mother's Shiva in the house. Sigalit has

never left and Noga never wished to return.

The sisters want to abide the ceremonial

protocol and peacefully complete the

mourning period, but the past cannot be

avoided. (58 min., Heb., Eng. subt.)

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The Turin Horse (Hungary/France/Germany 2011) Dir.: Bela Tarr | W.: Erika Bók, János Derzsi, Mihály

Kormos Ricsi | Ph: Fred Kelemen | The Hungarian

winter. A carter, his horse, and his daughter.

We follow their daily routine over the course

of five days. Only two events disrupt the

routine. Béla Tarr presents one of the most

sublime films in his magnificent filmography.

(146 min., Hun., Heb. & Eng subt.)

Shin Heike Monogatari (Japan 1955) Dir.: Kenji Mizoguchi | W.: Raizô Ichikawa, Ichijirô

Oya | Set in the 12th century, the film traces

the story of a young man who is constantly

exposed to humiliation until he discovers he

is a member of the royal family. A classic of

Japanese cinema. (105 min., Jap., Eng. subt.)

Thursday

27/02




MieleSee page


Nightfall (Germany/Portugal 1999) Dir.: Fred Kelemen | W.: Adolfo Assor, Thomas

Baumann | A couple roams the dark streets

of a corrupt port city. During the night they

encounter different characters and face

different experiences. A poetic and hypnotic

film. (140 min., Ger., Heb. & Eng. subt.)

Saving Mr. BanksSee

Silent film with live music accompa-

niment by saxophonist Abate Brihun

and pianist Omri Mor

The Farmer’s Wife (UK 1928) Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock | W.: Jameson

Thomas, Lilian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker,

| A charming rustic comedy, in which a

middle-aged widower decides to remarry,

enlisting his faithful housekeeper to look

for a suitable mate. The bumbling search

of the widower reflects Hitchcock’s own

timidity around women. Use of long takes

and party scenes featuring meticulous

choreography demonstrates the director’s

genius. (107 min., Eng. titles, Heb. subt.)

accompa-

ate Brihun

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Cinema and Human RightsIn cooperation with The Hebrew

University, Jerusalem

Lecture (in Heb.): Esq. Dana Brachfeld on

The Appropriate Approach to Persons

with Disabilities in Israel

The Optimist and the Buddhist (Israel 2012)Noam Pinchas | Noam returns to the

kibbutz where he grew up to save Zack,

his childhood friend, who has become

a reclusive handicapped refusing

rehabilitation. (50 min., Heb. only)

Friday

28/02

SweetsSee page

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Saving Mr. BanksSee

Picnic at Hanging Rock (Australia 1975) Dir.: Peter Weir | An eerie and moody film

about three girls and their teacher who

mysteriously disappear during an outing one

sunny day. (115 min., Eng., Heb. & Fr. subt.)

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