Relive the 14th Seattle Jewish Film Festival. Read key details, flip through the festival program, browse photos, and find a full list of feature-length films presented at the 2009 Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
Dates: April 23 – May 3
Venues: Cinerama, SIFF Cinema, Museum of History and Industry
Co-chairs: David Brumerz”l, Marilyn Weissman
Opening Night: The Little Traitor
Closing Night: Renewal: “Ancient Roots” and Renewal: Stories from America’s Religious Environmental Movement (Selected Shorts)
Full Lineup Details
Films Screened
• A Gift to Stalin – dir. Rustem Abdrashev, 2008, Israel
• Arab Labor – dir. Ron Ninio, 2007, Israel
• At Home in Utopia – dir. Michael Goldman, 2008, USA
• Beau Jest – dir. James Sherman, 2008, USA
• Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh – dir. Roberta Grossman, 2008, USA
• Ceremonies of the Horseman – dir. Peter Biegen, 2008, USA
• Circumcize Me! The Comedy of Yisrael Campbell – 2007, USA
• Clown & Fuhrer (El Pallasso I El Fuhrer) – dir. Eduard Cortes, 2008, Spain
• Flipping Out – dir. Yoav Shamir, 2007, Israel
• For My Father (Sof Shavua B’Tel Aviv) – dir. Dror Zahavi, 2007, Germany, Israel
• Fuel – dir. Josh Tickell, 2008, USA
• Fugitive Pieces – dir. Jeremy Podeswa, 2008, Canada, Greece
• Holy Land Hardball – dir. Erik Kesten, Brett Rapkini, 2008, USA
• In Search of Bene Israel – dir. Sadia Sheoard, 2008, India, USA
• Island of Roses: Tragedy in Paradise – dir. Rebecca Samona, 2007, Italy
• Lady Kul El Arab – dir. Ibtisam Mara’ana, 2008, Israel
• Lemon Tree – dir. Eran Riklis, 2008, France
• My Left Hand – dir. Joshua Isaac, 2008, USA
• My Olympic Summer – dir. Daniel Robin, 2007, Netherlands
• One Day You Will Understand – dir. Amos Gitai, 2008, France
• Renewal: “Ancient Roots” – 2007, USA
• Renewal: Stories from America’s Religious Environmental Movement (Selected Shorts) – dir. Martin Ostrow, 2007
• Secrets – dir. Avi Nesher, 2007, France, Israel
• Sharon – dir. Dror Moreh, 2008, Germany
• Srugim – dir. Eliezer Shapiro, 2007, Israel
• Stalags: Holocaust and Pornography in Israel – dir. Art Libsker, 2007, Israel
• Strangers (Zarim) – dir. Guy Nattiv, Erez Tadmor, 2007, Israel
• The Battle of Cable Street – dir. Yoav Segal, 2006, UK
• The Case for Israel: Democracy’s Outpost – dir. Michael Yohay, 2008, USA
• The Little Traitor – dir. Lynn Roth, 2007, Israel
• The Wall – dir. Michael Lloyd Green, 2007, USA
• Tulip Time: The Rise and Fall of the Trio Lescano – dir. Toni Boniotti, Marco De Stefanis, 2007, Italy, Netherlands
• Woman From the Bubble – dir. Netta Loevy, 2007, Israel
• Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg – dir. Aviva Kempner, 2007, USA
