FEATURE
A Matter Of Size (2009) 92min
DIR: Erez Tadmor
A touching, light-hearted comedy about a group of four 'very' overweight friends in the Israeli city of Ramle decide to start a sumo wrestling club where their size is an asset to escape from the dictatorship of diets espoused by their weight-loss group.
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STARRING: Shaul Azar, Dvir Benedek, Itzik Cohen
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Sat
12/5
7:30pm SVA Theatres
Wed
12/9
7:30pm SVA Theatres
Sat
12/12
10:00pm SVA Theatres
Sun
12/13
10:00pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
Adam Resurrected (2008) 106min
DIR: Paul Schrader
Former Berlin magician and circus impresario Adam Stein is an enthralling, enigmatic patient at a remote Israeli rehabilitation outpost for Holocaust survivors.
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STARRING: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Ayelet Zurer, Dror Keren, Idan Alterman
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Sun
12/6
8:00pm SVA Theatres
Sat
12/12
7:45pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
Bruriah (2008) 90min
DIR: Avraham Kushnir
Bruriah struggles with a childhood trauma: a life of excommunication forced on her following the publication of her father's book.
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STARRING: Hadar Galron, Baruch Brener, Israel (sasha) Damidov, Alon Aboutboul, Emanuel Halpirin
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Sun
12/6
5:45pm SVA Theatres
Thu
12/10
5:30pm SVA Theatres
Sat
12/12
5:30pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
For My Father (2007) 100min
DIR: Dror Zahavi
Terek, a young Palestinian on a suicide mission in Tel Avis, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate.
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STARRING: Shredy Gabarin, Hili Yalon, Shlomo Vishinsky, Rozina Kambus, Michael Moshonov, Adel Abu Riea
Moscow International Film Festival 2008: Audience Award Sofia International Film Festival 2009: Grand Prix Award for best feature film
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Sun
12/6
7:30pm SVA Theatres
Tue
12/8
10:00pm SVA Theatres
Sat
12/12
7:30pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
Jaffa (2009) 106min
DIR: Keren Yedaya
This film unfolds the dramatic story of Mali, who lives with her family in Jaffa, and works with her brother and father at the family owned car repair shop.
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STARRING: Dana Ivgy, Moni Moshonov , Ronit Elkabetz, Mahmud Shalaby, Hussein Yassin Mahajne
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Sun
12/6
5:00pm SVA Theatres
Thu
12/10
7:45pm SVA Theatres
Sun
12/13
7:30pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
Kirot (2009) 102min
DIR: Danny Lerner
Galia (Olga Kurylenko) longs to escape her life as a Tel Aviv sex worker and reunite with the young daughter she left behind in Ukraine.
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STARRING: Olga Kurylenko, Ninet Tayeb
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Mon
12/7
10:00pm SVA Theatres
Sat
12/12
10:15pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
Mrs. Moscowitz & The Cats (2009) 83min
DIR: Jorge Gurvich
When Yolanda Moscowitz, a retired French teacher, wakes up in a hospital geriatric ward, she is convinced there must be some mistake.
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STARRING: Moni Moshonov, Rita Zohar, Tiki Dayan, Idit Teperson, Shulamit Adar
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Thu
12/10
7:45pm SVA Theatres
Sun
12/13
5:15pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
Seven Minutes in Heaven (2008) 94min
DIR: Omri Givon
For the past year, Galia has tended not just to her own physical injuries but also to her boyfriend Oren.
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STARRING: Raymonde Amsalem, Galia Eldad Fribas, Boaz Nadav Netz, Oren Ronit Yudkevitz, Dr. Talia
Haifa International Film Festival 2008: Best Feature Film & Official Selection Tribeca International Film Festival 2009
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Mon
12/7
7:30pm SVA Theatres
Wed
12/9
9:45pm SVA Theatres
Thu
12/10
10:00pm SVA Theatres
Sat
12/12
5:15pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
The Seven Days (2008) 103min
DIR: Ronit Elkabets and Shlomi Elkabetz
The Ohayon's, seven brothers and two sisters, loose their brother Moris, and will not leave the house for the seven days of mourning.
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STARRING: Ronit Elkabetz, Moshe Ivgi, Alon Aboutboul, Albert Ilouz, Keren Mor, Yael Abecassis, Hana Laslo
Jerusalem Film Festival 2008: The Wolgin Award for Best Feature Film & Award for Best Actress - Hana Azulay Hasfary Award of the Israeli Film Academy: Best Supporting Actress - Evelin Hagoel & Best Cinematography - Yaron Scharf
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Sun
12/6
9:45pm SVA Theatres
Tue
12/8
5:15pm SVA Theatres
Sun
12/13
5:15pm SVA Theatres
FEATURE
Zrubavel (2008) 70min
DIR: Shmuel Beru
Young Itzhak aspires to be the future Spike Lee of Israel and direct successful movies, going around his neighborhood filming everyone and revealing everything.
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STARRING: Meir Desai, Avinu Beru , Esther Rada, Tamar Imla, Daniel Beru
Date Screening Venue Tickets
Sun
12/6
12:00pm SVA Theatres
Wed
12/9
5:15pm SVA Theatres
Sun
12/13
9:30pm SVA Theatres