Warsaw Jewish Film Festival

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Fr. 3.04.2009 - 20:15
TOPICS: Israeli - Palestinian relation, drama, women friendship, Israeli borders, politics

Drzewo cytrynowe
Lemon tree
dir. Eran Riklis
Is, Fr., Ger.; 2008; 106`

Salma, a Palestinian widow has to stand up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove. The Israeli security forces declare that Salmas trees pose the threat to the Ministers safety and want to uproot them. Salma tries to save her garden. Suddenly between ministers wife and Salma develops insvisible bond...



Audience Award, Berlin Film Festival 2008

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Fr. 3.04. - 18:00
TOPICS: Palestinian Israeli confilict, drama, father and son, conflict of generations, soldiers, New York, Tel Aviv

Niespokojne dusze
Restless
dir. Amos Kollek
IL, Belg., Fr., Can., Ger.; 2008; 100`

Restless is a movie about conflicted Israeli generations. It sketches a story that is close for anyone looking for an identity and the notion of home. 20 years ago Moshe left Israel and his pregnant wife and come to New York. After these years his son is trying to find his father. Film gives a lot of insight into process of changing nowadays Israel.



Berlinale`08 Award

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sb. 4.04. - 18:00
TOPICS: Palestinian - Israeli relations, love , Paris, war in Liban 2006

Nieznajomi
The Strangers
dir. Erez Tadmor , Guy Nattiv
Iz, Fr; 2007; 85`

The love in Paris during Liban war of 2006. He is an Israeli, she is a Palestinian, could be something good happen...?



The Film of Cristal Bear winner at Berlinale

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Ndz. 5.04 19.50 - Dzień Palestyński
TOPICS: Palestinian Israeli relation, love, bank robbery , crime, Jaffa, Tel Aviv

Sól tej ziemi
The Salt of this Sea
dir. Annemarie Jacir
Palest., Belg., Fr., Hisz., Szwaj. 2008; 109`

Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal.



Palestinian Candidate for Oscar 2009, Award at Dubai Int. Film Festival`2008

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - czw. 4.04 - 20.15 - Evening with Oz Family: Sponsored by Embassy of Greek in Warsaw, Poland - special thanks!
TOPICS: Palestine, Israel, creation, writer

Amos Oz
Amos Oz
dir. Stelios Charalampopoulos
Gr, 2008, 52'

Greek director Stelios Charalampopoulos has crafted an engaging and intimate portrait of the acclaimed Israeli iconoclastic and internationally celebrated author Amos Oz, nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. This poignant piece allows the viewer to enter the world of one of Israel's most fiercely eloquent proponents of co-existence and the Middle East Peace Process.

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Ndz. 5.04 - 18.00: Palestinian Film day
TOPICS: Palestinian Israeli conflict, mass media, TV, Al Jazeera

Kraniec nadziei
Edge of hope
dir. Gerd Shneider
Ger. 2006; 69`

Portrait of Palestinian named Ramadan, who was born in a refugee-camp and is still living there even though he has a good job: He is camera-operator for Al-Jazeera at the Ramallah office of the well-known Arabian network. The camera gives him the feeling of producing something meaningful. Narrated by Ramadan, the film delivers insight into a life under occupation with hope for better times but no belief that these will come - it's the edge of hope.

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sat. 4.04 - 20.15: Evening with Oz family:
TOPICS: Israeli Fundamentalists and terrorists, crime

Rebelie
Rebels
dir. Galia Oz
Is; 2008; 55`

This film portrays extremist groups in Israel that rebelled against the authorities - a rebellion driven by the ambition to re-instate a Biblical kingdom The film focuses on two ex-members of that underground, who were released after serving several years in prison. When they meet again, they discover that one of them has become disillusioned and regrets his actions.

Theater: Jewish Historical institute, ul. Tłomackie 17 , Warszawa - Fr. 3.04 12:00
TOPICS: Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Heath, children, humanity

Serce z Jeninu
Cinema Jenin
dir. Marcus Vetter, Leon Geller
Ger. Il; 2008; 89`

The story of Ahmeda Khatib, Palestinian boy from refugee camp that is being shot by Israeli soldiers. Despite his grief his father Ismael decides to give his organs to Israeli children to save their lives. Three years ago he travels through Israel to find these children

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - thur. 02.04. 19.30 - Festival Opening Ceremony: Polish Premiere

Topics: war In Liban 1981, trauma, genocide, massacres, Palestinians, Israelis, Falangists, feel of guilty

Walc z Baszirem

Waltz with Bashi
Vals Im Bashir
dir.Ari Folman
Iz, Fr, Ger. USA; 2008; 90`

Animated documentary reconstruaction of tragic events during the War in Lebanon. In 1982, Ari Folman was a 19-year-old infantry soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. In 2006, he meets with a friend from his army service period, who tells him of the nightmares connected to his experiences from the Lebanon War. Folman is surprised to find that he does not remember a thing from that period. Later that night he has a vision from the night of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, the reality of which he is unable to tell. In his memory, he and his soldier friends are bathing at night by the seaside in Beirut under the light of flares descending over the city. Folman rushes off to meet another friend from his army service, who advises him to discuss it with other people who were in Beirut at the same time in order to understand what happened there and to relive his own memory. Folman converses with friends, a psychologist and the reporter Ron Ben-Yishai who was in Beirut at the time.



Nomination for Oscar`09 and Cesar`09; 22 other prizes and 22 other nominations.

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sat. 4.04 18.00
TOPICS: Israeli Palestinian relation, women, Jerusalem, Islam, Judaism, Ortodox

Section: Jerusalem moments:
Przystanek
Jerusalem moments:
Bus Station
dir. Lily Sheffy
Is.; 2008; 9`

Two religious women, Ruba and Miriam, have each finished their shopping at the market. They sit at the same bus stop and wait. A random encounter between the two, who, at a glance, could not be more similar, becomes an impossible dialogue taking place in a city as complex as Jerusalem
Jerusalem moments - a film project of Ir Amim ("City of Nations" or "City of Peoples") an Israeli non-profit, non-partisan organization. Ir Aim tries to actively engage in impacting on Israeli-Palestinian relations in Jerusalem and on the political future of the city.

Theater: Jewish Historical Institute, ul. Tłomackie17 , Warszawa - Pt. 3.04 12:00 Workshop for highschool students and for guests from Palestine and Warsaw
TOPICS: identity, Polish Jews, Holocaust, Warsaw, Treblinka, archives

Chanuka podwójny czas
Hanukkah , a double time
dir. Daniel Strehlau
PL; 2000;35`

Who is A Jew today In Poland? And what is mean to be a Jew in Poland today? Portrait of the Jewish community in Warsaw, Poland today.



Award on Lublin Documentary Film Festival 2003: ROZSTAJE EUROPY 2003

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sun. 5.04 18:00 - Palestinian Day
TOPICS: Palestinian Israeli relations, checkpoints, Jerusalem

Section: Jerusalem moments:
światło I ogień
Jerusalem moments:
Light and Fire
dir. Saeed Khairaldeen
Is.; 2008; 12`

What is the path of a Jerusalemite student going from his home in East Jerusalem to the University campus in Abu Dis. Ever since the construction of the separation barrier and the addition of checkpoints in the Jerusalem area, a short ten minute walk to the university has become a long and wearisome journey of over an hour. The movie accompanies one student and shows how the wall and the checkpoints have become an inseparable part of his daily life.
Jerusalem moments - a film project of Ir Amim ("City of Nations" or "City of Peoples") an Israeli non-profit, non-partisan organization. Ir Aim tries to actively engage in impacting on Israeli-Palestinian relations in Jerusalem and on the political future of the city.

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Fr. 3.04, 18.00
TOPICS: Palestinians, Jerusalem

Section: Jerusalem moments:
Historia dzieci
Jerusalem moments:
Children`s Story
dir. Daniel Gal
Iz; 2008`; 17`

The movie depicts the journey of three young Palestinian brothers who go alone everyday from their home in the outskirts of Jerusalem to the Jewish neighborhoods of the city, in order to support their family by selling chewing gum at busy intersections. The children take the place of the adults in their family, who find it difficult to make a living following the construction of the separation wall.

Jerusalem moments - a film project of Ir Amim ("City of Nations" or "City of Peoples") an Israeli non-profit, non-partisan organization. Ir Aim tries to actively engage in impacting on Israeli-Palestinian relations in Jerusalem and on the political future of the city.

Theater: Jewish Historical Institute, ul. Tłomackie17 , Warszawa - Fr. 3.04 12:00

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sunday. 5.04 - 18.00 Palestinian Day

TOPICS: Palestine, cinema, Jenin, passion, film, art, free time, Islamic leader, Mufti of Jenin City

Kino JENIN - prezentacja
Cinema Jenin - presentation
dir. Marcus Vetter
Germany; 2009; 20`

Presentation (trailer) of the CINEMA JENIN project in Jenin City, Palestine. The rebuilding of cinema, club for youth people, to give chance to present films (not only bollywood), but European and world acclaimed productions. Warsaw Jewish Film Festival is cofounder of the international Association CINEMA JENIN. The project is supported by German Government and Kanzler Ms. Angela Merkel.

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sat. 4.04 20.15
TOPICS: Israel, Zionism , Ben Gurion, state, Zurich, archives

Arch. Stevena Spielberga zaprasza: 16 Kongres Syjonistyczny w Zurichu
Steven Spielberg Archive invites: 16th Zionist Congress Zurich

1929; 5`

Archives first time In Poland, In 1929 took place the 16th Zionist Congress, among the members Ben Gurion, first prime minister of the State of Israel

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sat. 4.04 18.00

TOPICS: Poland, Warsaw, famous Polish poet Julian Tuwim, Israel, archives

Arch. Stevena Spielberga zaprasza: Ustanowienie placówki Dyplomatycznej Izraela w Warszawie w 1948 r:
Po 2000 lat
Steven Spielberg Archive invites:
The 1st Israeli legislation in Poland 1948:
After 2000 Years

Is; 1948; 13`

The establishing in Warsaw, Poland of the first diplomatic representative of the State of Israel In 1948. In the second set the ruins of Warsaw Ghetto, and Warsaw city. The famous Polish poet Julian Tuwim is giving the speech.

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sat. 4.04 20.15 - Premiera archiwalna:
TOPICS: Palestine, Jews, Arabs, massacres, archive

Arch. Stevena Spielberga zaprasza: Niepokoje arabskie i pożary

Steven Spielberg Archive invites:
Arab Disturbances and Fire
kamera: Yaakov Ben-Dov
1929; 15`

Massacres of Jews by Arabs in 1929 in Palestine.

Theater: Kinoteka, PKiN Defilad 1 Place, Warsaw - Sat. 4.04 20.15 - Archive premiere:
TOPICS: Israel, Gouda Meier, Benjamin Nataniahu, emigrants from Soviet Union, portrait, archive

Arch. Stevena Spielberga zaprasza: Życie Gołdy Meier

Steven Spielberg Archive invites:
Line of life with Golda Meir
dir. Steve Edwards
Israel 1977; 12`

The Vision of state by Gouda Meir, prime minister of state of Israel , interview.