B E Y O N D B O L LY W O O D : 1 7 T H A N N U A L

On February 18, 2010, Israelis woke up to

world-wide, front page stories showing

Mossad agents in Dubai a month earlier,

implicating Israel in the assassination of

Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

This was a first — a hotel’s security camera

system catching secret agents red handed!

Even more surprising — Mossad leaders

knew neither the four people caught on

camera nor the mission! Was the agency

framed by a group of small-time criminals?

That is the premise of this ingenious, fast-

moving spy caper and comedy-thriller

from Israel and France boasting a terrific

ensemble cast including Tomer Sisley and

Israeli supermodel and actress Bar Refaeli.

Nominated for two Israeli Oscars and winner

of the Audience Award for Best Film at the

London Israeli Film & TV Festival, KIDON

is smart, surprising, funny and a worthy

addition to the heist genre.

KIDON

FRANCE/ISRAEL, 2013, 97 MIN,

DIRECTED BY EMMANUEL

NACCACHE, IN HEBREW AND

FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 157:30 PM ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER

“REFRESHING ANDSOPHISTICATED. (WITH ITS) TWISTY PLOTAND SENSE OF FUN, KIDONIS A BREEZY THROWBACKTO THE CAPER COMEDIES

OF THE 1960S AND ‘70S.”

HANNAH BROWNTHE JERUSALEM POST

CO-PRESENTED BY

Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay.

Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob

fled Europe for South America during World

War II. But now turning 76, he’s become

rather grumpy and questions his own place

in history. One beach bar may, however,

provide him with an unexpected opportunity

to achieve greatness and recover his family’s

respect in the community: its owner, a

quiet, elderly German, raises Mr. Kaplan’s

suspicion of being a runaway Nazi. Ignoring

his family’s concerns about his health, Jacob

secretly recruits Contreras, a former police

officer, to help him investigate and expose the

German. Expertly distilling a potent mixture

of emotional depth and deadpan comedy,

Uruguay’s official submission for this year’s

Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® is a

vivacious meditation on family, aging, and the

drive for significance.

MR. KAPLAN

URUGUAY/SPAIN/GERMANY,

2014, 98 MIN, DIRECTED BY

ALVARO BRECHNER, IN SPANISH

WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

11 AM AT ENZIAN

EAST COAST PREMIERE!

“A HIGHLY AMUSINGCROWD-PLEASER.”

LESLIE FELPERINTHE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

24 DAYS is a gripping and carefully-plotted

thriller that tells the true story of the 2006

kidnapping and torture of 23-year-old Ilan

Halimi in a Paris suburb by “The Gang of

Barbarians,” whose heinous anti-Semitic crime

eventually sparked a national outcry in France.

Featuring a top-notch cast, the film focuses in

on the panicked and grieving family; the police

team whose efforts are increasingly stymied by

their assumptions; and the ransom calls that

are the detectives’ only clue to the kidnappers’

psychology. Ilan’s mother has another clue, one

that the authorities are too slow to recognize:

The kidnappers targeted her hapless son as a

Jew, on the assumption that Jews have money.

In the skilled hands of filmmaker Alexandre

Arcady, this story based on Ruth Halimi’s book

gains not only gravity—the inexorable pull

of expert craftsmanship as the crime and its

multifarious impact unfold—but gravitas, in the

director’s understanding of both the intimate

horror and the larger meaning of the act.

24 DAYS

FRANCE, 2014, 108 MIN,

DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRE

ARCADY, IN FRENCH WITH

ENGLISH SUBTITLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

1:30 PM AT ENZIAN

“MESMERIZING,COMPELLING,DISTURBING.”

TORONTO FILM EXAMINER

Four generations of a Jewish immigrant

family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower

East Side lox and herring emporium that

survives and thrives. Produced to coincide

with the 100th anniversary of the store, this

delightful and delectable documentary won

Audience Awards at the Palm Beach, San

Diego, and Los Angeles Jewish Film Festivals.

It features an extensive interview with two

of the original daughters for whom the store

was named, now 100 and 92 years old, and

interviews with prominent enthusiasts of the

store including Supreme Court Justice Ruth

Bader Ginsburg, New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin,

and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer.

70 HESTER STREET is about the director

Casimir Nozkowski’s childhood home in New

York City, all childhood homes and the lives

of old buildings. The 140-year-old building he

grew up in was a former synagogue, whiskey

still, raincoat factory and art studio his parents

rented for 45 years until its sale in 2012.

THE STURGEON QUEENS

USA, 2013, 54 MIN, DIRECTED BY

JULIE COHEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

4:30 PM AT ENZIAN

preceded by70 HESTER STREET

“A TOUCHING, FUNNY AND DELICIOUS FILM.”

NY DAILY NEWS

USA, 2014, 10 MIN, DIRECTED

BY CASIMIR NOZKOWSKI

Set against the chaotic backdrop of recent

events in the Middle East, THE GREEN

PRINCE retraces the details of a highly

unprecedented partnership that developed

between sworn enemies. In the style of a

tense psychological thriller, this extraordinary

documentary recounts the true story of the

son of a Hamas leader who emerged as one

of Israel’s prized informants, and the Shin Bet

agent who risked his career to protect him.

Based on Mosab Hassan Yousef’s bestselling

memoir Son of Hamas, the film exposes

a complex world of terror, betrayal, and

impossible choices. Through exclusive first-

hand testimony, dramatic action sequences,

and rare archival footage, decades of secrets

come to light in this unflinching exploration of

a profound spiritual transformation and the

transcendent bonds of friendship. Winner of

the Audience Award for Best World Cinema

Documentary — Sundance 2014.

THE GREEN PRINCE

GERMANY/ISRAEL/UK, 2014,

101 MIN, DIRECTED BY NADAV

SCHIRMAN, IN ENGLISH

AND HEBREW WITH ENGLISH

SUBTITLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

6:45 PM AT ENZIAN

“TERRIFIC. AS GRIPPING AS ANY HIGH-CONCEPT HOLLYWOOD THRILLER.”

XAN BROOKS, THE GUARDIAN

PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE2013-2014 JCC CULTURAL

ARTS PROGRAM

PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE 2014-2015 JCC CULTURAL

ARTS PROGRAM

The festival is produced by Enzian Theater as part of the Cultural

Festival Circuit and is co-presented by Enzian and the Roth

JCC of Greater Orlando. This program is funded in part by local

corporations and is supported by United Arts of Central Florida

with funds from the United Arts Campaign and by the State of

Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the

Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

CONGRATULATIONS TOTHE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

FOR 16 YEARS OFWONDERFUL FILMS!

THE TETENBAUM FAMILY

Wishing much success to theCentral Florida Jewish Film Festival

– Jonathan and Natasha Chisdes

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