Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival Program Guide 2018

2018

ProgramGuide bocajff.org

DearFriends

Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center’s inaugural Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival was a huge success. The 27 films were outstanding, and the enthusiasm continued throughout the year at 9 sold-out special events. This year our Festival has expanded to 3 weeks, presenting a compelling mix of 40 films about people and cultures around the globe – all with a Jewish theme or connection. Films will be screened at Regal Shadowood 16 in Boca Raton from March 4-17 and the Movies of Delray from March 18-23. The Festival closes on March 24th in Zinman Hall on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s campus. Don’t miss the excitement and magic! See you at the movies!

Warmly, Susana Flaum, Levis JCC Sandler Center Director

Ellen Safran, BRJFF Director

Arleen Roberts, Levis JCC Art, Culture & Learning Co-chair

Nina Rosenzweig, Levis JCC Art, Culture & Learning Co-chair

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Clearly our community appreciates and embraces the diversity of the films presented and I am honored to help create a Festival that will inspire, enlighten, educate and entertain you.

-Lesley Rich, BRJFF Program & Production Director

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Our Festival is built by a passionate group of enthusiastic volunteers and staff whose ongoing, yearlong efforts help us bring you worldwide, U.S., and Florida premieres. Together we will laugh, cry, discuss, be entertained and enjoy. I look forward to seeing you at the movies!

-Wendy Honig, BRJFF Artistic Director

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PLEASE CONTACT ELLEN SAFRAN, FESTIVAL DIRECTOR AT 561-852-3237 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED! 2

FestivalPasses Critic’s Choice

As a Critic’s Choice Pass Holder ($625, value $1,300) you will receive: • 2 tickets to each of the 33 films and 7 shorts shown during the 3 Festival weeks • 2 tickets to the Après Festival Event: The Testament • 20 additional tickets at reduced price* • Attend select Levis JCC film programs (Israel Film Series, Women Making Movies, Matinee Movies) and special film events through December 2018

Two Thumbs Up

As a Two Thumbs Up Pass Holder ($325, value $650) you will receive: • 1 ticket to each of the 33 films and 7 shorts shown during the 3 Festival weeks • 1 ticket to the Après Festival Event: The Testament • 10 additional tickets at reduced price* Passes & tickets for selected films will be available for pick-up at the Levis JCC Sandler Center beginning Monday, February 12, 2018.

Individual tickets for $13 are available online at bocajff.org or at the Levis JCC Sandler Center Box Office 561-558-2520. *Pass Holder Reduced Price Tickets, during Festival weeks only, for Sponsors and Pass Holders in advance or at the theater, if available - $10

For more information, visit bocajff.org

Limited handicapped seating available.

Must request at time ticket is purchased.

SpecialEvents Pre-Festival Patron Reception and Screening of Rescue Bus 300 (World Premiere)

Sunday, February 25, 5:30 pm Reception, 7:00 pm Screening The Polo Club of Boca Raton

With special guest Nati Dinnar, the film’s Creator and Producer General Admission for film: $25, includes valet parking

Sponsor: Judy Levis Markhoff • Reception Co-Chairs: Linda Cohn & Sandra Meyer

Festival Closing Event: Heading Home

Saturday, March 24, 7:00 pm Zinman Hall on the Campus of the Jewish Federation of SPBC

With special guest Jason Marquis, baseball player for Team Israel General Admission: $18

RSVP required for both events, call 561-558-2520.

Tickets for both films are complimentary for Patrons and Pass Holders with advance reservations.

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Policies&Information Ticketing

• Concierge Ticketing for Sponsors & Partners: 561-558-2514 • Sandler Center Box Office General Admission Tickets*: 561-558-2520 • Special Ticketing and additional information: 561- 558-2514 or bocajff.org • In person at the Levis JCC Sandler Center, 21050 95th Avenue S., Boca Raton • BRJFF Customer Service Desk at Theaters Tickets ordered by phone can be picked up at the movie theater’s Customer Service Desk or at the Levis JCC Sandler Center 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Please call to confirm that they are ready for pick up. BRJFF reserves the right to request proper identification before releasing tickets. All tickets sales are final. There will be no refunds or returns of tickets. *all reserved seats

Movie Theaters

Regal Shadowood 16, 9889 Glades Rd., Boca Raton

Movies of Delray, 7421 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach

Zinman Hall, on the campus of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton

Arrival Time

Ticket holders must be in their seats at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled film. Those arriving less than 10 minutes before the film begins cannot be guaranteed a seat.

Seating

There is limited handicapped seating available; must be requested when purchasing tickets. All tickets are numbered with reserved seats. Ticket holders must be in their seats no later than 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of a program. After that time those on the standby list may be accommodated.

Sellouts

In the event of a sellout, a standby list will be created at the theater. Those wishing to add their name to the standby list must do so in person at the theater on the day of the screening. No email or phone requests for the standby list will be accepted.

Circumstances Beyond Our Control

Should a circumstance happen that is beyond our control, a film may be rescheduled or cancelled without prior notice.

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Cell Phones

All cell phones and other electronic devices must be turned off prior to the introduction of each film. Please be courteous and refrain from texting or checking your devices or talking during the program as doing so creates a distraction to your neighbors.

Photography

The use of cameras or cell phones to take pictures is strictly prohibited in the theater.

Personal Belongings

The Levis JCC and the BRJFF are not responsible for any personal belongings during the Festival. Please do not leave any personal belongings in the theater and dispose of litter as you exit upon conclusion of the film.

Security

Security may be monitored during the Festival at all venues. BRJFF reserves the right to search the personal belongings of any attendee. In addition, the BRJFF may refuse entry into or eject disruptive persons from the theater.

TheFestivalContinues Missed seeing something intriguing during Festival week? Join us throughout the summer for screenings of select BRJFF films.

WEDNESDAYS, 1:00 PM at the Sandler Center

• Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds: The Conductor Zubin Mehta May 9 Guest Bettina Ehrhardt

• Longing June 6 • Righteous July 11

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 7:00 PM

March 5

12:30 PM Acheinu; The Hero

3:00 PM The Little Dictator; The Gliksmans

6:45 PM The Body Collector

March 12

12:45 PM Pirate Captain Toledano;

March 4

12:45 PM Take My Nose Please

3:30 PM Abe & Phil’s Last Poker Game

7:15 PM Bye Bye Germany

March 11

12:30 PM Shabbos Bigfoot;

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

11:00 AM Destination Unknown

March 13

6:45 PM The Cakemaker

3:00 PM Almost Famous

12:45 PM Futures Past

March 6

11:00 AM Shade of Music; Winter Hunt

March 14

7:00 PM Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds: The Conductor Zubin Mehta

3:15 PM Simon & Théodore

12:45 PM Shabbos Bigfoot; Patriot

March 7

12:45 PM Children of Peace

March 15

6:45 PM An Act of Defiance

3:15 PM Shade of Music; Winter Hunt

1:00 PM A Classy Broad

March 8

March 9

FRIDAY

1:00 PM Home Port

March 16

3:00 PM Righteous

1:00 PM The Smuggler and Her Charges

All Films March 4-17 are at the Regal Shadowood 16

MONDAY

SUNDAY

Pre-Festival Patron Appreciation and Film Screening of Rescue Bus 300 (see pg 3)

FilmLine-Up

7:15 PM Longing

March 17

7:15 PM You Only Live Once

March 10

SATURDAY

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March 19

2:45 PM Take My Nose Please

March 18

7:00 PM You Only Live Once

7:00 PM Keep The Change

2:30 PM The Body Collector

7:15 PM In Other Words; The Last Suit

4:00 PM Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds: The Conductor Zubin Mehta

March 21

7:45 PM Longing

5:30 PM Budapest Noir

2:45 PM Destination Unknown

March 22

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 5:30 PM

7:15 PM Almost Famous

5:15 PM Uncle Gloria

2:45 PM Maktub

March 20

All Films March 18-23 are at the Movies of Delray

7:15 PM Acheinu; Hero

3:45 PM Abe & Phil’s Last Poker Game

3:30 PM Simon & Théodore

7:00 PM Little Dictator; The Gliksmans

1:30 PM The Light of Hope

1:15 PM Home Port

3:00 PM The Cakemaker

12:45 PM Pirate Captain Toledano; The Milk Trial

March 23

3:00 PM Bye Bye Germany

Aprés-Festival Patron Appreciation and Film Screening of The Testament

7:15 PM Marie Curie

5:10 PM The Patriot

7:00 PM Maktub

3:00 PM Across The Line; Rescue Bus 300

3:15 PM Marie Curie

7:00 PM In Other Words; Budapest Noir

The Milk Trial

Uncle Gloria

(In Zinman Hall)

7:00 PM Heading Home

March 24

OurFilms ABE & PHIL’S LAST POKER GAME

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama | USA (2017) | 85 minutes | English

SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 3:30 PM and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 3:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Starring Martin Landau, in his last film, and Paul Sorvino. Dr. Abe Mandelbaum has just moved into a retirement home with his ailing wife where he forms an unlikely friendship with Phil, a womanizing gambler. While Abe feels that moving into the home is the end of the road, he soon realizes that his life is finding a whole new beginning. Abe and Phil’s relationship is tested when they each try to convince a mysterious nurse that they are her long-lost father. Screening is preceeded by a Martin Landau Tribute.

DIRECTOR: HOWARD WEINER Sponsors: March 4 - Gayle & Jeffrey Belenzon, Dorothy Gold, Helen & Don Heiman, Carolyn Rockoff, Barbara & Ted Wolk; March 14 - Leon & Leona Brauser

A CLASSY BROAD

Florida Premiere

Documentary | USA (2016) | 93 minutes | English

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: The life and career of trailblazing Hollywood executive Marcia Nasatir. One of the first women who broke through the glass ceiling, she became the lone female literary agent at the Ziegler Agency, and at United Artists she was the first female Vice-President in charge of production.

Nasatir championed films that have become American classics including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Rocky, Carrie, Coming Home, Apocalypse Now, The Black Stallion, The Big Chill, Hamburger Hill and Ironweed.

DIRECTOR: ANNE GOURSAUD

SPEAKER: Stephanie Owitz, Assistant Director, Adolph & Rose Levis JCC Sandler Center and Coordinator, Women Making Films Series

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ACHEINU (OUR BROTHERS)

Short | Israel (2017) | 5 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles Shown with The Hero

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 12:30 PM and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 7:15 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Inspired by a real life story, “Acheinu” depicts a conversation between two strangers at an isolated busstop: Amir, a secular former IDF soldier and Yosef, an Orthodox man. When circumstances have them waiting together for a delayed bus, the two get into a heated discussion, leading to an unforgettable turn of events. They discover things about each other and realize they have much more in common than they could ever have imagined.

DIRECTOR: MISHA ZUBAREV

ACROSS THE LINE

Florida Premiere

Short | Israel (2017) | 29 minutes | Hebrew and Arabic with English Subtitles Shown with Rescue Bus 300

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 3:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Hananel, a young religious Jew, is hurrying home for Shabbat. An unexpected encounter with Mundir, an unwanted and stubborn Palestinian hitchhiker, leads Hananel on a series of mix-ups that eventually teach him a lesson in communication, friendship and love.

DIRECTOR: NADAV SHLOMO GILADI Jury Award for Best Short Film, Stony Brook Film Festival, USA, 2017

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ALMOST FAMOUS

Florida Premiere

Drama | Israel (2017) | 95 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 3:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 7:15 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Almost Famous is a contemporary drama which vividly describes the world of teenagers today - how they speak, their relationships and the deep impact of social networks on their lives. The film sensitively depicts the world of a gifted teenager for whom excelling is natural, but who is willing to jeopardize it all in order to be popular and socially accepted by her peers. It is a story about identity - what and who we dream of being and the courage to choose who we really are.

DIRECTOR: MARCO CARMEL Sponsors: March 6 - Marianne Jacobs & Jay Brachfeld, Judy & Joe Ludwig

AN ACT OF DEFIANCE

Drama | Netherlands (2017) | 123 minutes | English, Afrikaans with English Subtitles

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 6:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: In this riveting historical drama set in South Africa’s era of segregation, 10 political activists, including Nelson Mandela and his inner circle of Jewish and Apartheid fighters, face a possible death sentence for conspiracy to commit sabotage. Bram Fischer, a gutsy, sympathetic white, Afrikaner lawyer, risks his career and freedom to defend these men, attempting to hide his own ties to the resistance.

DIRECTOR: JEAN VAN DE VELDE Winner, Best Film - UK Jewish Film Festival 2017; Audience Favorite: Gold Award - Mill Valley Film Festival 2017

Sponsors: Cathy Hertzberg, Emmelle & Alvin Segal, Gil & John Ingram

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THE BODY COLLECTOR

Florida Premiere

Drama | Netherlands (2016) | 143 minutes | Dutch with English Subtitles

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 6:45 PM and THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2:30 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Investigative journalist Hans Knoop becomes personally involved in the hunt for Pieter Menten, an untouchable ex-Nazi and war criminal. Menten, a prominent millionaire living a lavish lifestyle near Amsterdam, decides to auction off part of his famous art collection which he had shipped to the Netherlands during the war. Knoop receives a tip from an Israeli colleague about Menten’s hidden wartime past but is warned to stay away from the story. He is stonewalled by bureaucrats and threatened by Menten. Based on the true story and novel by Hans Knoop.

DIRECTOR: TIM OLIEHOEK Banff Television Festival 2017 – Best Drama Foreign Language; Nederlands Film Festival 2017 – Best TV Drama

Sponsors: March 5 - Marcia & Albert Schmier

BUDAPEST NOIR

Florida Premiere

Drama | Hungary (2017) | 94 minutes | Hungarian with English Subtitles Shown with In Other Words

SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 7:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 5:30 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Budapest, 1936. Crime reporter Zsigmond Gordo receives a tip that leads him to a beautiful, well-dressed young woman, found dead with only a Jewish prayer book in her purse. In this world of brothels, crime syndicates and Communist cells that lead to the highest echelons of power, one of Hungary’s most influential business figures plans to make a fortune if he can keep his Jewish heritage a secret. Based on Vilmos Kondor’s crime thriller.

DIRECTOR: ÉVA GÁRDOS Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2017; Nominated Best Original Score - Independent Film (Foreign Language)

Sponsors: March 11 - Wendy & Jeffrey Bee, Dana Egert, The Rubens Family Foundation - Helen & Jack Rubens

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BYE BYE GERMANY

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama | Germany (2017) | 102 minutes | German with English Subtitles, English

SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 7:15 PM and FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 3:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Set in 1946 Frankfurt, Bye Bye Germany is a comedic drama about a defiant Holocaust survivor looking to strike it rich in postwar Frankfurt. Though haunted by his family’s murder, David Bermann is determined to eke out a living in his battlescarred homeland. He recruits Jewish traveling salesmen to assist him in a shady scheme, selling overpriced linens door-to-door to guilt-ridden Germans. Meanwhile, he faces interrogation by a comely American military officer about his past as an alleged Nazi collaborator. This is an engaging salute to European Jews who chose to endure painful memories to reclaim their lives. Intriguing twists and turns.

DIRECTOR: SAM GARBARSKI Norwegian International Film Festival 2017, Winner Best Film; Berlinale 2017 Special Gala

Sponsors: March 4 - Dina & Norman Burg, Susan & Kenneth Burg, Judi & Allan Schuman, Lynn & Lester Garson

CHILDREN OF PEACE

International Premiere

Documentary | Israel (2016) | 52 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 12:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Shir and Yair are best friends from “Gush Katif”, an Israeli settlement in Gaza. In the summer of 2005, their friendship and life are about to change, once the Israeli government decides to carry out the decision to retreat from Gaza, forcibly remove the residents of Gush Katif and allow the Palestinians to move in.

Will their friendship last?

DIRECTOR: YUVAL EREZ Sponsor: Barbara Kruger

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THE CAKEMAKER

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama | Germany/Israel (2017) | 104 minutes | German, Hebrew with English Subtitles

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 6:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 3:00 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Unwittingly united in grief by a closet affair, a German baker and weary Israeli widow seek mutual catharsis. After the death of his lover, Oran, a married Israeli businessman, Thomas heads to Israel, the birthplace of this man he adored. Despite prejudice because of his German origins, he becomes the pastry chef at a local cafĂŠ owned by Anat, the unsuspecting widow of the deceased Oran. As business flourishes, the bereaved pair forge a bond that blurs lines of nationality, religion or sexuality. Anat hardly suspects that the unnamed sorrow that connects her to the stranger is for one and the same man.

DIRECTOR: OFIR RAUL GRAIZER Jerusalem Film Festival 2017, Won Haggiag Award- Best Editing, Lia Van Leer; Nominated Best Israeli Feature; Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017, Won Award of Ecumenical Jury; Nominated Best Film

MARCH 6 POST FILM DISCUSSION: Moderated by Karen Davis, Director of the Palm Beach Israeli Film Series and the former Executive Director of the Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival.

MARCH 6 SPECIAL GUESTS: Ruth Berman & Connie Kurtz.

Berman & Kurtz started branches of Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) in Florida and NY, served as co-chairs of the NY State NOW Lesbian Rights Task Force and founded The Answer is Loving Counseling Center.

Sponsors: March 6 - Ruth Berman & Connie Kurtz, Paula Kassover, Sandra & Bernie Meyer

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DESTINATION UNKNOWN

Florida Premiere

Documentary | UK Austria Poland USA (2017) | 81 minutes | English

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 11:00 AM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2:45 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Twelve survivors, twelve families torn apart by the Holocaust, twelve people striving to build a new future after the war. Blending unique and intimate testimony, this film unveils the human stories underlying the events of the Holocaust and the survivors’ attempts to build new lives.

These include one of the few escapees from the terror of Treblinka, and an exclusive interview with Mietek Pemper, the stenographer for the KrakowPlaszow concentration camp Commandant, Amon Goeth, and ultimately helped Oskar Schindler compile his List.

DIRECTOR: CLAIRE FERGUSON

POST FILM DISCUSSION: Facilliated by Wendy Honig, BRJFF Artistic Director. With Llion Roberts, Producer, who interviewed Holocaust survivors featured in the film. During this time he also supported ITV, BBC Network, Channel 4, CNN, S4C, Sky Box-Office, ESPN and UK regional channels.

SPECIAL GUESTS: Helen Sternlicht Jones and Ed Mossberg Sponsors: March 22 - Gutterman Warheit-Stephen Kanowitz

FUTURES PAST

Boca Raton Premiere

Documentary | USA (2016) | 89 minutes | English

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 12:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Leo Melamed, the imperious Chairman Emeritus of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, is the man responsible for changing the way the world trades. His son Jordan gives us a crash course in “open outcry”, the secret code of the trading floor. A long-dormant battle between father and son echoes the shouting in the pits, as Jordan tries to communicate with his father, a Polish Jewish refugee. The currency of human transactions, on and off the trading floor, is poignantly portrayed as father and son struggle to move beyond their fraught past towards forgiveness and understanding.

“Open outcry” is their only common language and Jordan is determined to close the gap with his father before the pits are silenced forever.

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DIRECTOR: JORDAN MELAMED

THE GLIKSMANS

East Coast US Premiere

Comedy | USA (2017) | 74 minutes | English Shown with The Little Dictator

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 3:00 PM and TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 7:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: An older couple will stop at nothing to make it to the bank! It’s a typical (or maybe not so typical) day in the life of octogenarians Barry and Barbara Gliksman as they go on an epic quest to get to their local bank to get a new debit card. The Gliksmans is an entertaining and madcap take on love and relationships in the golden years of life as their simple trip turns into an absurd and fantastical escapade. This film has an all-star cast including Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, Bryna Weiss, Jon Jacobs, Richard Portnow and Ron Jeremy.

DIRECTOR: M. SKOLNICK Sponsors: March 13 - Nina & Martin Rosenzweig Carol & Irv Smokler, Helene & Stephen Weicholz

GOOD THOUGHTS, GOOD WORDS, GOOD DEEDS: THE CONDUCTOR ZUBIN MEHTA

Palm Beach County Premiere

Documentary | Germany, Israel (2017) | 89 minutes | Hebrew, German, Italian, English with English subtitles

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 7:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 4:00 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Conductor Zubin Mehta, one of the world’s most charismatic conductors, is a true world citizen. Born in India, he has had a dazzling international career. While adopting Vienna as his musical home, it is Israel that he is most identified with. Since joining the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969, he has developed strong ties with the State, has become the face of its cultural excellence and serves as the Music Director for Life.

Produced on the eve of Mehta’s 80th birthday, Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds: The Conductor Zubin Mehta, is a timely celebration of the legendary maestro’s life and work.

DIRECTOR: BETTINA EHRHARDT Sponsors: March 7 - Phyllis Cohen, Linda Cohn, Donna & Dr. Harold Richter

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Festival Closing Event HEADING HOME: THE TALE OF TEAM ISRAEL Florida Premiere

Documentary | Israel, USA, Japan, South Korea (2017) | 92 minutes | English

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 7:00 PM ZINMAN HALL

SYNOPSIS: This stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth charts the underdog journey of Israel’s national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of defeat, Team Israel is finally eligible to play in the prestigious international tournament. Their line-up included several Jewish American Major League players — Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Josh Zeid and Ryan Lavarnway—most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, and who never set foot in Israel. From Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where they are greeted as heroes, to Seoul where they must debunk their has-been, wannabe reputations, the team does much soul-searching, discovering the pride of representing Israel on the world stage.

DIRECTORS: SETH KRAMER, DANIEL A. MILLER, JEREMY NEWBERGER

POST FILM DISCUSSION: Facilliated by Wendy Honig, BRJFF Artistic Director. With Jason Marquis played for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins and the Cincinnati Reds. He was Team Israel’s Ace Player at the 2017 Baseball Classic.

Sponsors: Wendy Honig, Lesley Rich, Bernice & Al Wenger

THE HERO

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama | Netherlands (2017) | 95 minutes | Dutch with English Subtitles Shown with Acheinu (Our Brothers)

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 12:30 PM and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 7:15 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Sara Silverstein and her family return to the Netherlands from Los Angeles where they become victims of an assault and then a violent burglary. Could these violent attacks somehow be related to her father’s secretive war history? Sara is forced to unravel her father’s past, and at the same time, try to keep her family together.

DIRECTOR: MENNO MEYJES 16

Sponsors: March 5 - Austine & Gary Heldman

HOME PORT

Florida Premiere

Drama | Israel (2016) | 96 minutes | Hebrew and Arabic with English Subtitles

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1:15 PM and FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: After 30 years at sea, single dad Aharon Avital arrives home in time for the birth of his first grandchild.

Appointed head of the Maritime Department at the Ashdod port, Aharon immediately clashes with Azulay, the Big Man at the port, a corrupt, warmhearted bully whose men admire him. Strong headed men and determined women inhabit a city and a port built by immigrants from across the world in Home Port, a sun drenched and visceral social drama about building a life on unstable ground.

GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Mort Plotnick, Host of the Levis JCC Sandler Center Sunday Morning Israeli Film Series DIRECTOR: EREZ TADMOR

Israeli Film Academy 2016, Nominated: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay; Haifa International Film Festival 2016. Won Anat Pirchi Award for Best Cinematography

IN OTHER WORDS

Palm Beach County Premiere

Short Animation | Israel (2016) | 6 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles Shown with Budapest Noir and The Last Suit

SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 7:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 7:15 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Trapped in his own memory, a man struggles to find a solution for a moment of great missed opportunity to communicate with his daughter.

DIRECTOR: TAL KANTOR Winner, Best Narrative Short Film Competition, Moscow Jewish Film Festival; Best Animated Film Award, San Diego Jewish Film Festival, 2017; Winner, Short Film International Competition, Miami Jewish Film Festival, 2017

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KEEP THE CHANGE

Feature | USA (2017) | 94 minutes | English

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 7:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: In a refreshingly honest way, Keep the Change portrays two adults on the Autism spectrum who strike up an unlikely and transformative relationship. David, a high functioning, upper class charmer who desperately wants to be seen as “normal,” and vivacious Sarah who accepts who she is, attend a support group. Despite contrasting personalities, they begin an endearing romance, exploring Manhattan, breaking down barriers and dealing with their disabilities. Together they navigate the vicissitudes of a burgeoning relationship. Writer/director Rachel Israel infuses this poignant and funny film with her obvious affection for her characters.

DIRECTOR: RACHEL ISRAEL Winner Jury Award, Nora Ephron Prize, Best New Narrative Feature & Best New Narrative Director, Tribeca Film Festival

Sponsors: Fran & Art Siegel Partner: Levis JCC’s Helene & Roy Schwedelson Special Needs Department

THE LAST SUIT

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama | Argentina (2017) | 74 minutes | Spanish, German, Polish, Yiddish with English Subtitles Shown with In Other Words

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 7:15 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Abraham Bursztein, a cantankerous 88-year old Jewish tailor, leaves Buenos Aires for Poland where he will try to find the man who saved him from a certain death at Auschwitz. Escaping from his family who wanted to put him in a retirement home, the sharply dressed suit maker sets out on a journey from which he doesn’t expect to return.

Undeterred by travel mishaps and geographical obstacles, Abraham travels by train from Spain to Poland in search of the man who saved his life.

DIRECTOR: PABLO SOLARZ

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THE LIGHT OF HOPE

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama | Spain, Switzerland (2017) | 96 minutes | Catalan and German with English Subtitles

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1:30 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: South of France, 1942. The Light of Hope is based on the true story of Elisabeth Eidenbenz (19132011) and her female co-workers who saved the lives of almost 600 infants during World War II. After three years giving their dignity back to women interned in the refugee camps and saving their babies’ lives, the Elne’s maternity home closure seems imminent. Its director, Elisabeth, her colleagues and the group of mothers they have helped will confront the French authorities in order to keep it open.

DIRECTOR: SILVIA QUER Winner Audience Award at the Festival de Luchon

Partners: American Jewish Committee, March of the Living

THE LITTLE DICTATOR

Palm Beach County Premiere

Short | Israel (2015) | 28 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles Shown with The Gliksmans

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 3:00 PM and TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 7:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Yossi Kleinmann, a dull history professor and expert on the political leaders of totalitarian regimes, feels unappreciated both by his students and his domineering wife. One weekend, at the 90th birthday party of his wife’s grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, Yossi finds himself in a surreal situation that forces him to face up to himself and his family.

DIRECTOR: NURITH COHN Won Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival for Best Narrative Short, 2016; Won Warsaw Jewish Film Festival for Best Narrative Short, 2016; Won Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival for Best Israeli Short, 2015

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LONGING

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama | Israel (2017) | 100 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles

SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 7:15 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 7:45 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Ariel, a middle-aged, well-off bachelor, learns he has lost a son he didn’t know existed. Ariel begins a journey of exploration as he travels to his son’s gravesite. Desperate to learn more, he belatedly discovers fatherly love and devotion and deals with his own troubled childhood.

DIRECTOR: SAVI GABIZON Awards of the Israeli Film Academy 2017; Won Best Screenplay; Nominated for 13 Ophirs: Best Actor, Actress, Makeup, Supporting Actor, Music, Sound, Supporting Actress, Best Film, Cinematography, Director, Editing and Casting; Jerusalem Film Festival. Won Audience Award and Best Script

INTRODUCTION & POST FILM DISCUSSION: Shelly Isaccs was a writer and creative director for many of America’s top advertising agencies. He is Creator and Host of Café Cinematheque screening contemporary and classic foreign films.

Sponsors: Elissa Spiro, Arlene & Boris Yufe

MAKTUB

Palm Beach County Premiere

Comedy, Drama | Israel (2017) | 100 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 7:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2:45 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Steve & Chuma, two criminals, are the sole survivors of a terrorist attack at a restaurant in Jerusalem. They decide to change their ways and become flesh and blood angels. They go on a journey of wish fulfillment for people who write requests on paper and place them between the sacred stones of the Wailing Wall.

DIRECTOR: ODED RAZ

MARCH 12 GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Mort Plotnick, Host of the Levis JCC Sandler Center Sunday Morning Israeli Film Series 20

Sponsors: March 12 - Linda & Jay Rosenkranz, Sherri Samuels

MARIE CURIE: THE COURAGE OF KNOWLEDGE

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama | Poland, Germany, France (2016) | 100 minutes | French, German, Polish with English Subtitles

SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 3:15 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and MONDAY, MARCH 19, 7:15 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY SYNOPSIS: Polish actress Karolina Gruszka stars in this sweeping biography of the legendary Nobel Prize–winning physicist and chemist, who courted controversy with both her challenging of France’s male-dominated academic establishment and her unconventional romantic life.

DIRECTOR: MARIE NOELLE Bavarian Film Awards 2017, Won Best Director and Production Design

Sponsors: March 11 - Alice Gross, Sandra Zahn-Oreck

THE MILK TRIAL

Southeastern US Premiere

Drama | Israel, Morocco (2016) | 80 minutes | Arabic with English Subtitles, English Shown with Pirate Captain Toledano

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 12:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 12:45 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Ancient superstition meets a young woman’s fight for independence and love among the mountain-dwelling Jewish tribes of Morocco. Based on a true story from the 1940s, an unmarried Jewish girl living in the Atlas Mountains secretly gives birth and hides her baby. She is then forced to undergo “The Milk Trial” in the village square where her breasts are “tested” to determine if she is producing milk to nurse a baby.

She ultimately ends up in a “House of Pleasure” in Casablanca. This is a sexy and dark tale about the clash of ancient customs with a rapidly modernizing world.

DIRECTOR: JONATHAN PAZ Sponsor: March 12 - Barbara Diamond 21

THE PATRIOT

US Premiere

Israel, Canada (2017) | 73 minutes | Hebrew, French with English Subtitles Shown with The Shabbos Bigfoot

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 12:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and MONDAY, MARCH 19, 5:10 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Against the rising Anti-Semitism in France, a militant Zionist hacker by the name of “Ulcan” declares a one man war against the leaders of the Anti-Semitic movement knowing the real battlefield is online, where hatred has no limits on censorship. “The Patriot” is a dark tale of extremism and vengeance in the cyber age.

DIRECTOR: DANIEL SIVAN Sponsors: March 7 - Dale & Ed Filhaber Partner: March 7 - The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning

THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO

Florida Premiere

Short Adventure | USA (2017) | 10 minutes | English, Ladino with English Subtitles Shown with The Milk Trial

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 12:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 12:45 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: On a 16th Century pirate ship, a Jewish stowaway who fled the Inquisition wants to become a pirate to fight the Spanish. The captain must decide whether to make him a pirate...or make him walk the plank.

DIRECTOR: ARNON Z. SHORR IndieFEST Film Awards 2017, Won Award of Excellence

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Pre-Festival Patron Appreciation and Film Screening

RESCUE BUS 300

World Premiere

Documentary | Israel (2018) | 75 minutes Hebrew with English Subtitles Shown with Across The Line

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 7:00 PM (see page 3) THE POLO CLUB and MONDAY, MARCH 12, 3:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Ten years before the blockbuster movie “Speed” starring Keanu Reeves came out, an event of similar nature took place during a hostage takeover by Palestinian terrorists in Israel. Four armed terrorists hijacked Bus #300 en route from Tel Aviv to Ashkelon and led the passengers innocent civilians - towards the refugee camps in Gaza and from there perhaps to oblivion.

CREATOR & PRODUCER: NATI DINNAR DIRECTOR: ROTEM SHAMIR

FEBRUARY 25 POST FILM DISCUSSION: Facilliated by Wendy Honig, BRJFF Artistic Director. With Nati Dinnar, Creator and Producer.

Nati Dinnar has worked in commercial TV for more than 20 years. His company, NDA Productions, creates and produces films for theatre and TV. Sponsor: February 25 - Judy Levis Markhoff; March 12 - Edith Stein

RIGHTEOUS

US Jewish Film Festival Premiere

Drama | Poland (2016) | 98 minutes | French, German, Romani with English Subtitles

US JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE BOCA RATON JEWISH

FILM FESTIVAL

2018

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 3:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Hania, a Jewish orphan, is hidden during the Holocaust by a Polish couple. Many years after the war she returns to Poland from Israel to find the family that saved her life and asks them to accept the honor awarded by Yad Vashem, the title “Righteous Among the Nations”. This story was inspired by the true events experienced by film director Michal Szczerbic’s family and friends.

DIRECTOR: MICHAL SZCZERBIC Sponsors: Ellyn & Lee Gross Partner: March of the Living

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THE SHABBOS BIGFOOT

Florida Premiere

Short | USA (2017) | 22 minutes | English Shown with The Patriot

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 12:45 PM and SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 12:30 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Morris and Miriam Friedman are hosting Seder with their three adult children. Their daughter Sarah’s date is a cryptozoologist with more than a passing contempt for religious tradition. A surprise awaits!

DIRECTOR: PATRICK DUNCAN

SHADE OF MUSIC

Florida Premiere

Short | USA (2015) | 27 minutes | English Shown with Winter Hunt

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 3:15 PM and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 11:00 AM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Two quarreling next door neighbors, with opposing tastes in music, discover an unexpected cure for loneliness when adversity strikes one of them.

DIRECTOR: D. MITRY

SIMON & THÉODORE

US Premiere

Comedy, Drama | France (2017) | 84 minutes | French with English Subtitles

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 3:15 PM and TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 3:30 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Simon, an unusual young man who can hardly take care of himself, is about to become a father. He meets Théodore, an endearing and cantankerous teen being raised by a single mom and the two rebels set out on a crazy quest toward accepting themselves.

DIRECTOR: MIKAEL BUCH 24 Sponsor: March 7 - Jane Yudell

THE SMUGGLER AND HER CHARGES

Florida Premiere

Short | France (2015) | 81 minutes | French, English

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1:00 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Documentary filmmaker Michaël Prazan’s captivating and personal detective story uncovers the truth behind his father’s childhood escape from Nazioccupied France, which was made possible by a female smuggler with mysterious motivations.

DIRECTOR: MICHAËL PRAZAN Sponsor: Estelle Schwartz

TAKE MY NOSE… PLEASE!

Palm Beach County Premiere

Documentary, Comedy | USA (2017) | 92 minutes | English

SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 12:45 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2:45 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: This irreverent, hilarious new documentary is former costume designer and beauty-magazine editor Joan Kron’s filmmaking debut, and at 89, she doesn’t mince words for the sake of social niceties. Featuring commentary from such icons as Phyllis Diller, Roseanne Barr, Kathy Griffin and the late, great Joan Rivers, Take My Nose… Please! takes no prisoners in its quest to better understand the pressures placed on women to adhere to society’s arbitrary standards of beauty. This funny, irreverent look at the pressures on women to be attractive looks at the impact of plastic surgery on relationships, careers and self-esteem.

DIRECTOR: JOAN KRON Miami Film Festival 2017 Won Best Documentary; Berkshire International Film Festival 2017, Won Audience Award

MARCH 4 INTRODUCTION OR POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION: Larry Ferber, Host of the Living Room Theater’s “Movie Club’, former Director of the Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival and multi-Emmy nominated television producer Sponsors: March 4 - Bonnie & Stan Schweiger 25

Aprés-Festival Patron Appreciation and Film Screening

THE TESTAMENT

Drama | Israel (2017) | 96 minutes | Hebrew, German, English, Yiddish with English Subtitles

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 7:00 PM LOCATION TBD

SYNOPSIS: Yoel, a meticulous Holocaust researcher is embroiled in a widely publicized legal battle concerning a brutal massacre of Jewish forced laborers near the Austrian village of Lensdorf. The killings were carried out by a group of local notables during a party at the castle of the Countess of Batthyan. Yoel’s research leads him to highly classified interviews of Holocaust survivors that were supposed to be kept under lock and key until their deaths. When Yoel’s pursuit of the truth leads him to bend the rules, he learns that his mother carries a false identity. As a historian, Yoel is willing to risk everything to discover the truth.

This screening is complimentary for Festival Patrons; General Admission tickets: $13

DIRECTOR: AMICHAI GREENBERG Winner - Best Film - Haifa International Film Festival

UNCLE GLORIA: ONE HELLUVA RIDE!

Palm Beach County Premiere

Documentary | USA (2016) | 76 minutes | English

SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 12:30 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 5:15 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Years before the media spotlight on Bruce Jenner’s transformation to Caitlyn and the hit transgender TV series “Transparent” ... Butch, a 67 year-old macho Jewish auto wrecker from Miami hides from the law and transitions into Gloria, a woman setting off a bizarre gender-bending journey of self-discovery and attempt to reunite with a dysfunctional family.

DIRECTOR: ROBYN SYMON

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MARCH 11 SPECIAL GUESTS: Ruth Berman & Connie Kurtz.

Berman & Kurtz started branches of Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) in Florida and NY, served as co-chairs of the NY State NOW Lesbian Rights Task Force and founded The Answer is Loving Counseling Center.

WINTER HUNT

Palm Beach County Premiere

Drama| Germany (2017) | 74 minutes | German with English Subtitles Shown with Shade of Music

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 3:15 PM and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 11:00 AM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16

SYNOPSIS: Maria is not exactly proud of her 90 yearold father, Anselm Rossberg, who was a driving force in Auschwitz and is now being denounced in the media. Twenty-five year old Lena, on a mission of vigilante justice, is willing to go to extremes to seek reprisal against Rossberg. As night falls, she knocks on Rossberg’s door, feigning a car accident, and begs for help to gain access to the house where she ultimately attempts to extract a confession at gunpoint from Anselm. The three characters enter a standoff fraught with moral complexities and shocking revelations.

DIRECTOR: ASTRID SCHULT Sponsors: March 8 - Jeanne & Kenneth Fibus, Joan Garde

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE

US Premiere

Comedy Argentina (2017) | 90 minutes | Spanish with English Subtitles

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 7:15 PM REGAL SHADOWOOD 16 and SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 7:00 PM MOVIES OF DELRAY

SYNOPSIS: Shootouts, chases, car explosions… all the right ingredients for an action film can be found in You Only Live Once. And when you throw in the comedy, you’ve got a perfect piece of entertainment. Starring legendary French actor Gerard Depardieu, backed by a mix of Argentina’s and Spain’s brightest comic actors.

DIRECTOR: FEDERICO CUEVA Sponsors: March 10 - Billi & Bernard Marcus, Lynne & Howard Halpern

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We are proud that the community has embraced the Levis JCC’s Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival.

In this second annual Festival year we are proud to present an unsurpassed lineup of outstanding films and speakers for your education and entertainment. We hope you leave the theater feeling as passionate about cutting edge Jewish films as we do.

A very special thank you to... the incredible staff at the Adolph & Rose Levis JCC and the Sandler Center for helping make this happen.

the amazing members of the Jewish Film Society without whom this would not be possible. and to the Boca Raton Community for embracing our Festival.

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I am pleased to be part of the second year of the Adolph & Rose Levis JCC’s distinguished Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival and look forward to celebrating another stellar line-up of films!

Judy Levis Markhoff

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Wishing you sincere congratulations

on the second annual Levis JCC’s Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival.

With an impressive list of films that span the globe, there’s something for everyone in our community.

Billi & Bernard Marcus

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Congratulations to the Adolph & Rose Levis JCC as together we celebrate year two of the Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival

Nina and Martin Rosenzweig

I am very pleased to join the Levis JCC’s Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival family and eagerly look forward to participating in the 2018 season.

Edith Stein

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I am proud to be a part of the Adolph & Rose Levis JCC’s Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival.

May it long continue!

Sherri Samuels

We are happy to join the Levis JCC’s Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival Family of Supporters.

Lynne and Howard Halpern

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In honor of Wendy Honig, Lesley Rich and Ellen Safran.

You have given of your time, passion and knowledge to create and lead this incredible program.

May you go from strength to strength!

Bernice and Ed Wenger

We are so pleased that our community has embraced this terrific program.

Many congratulations!

Dina and Norman Burg Susan and Kenneth Burg

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Thrilled that our community has embraced this wonderful program!

Francine and Art Siegel Congratulations on another successful year.

Marcia and Albert Schmier What an exciting way to participate in our community!

Arlene and Boris Yufe We are privileged to support this wonderful initiative.

Wendy and Jeffrey Bee I am proud to be part of this exciting program.

Linda Cohn It's wonderful to share another successful Jewish Film Festival.

Cathy Hertzberg Congratulations and Best Wishes!

Rubens Family Foundation Helen and Jack Rubens We look forward to many more successful festivals!

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Kol HaKavod on the second annual Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival.

Arleen and Allan Roberts Mazal Tov to the Levis JCC and the BRJFF.

Dana Egert Thank you for this wonderful program.

Barbara Diamond I love being part of the BRJFF.

Estelle Schwartz An outstanding program!

Gayle & Jeffrey Belenzon Thanks for year two of this enjoyable festival.

Ellyn & Lee Gross A hearty Mazal Tov!

Gil & John Ingram Another terrific festival to enjoy!

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Proud to be a Screening Committee member.

Barbara Kruger Mazal Tov on a wonderful program.

Marcia & Albert Schmier We are delighted to support the BRJFF.

Emmelle and Alvin Segal With appreciation to the Levis JCC.

Elissa Spiro Congratulations on year two of this festival!

Jane Yudell Looking forward to many more festivals!

Sandra Zahn-Oreck Thank you for achieving another outstanding festival.

Anonymous We are looking forward to an outstanding festival.

Carol & Ed Kaplan

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