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14:30 REDOUBTABLE
(France) Wild Bunch. 107mins. Dir: Michel Hazanavicius. French, English (English and Hebrew subtitles). Opening Film Cinematheque 1
15:00 BRIGSBY BEAR
(US) Sony. 100mins. Dir: Dave McCary. English (Hebrew subtitles). After 25 years of isolation, James meets his biological family and decides to produce a film based on the TV show of his childhood. Gala Yes Planet
CITY OF GHOSTS
(US) Dogwoof. 90mins. Dir: Matthew Heineman. English (Hebrew subtitles). An award-winning documentary that follows a group of Syrian men who risk their lives to expose the atrocities inflicted by ISIS in the city Raqqa. Against the
FRIDAY JULY 14 constant threat of death, they promise to fight till the bitter end. Spirit of Freedom Cinematheque 2
IN HER FOOTSTEPS
(Israel) 70mins. Dir: Rana Abu Fraiha. Hebrew, Arabic
(Arabic and Hebrew subtitles). My mother’s last wish was to be buried as a Muslim in Omer, our Jewish hometown, where she lived for 20 years. I accompany my mother on her last journey, that forces the entire family to
deal with dilemmas and loss. Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3
15:15 I DREAM IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
(Mexico, Netherlands) Mundial. 103mins. Dir: Ernesto Contreras. Spanish, English (English and Hebrew subtitles). Martín, a young linguist, hopes to preserve an endangered ancient dialect. He travels to the jungle to locate two surviving speakers who have not spoken to each other for 50 years. Panorama Lev Smadar
17:00
FRIDAY JULY 14 13:00 MENASHE
(US) Mongrel. 82mins. Dir: Joshua Z Weinstein. Yiddish (English and Hebrew subtitles). Menashe, a widowed ultraOrthodox Jew from Brooklyn, fights
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for custody of his son. The rabbi gives him a week to prove he’s worthy. A touching drama that explores the nature of faith and the cost of parenthood. Debuts Yes Planet
17:15 THE BEGUILED
(US) Universal Pictures. 94mins. Dir: Sofia Coppola. English (Hebrew subtitles). During the American
LE SAMOURAI
(France, Italy) Rene Chateau. 101mins. Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville. French (Hebrew subtitles). A cold-hearted hit man finds himself in an ongoing nightmare with the gangsters who hired him and the police on his tail. Melville Retrospective Cinematheque 3
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FIELD DIARY
1945
(Israel) 83mins. Dir: Amos Gitai. Hebrew (English subtitles). Amos Gitai documents the IDF’s actions in the Occupied Territories before and during the invasion of Lebanon. Gitai’s camera is not an objective eye but, rather, a subversive means of expression on the Occupation.
(Hungary) Magyar Filmunio. 91mins. Dir: Ferenc Torok. Hungarian (English and Hebrew subtitles). A Hungarian village in August 1945: the festive ambience of the clerk’s daughter’s wedding is tainted when two Orthodox Jews arrive carrying a mysterious trunk. Have they come to claim their lawful inheritance?
Israeli Special Screenings Cinematheque 2
Civil War, a wounded Yankee soldier finds refuge in a girls’ boarding school, and stirs up a whirlwind of desires. International Competition Cinematheque 1
International Competition Yes Planet
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17:30 MIMOSAS
(Spain, Morocco, France, Romania, Qatar) Luxbox. 96mins. Dir: Oliver Laxe. Arabic (English and Hebrew subtitles). A caravan carries a dying sheik who wishes to be buried beside his loved ones in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. After his death, two crooks promise to complete the mission. Panorama Lev Smadar
19:15 WESTERN
(Germany, Bulgaria, Austria) Films Boutique. 119mins. Dir: Valeska Grisebach. German, Bulgarian (English and » Hebrew subtitles).
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