Make it a special Movie Night!
One of the largest and most respected Jewish film festivals in North America, the Washington Jewish Film Festival (WJFF) is an international exhibition of cinema that celebrates the diversity of Jewish history, culture and experience through the moving image. The WJFF is going into its 30th year.
A selection of excellent movies. Some of them German with English subtitles:
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Available December 3-10 Three 17-year-old girls navigate the daily indignities of high school using razor-sharp wit to shield their vulnerabilities. Envious of their picture-perfect popular classmates, the trio make a secret pact to raise the funds for cosmetic surgery and prom dresses. |
Available December 3-10 Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) adapts Judith Kerr鈥檚 bestselling children鈥檚 novel about a nine-year-old girl鈥檚 coming of age during Hitler鈥檚 rise to power. |
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Available December 3-10 Martin Goldsmith never knew what happened to his parents before they escaped from Germany in 1941. Over a weekend, as he confronts his father, we are brought back to the complex and confusing 1930s when the parents were young musicians. Rental includes a moderated conversation with film subject Martin Goldsmith on Tuesday, December 8, 7:00 PM |
鈥淏reathtakingly beautiful鈥�- Moors Magazine, The Netherlands Intimate, intense poetry written by the artist鈥檚 grandmother in WWII concentration camp Theresienstadt, is brought to life through music and spoken word. |
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