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Page 1: BEYOND BOLLYWOOD: 17TH ANNUAL · Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, Aviva Kempner’s ROSENWALD is the incredible story of Julius Rosenwald, who never finished high school but rose to become

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

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Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (the

great Jonathan Pryce, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil,

HBO’s Game of Thrones) obstinately clings

to his way of life and his livelihood as a

kosher bakery shop owner in London’s East

End. With a dwindling clientele and the

pressures of encroaching big box stores,

Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager

Ayyash who has a secret side-gig selling

pot to help his struggling immigrant mother

make ends meet. When Ayyash accidentally

drops his stash into the mixing dough, the

challah starts flying off the shelves, and

an unlikely friendship forms between the

old Jewish baker and his young Muslim

apprentice. Co-starring Oscar®-nominee

Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine) and Ian

Hart, DOUGH is a warmhearted and gently

humorous story about overcoming prejudice

and finding redemption in unexpected

places.

DOUGH

UK, 2015, 94 MIN,

DIRECTED BY JOHN GOLDSCHMIDT,

IN ENGLISH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 147:30 PM ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER

“THE PERFORMANCES ARE EXCELLENT (AND) THE LAUGHS COME OFTEN.”

GARY MEYER,EATDRINKFILMS

CO-PRESENTED BY

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Born as Menachem Teitelbaum in Hungary,

Marcus Schwarz (renowned German actor

Mario Adorf) escaped Auschwitz with his

life, only to extinguish his Jewishness. With

no synagogue, Jewish friends or family, the

hardened yet lovable old man has done such

an effective job of creating a new identity

in Germany that, when faced with his own

mortality, the rabbis refuse his about-face

appeal to be buried in a Jewish cemetery in

Cologne. Determined to return to his birthplace

and establish his ancestry, Marcus enlists the

help of Gul, a brash, chain-smoking young

Turkish woman with a troubled history of her

own. The unlikely duo set out on an emotional

and humorous road trip to a small village on

the Hungarian-Romanian border, a journey

that will irrevocably change them both.

THE LAST MENTSCH

GERMANY/SWITZERLAND/

FRANCE, 2014, 93 MIN,

DIRECTED BY PIERRE HENRY

SALFATI, IN GERMAN,

HUNGARIAN, HEBREW,

ENGLISH & YIDDISH WITH

ENGLISH SUBTITLES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15

11 AM AT ENZIAN

“A THOUGHTFULLY RENDERED STORY OF FRIENDSHIP AND HEALING WITH NUANCED PERFORMANCES…POIGNANT, FUNNY AND DEEPLY MOVING.”

ALISSA CHADBURN,JEWISH FILM INSTITUTE

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Gifted Eyad, a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the

chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding

school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to

fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within

early 1990s Israeli society, Eyad develops a

friendship with another outsider, Jonathan

(Michael Moshonov, Mabul) a boy suffering from

muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes

part of the home Jonathan shares with his

mother, Edna (Yael Abecassis, Kadosh). After

falling in love with Naomi, a Jewish girl, he leaves

school when their relationship is uncovered,

and he discovers that he will have to sacrifice

his identity in order to be accepted. Faced with

a choice, Eyad will have to make a decision that

will change his life forever. Nominated for 4

Israeli Oscars, this latest work from acclaimed

Israeli director Eran Riklis (Zaytoun) is an

unusually delicate and sometimes humorous

coming-of-age drama.

A BORROWED IDENTITY

ISRAEL, 2014, 104 MIN,

DIRECTED BY ERAN RIKLIS,

IN HEBREW AND ARABIC WITH

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

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15

1:30 PM AT ENZIAN

“DAZZLING! EMOTIONALLY RICH! A DON’T MISS!”

JEWISH CURRENTS

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From the award-winning director of The

Life and Times of Hank Greenberg and

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, Aviva Kempner’s

ROSENWALD is the incredible story of Julius

Rosenwald, who never finished high school

but rose to become the President of Sears.

Influenced by the writings of educator Booker

T. Washington, this Jewish philanthropist

joined forces with African-American

communities during the Jim Crow South to

build over 5300 schools during the early part

of the 20th century. Inspired by the Jewish

ideals of tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam

(repairing the world), and a deep concern for

racial inequality, the modest Rosenwald used

his wealth to become one of the country’s

most important philanthropists and Pre-Civil

Rights Movement social activists. He gave

away $62 million in his lifetime, and it’s time

to shine a spotlight on this remarkable man’s

achievements.

ROSENWALD

USA, 2015, 100 MIN,

DIRECTED BY AVIVA KEMPNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16

4:15 PM AT ENZIAN

“A STIRRING PORTRAIT OF A MODEST YET MORAL MAN…A RICH AND FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY.”

DANIEL M. GOLD,THE NEW YORK TIMES

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A spellbinding mystery of identity, illusion,

and deception unfolds against the turmoil of

post-World War II Germany in the stunning

new film from acclaimed director Christian

Petzold. Nelly, a German-Jewish nightclub

singer, has survived a concentration camp,

but with her face disfigured by a bullet

wound. After undergoing reconstructive

surgery, she emerges with a new face, one

similar but different enough that her former

husband, Johnny, doesn’t recognize her.

Rather than reveal herself, Nelly walks into

a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise

as she tries to figure out if the man she loves

may have been the one who betrayed her to

the Nazis. Evoking the shadows and haunted

mood of post-war Berlin, PHOENIX weaves

a complex, Hitchcock-ian tale of a nation’s

tragedy and a woman’s search for answers

as it builds towards an unforgettable, heart-

stopping climax.

PHOENIX

GERMANY, 2014, 99 MIN,

RATED PG-13, DIRECTED BY

CHRISTIAN PETZOLD, IN GERMAN

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

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16

7:00 PM AT ENZIAN

“FOUR STARS! MESMERIZING! OUT OF THE ASHES OF SUMMER MOVIEGOING EMERGESA MASTERPIECE.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE 2015-2016 JCC

CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM

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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 17 YEARS OFWONDERFUL FILMS!

THE TETENBAUM FAMILY

MEDIA SPONSOR OPENING NIGHT FILM SPONSOR