THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 THE RHAPSODY WHO’S AFRAID OF JEWISH HUMOR? THE TALENTED MR.
WHO’S AFRAID OF JEWISH HUMOR?
OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE
KARAOKE
7:30pm | Miami Beach Bandshell
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Moshe Rosenthal
Israel | 100 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
Nominated for 13 Israeli Academy Awards, Karaoke stars
Israeli superstars Lior Ashkenazi & Sasson Gabay in a
bittersweet comedy about a married, middle-class, suburban
couple who are drawn to their new neighbor, a charismatic
bachelor from Miami who holds karaoke evenings at his
apartment. Director Moshe Rosenthal & actor Sasson Gabay
will be in attendance. Sponsored by Haber Law
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14
WOMAN IN THE MIRROR
8:00pm | Miami Beach JCC, Under the Stars
World Premiere | Directed by Tatyana Bronstein
USA | 71 minutes | 2023
A visual treat, particularly for fans of dance, Woman in the
Mirror tells the story of a driven ballerina of Jewish descent
who defected from the Soviet Union and now leads a diverse
group of ballet students in their difficult journey to become
professional dancers. Director Tatyana Bronstein will be in
attendance. Sponsored by Linda Schechter & Bob Berrin
RECKONINGS
8:00pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Roberta Grossman
USA | 74 minutes | 2022
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Roberta Grossman, this
riveting documentary recounts the untold true story behind the
Luxembourg Agreement that paved the way for compensation
to Holocaust survivors after the war. Producer Karen Heilig,
Executive Vice President of the Claims Conference Greg
Schneider, and Holocaust Historian Michael Berenbaum will
be in attendance. Sponsored by Jodi & Paul Tartell
SIMONE VEIL, A WOMAN OF
THE CENTURY
8:00pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
East Coast Premiere | Directed by Olivier Dahan
France | 140 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
Celebrate the monumental life and legacy of Simone Veil,
one of the most beloved Frenchwomen of all time, whose
extraordinary life is brought to the silver screen in this
moving and monumental biopic from director Olivier Dahan
(Academy Award-winning film La Vie en Rose).
THE ACCUSATION
8:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
US Premiere | Directed by Yvan Attal
France | 138 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
Premiering at the Venice Film Festival and featuring a
mesmerizing performance from legendary actress Charlotte
Gainsbourg, The Accusation is a breathtaking French drama
centering on a controversial court case in which an apparently
perfect son, studying at a prestigious American university, is
accused of assaulting a young woman from a Jewish family
while on vacation in Paris. Sponsored by Alisa Savitz
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15
DISTANT JOURNEY
3:00pm | Bill Cosford Cinema
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Alfréd Radok
Czechoslovakia | 103 minutes | 1949 | Czech and German with
English subtitles
One of the first films ever made that confronted the horrors of
the Holocaust, Distant Journey tells the story of a Jewish family
whose lives are torn apart by the terrors of the Nazi occupation,
leading them on a grim fight for survival in the Theresienstadt
concentration camp. Sponsored by Sydney & David Schaecter
THE TALENTED MR. ROSENBERG
3:00pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
US Premiere | Directed by David Hoffert
Canada | 104 minutes | 2022
Narrated by actor Stephen Fry and featuring beautiful animation,
The Rhapsody is the extraordinary story of composer Leo
Spellman, a Holocaust survivor who sets out on an emotional
journey when his long-lost musical masterpiece is found.
Featuring the attendance of director David Hoffert,
producers Brenda & Paul Hoffert, and a live performance of
music composed by Leo Spellman. Sponsored by The
Foundation at the GMJF
WHERE LIFE BEGINS
3:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Stéphane Freiss
France-Italy | 101 minutes | 2022 | French and Italian with English subtitles
In this beautifully-rendered and sensitive love story set in
Italy during the holiday of Sukkot, a bond is formed between
the rebellious daughter of a rabbi and the farm owner who
has been at loose ends since his wife left him. Sponsored by
Tammy & Jay Levine
LOVE GETS A ROOM
5:30pm | Bill Cosford Cinema
East Coast Premiere | Directed by Rodrigo Cortés
Spain-UK | 103 minutes | 2022
This breathless, inspiring, tour-de-force film transports us to
the Jewish ghetto of Warsaw in 1940, where a group of
actors perform a musical comedy on a freezing winter night
as they plan their escape. Sponsored by Jessie Wolfson
FAREWELL, MR. HAFFMANN
5:30pm | Miami Theater Center
South Florida Premiere | Directed by Fred Cavayé
France | 116 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
Winner of six Audience Awards, the legendary French actor
Daniel Auteuil gives one of his most superlative performances in
the gripping new film based on the celebrated, multi-Molière
Award-winning play set in Nazi-occupied Paris about the unusual
moral contract between a Jew and a French Catholic that will
change all of their destinies. Sponsored by Cindy & Mark Soloway
CLOSED CIRCUIT
6:00pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Tal Inbar
Israel | 60 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
Produced by Nancy Spielberg (Above and Beyond, Who Will
Write Our History), Closed Circuit is a powerful account that
lays bare the devastating heartbreak of the 2016 terrorist
attack at Sarona Market in the center of Tel Aviv and
transformed the lives of the Jews and Arabs that were
involved. Producer Nancy Spielberg & director Tal Inbar will
be in attendance. Sponsored by Lisa & David Pulver
SHTTL
8:00pm | Miami Theater Center
North American Premiere | Directed by Ady Walter
Ukraine-France | 114 minutes | 2022 | Yiddish with English subtitles
Winner of the Audience Award at the Rome Film Festival and
undoubtedly one of the most spellbinding films of the year,
Shttl stunningly recreates and captures the life and loves of a
Yiddish-speaking shtetl on the eve of the Nazi invasion of
Soviet Ukraine. Sponsored by Hedy & Daniel Whitebook
MONDAY, JANUARY 16
THE STORY OF ANNETTE ZELMAN
2:30pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
North American Premiere | Directed by Philippe Le Guay
France | 93 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
The nostalgic aura of old-fashioned wartime romances
envelopes this engaging and handsomely produced drama set
in Nazi-occupied Paris that brings to light for the first time the
tragic love story of Annette Zelman and Jean Jausion, whose
affair was denounced to the Gestapo by Jean’s father.
Sponsored by Elaine & Danny Katz, and Rhoda Levitt
1341 FRAMES OF LOVE AND WAR
4:00pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Jascha Hannover
Germany | 75 minutes | 2022
This award-winning documentary explores the origins of
Jewish humor, from Hershel of Ostropol to Lenny Bruce,
Ephraim Kishon to Mel Brooks, and celebrates a very long
tradition of Jews being seriously funny.
WOMEN OF VALOR
6:00pm | Miami Theater Center
Florida Premiere | Directed by Anna Somershaf
Israel | 77 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
Female haredi social activist Esty Shushan leads a revolution
to allow ultra-Orthodox women to enter Israeli politics, in
this extraordinary portrait of courage and gender equality.
Sponsored by Julie & Martin Franklin
THIS IS NATIONAL WAKE
7:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Mirissa Neff
USA | 66 minutes | 2022
This Is National Wake traces the wild rise of a multiracial
South African punk band, dubbed “the band that defied
apartheid,” whose members — Jewish and Black — risked
everything to bring about freedom. Featuring the
attendance of director Mirissa Neff and a live performance
by National Wake band member and film subject Ivan
Kadey. Sponsored by Mikki & Morris Futernick
OUR (ALMOST COMPLETELY
TRUE) STORY
7:30pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
Florida Premiere | Directed by Don Scardino
USA | 92 minutes | 2022
An aging Hollywood starlet and a jobless voice actor navigate
the Los Angeles senior dating scene in this (mostly) true-life,
delightfully romantic comedy about finding love the second
time around. Sponsored by Becky & Laurence Herrup
EXODUS 91
8:00pm | Miami Beach JCC, Under the Stars
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Micah Smith
Israel | 90 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew, Amharic with English subtitles
This extraordinary film follows an Israeli diplomat on a
seemingly insurmountable mission to bring 15,000 Ethiopian
Jews to Israel as part of the historic Operation Solomon
mission. Sponsored by Evelyn & Dr. Shmuel Katz
CINEMA SABAYA
8:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Orit Fouks Rotem
Israel | 92 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Israel’s official entry to the Academy Awards for Best
International Feature Film is a testament to the power of
film through the story of nine women — Jewish and Arab,
secular and devout — who take part in a filmmaking course
that empowers and unites them, despite their cultural
differences. Sponsored by Tammy & Gil Aronson
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17
THE ROTHSCHILD SAGA
2:30pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
International Premiere | Directed by Klaus T. Steindl
Austria | 60 minutes | 2022 | German with English subtitles
This rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive
Rothschild family uncovers the dynasty’s incredible saga, from
the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto to the halls of royal palaces,
all the while emphasizing the importance they placed on family
unity and the profound role Judaism played in their lives.
ADAM & IDA
4:00pm | Miami Theater Center
US Premiere | Directed by Jan Tenhaven
Germany | 82 minutes | 2022 | English and Polish with English subtitles
This revelatory film chronicles the reunion of Polish-Jewish
twins Adam and Ida Paluch, who tell their incredible story of
being separated at the age of three during the Second
World War and who lived unaware of each other’s existence
for nearly seven decades. Sponsored by the Consulate
General of Germany in Miami
PARIS BOUTIQUE
6:00pm | Miami Theater Center
North American Premiere | Directed by Marco Carmel
Israel-France | 82 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew, French with English subtitles
Nominated for six Israeli Academy Awards (Ophirs) and
starring Nelly Tagar (Zero Motivation, The Art of Waiting),
Paris Boutique is a delightful romantic comedy about love
and friendship. Sponsored by Cindy & David Berger
THE SHADOW OF THE DAY
7:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
US Premiere | Directed by Barry Avrich
Canada | 65 minutes | 2022
Through unprecedented interviews with Albert Rosenberg,
his daughter, and his victims, this fascinating film
investigates the endlessly bizarre, inside story of the
legendary con artist who cheated men out of their millions
and women out of both their money and their hearts.
Director Barry Avrich and producer Mark Selby will be in
attendance.
THE CITY AND THE CITY
7:30pm | Miami Beach JCC
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Christos Passalis & Syllas Tzoumerkas
Greece | 87 minutes | 2022 | Greek, Ladino, German with English
subtitles
Using a radical, endlessly surprising narrative structure and
a distinctive stylistic approach, The City and the City is a
heartfelt, elegiac love-letter to the Greek city of Thessaloniki,
which before the Second World War, was home to such a
large population of Sephardic Jews that it was known as
“the Mother of Israel.”
OUT OF THE DARKNESS
7:30pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
International Premiere | Directed by Anders Refn
Denmark | 152 minutes | 2022 | Danish with English subtitles
An epic and powerful family saga set in Denmark during
World War II and directed by one of Scandinavia’s
preeminent living filmmakers, Out of the Darkness follows
the story of the Skov family as each member reacts to the
German occupation by resisting or collaborating (and
sometimes both), leaving no one unscathed. Sponsored by
Linda & Wayne Saker
HAUTE COUTURE
8:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Sylvie Ohayon
France | 119 minutes | 2021 | French with English subtitles
On the precipice of retirement as Head Seamstress at the Dior
Avenue Montaigne workshop, Esther (legendary French icon
Nathalie Baye) is robbed by a young woman, and then rather
than turn her in to the police, enlists the petty thief as her
dressmaking protégé in this modern-day Cinderella story set in
the behind-the-scenes world of high fashion. Sponsored by
Frye Financial Center
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18
THE ACCUSATION
2:00pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
US Premiere | Directed by Yvan Attal
France | 138 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
For description, please see Saturday, January 14.
WOMAN IN THE MIRROR
4:00pm | Miami Theater Center
World Premiere | Directed by Tatyana Bronstein
USA | 71 minutes | 2023
For description, please see Saturday, January 14.
PERFECT STRANGERS
6:00pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Lior Ashkenazi
Israel | 95 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
In Israeli superstar Lior Ashkenazi’s searing dark comedy,
seven childhood friends play a game during a dinner party
that takes a sudden turn, testing their friendship and
relationships as their darkest secrets come to light.
Sponsored by Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez, P.A.
STABBED IN THE BACK
7:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
World Premiere | Directed by Peter Kovacs Rosenbluth & Peter Banyavari
UK | 42 minutes | 2023
For the first time on screen, this remarkable, one-of-a-kind
film presents in groundbreaking, colorized footage the story
of the 500,000 Jewish soldiers who served in the Central
Powers armies during World War I only to be persecuted
two decades later in the Holocaust. Directors Peter Kovacs
Rosenbluth & Peter Banyavari will be in attendance.
MARCH ‘68
7:30pm | Miami Beach JCC
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Ran Tal
Israel-UK | 90 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
Winner of the Best Director Prize at the Docaviv Film
Festival, 1341 Frames of Love and War chronicles over five
decades of Israel’s history as its most celebrated war
photographer, Micha Bar-Am, mines his extraordinary
archive of over half a million negatives. Sponsored by Moj &
Robert Danial, and Ruthy & Leo Ghitis
TEREZIN
7:30pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
North American Premiere | Directed by Gabriele Guidi
Italy-Czech Republic-Slovakia | 100 minutes | 2022
Shot inside the infamous Theresienstadt concentration camp,
Terezin tells the incredible story of two musicians who fall in
love, but are soon captured by the Nazis and sent to the
infamous concentration camp, where they courageously stage
performances as essential tools for survival.
AMERICA
8:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Ofir Raul Graizer
Israel-Germany | 120 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
Visually iridescent and emotionally uplifting, America is the
new film from The Cakemaker director Ofir Raul Graizer that
follows the relationship between a Chicago-based
swimming coach who is unexpectedly forced to return to his
native Israel and his childhood friend’s fiancée, who is a
florist. Director Ofir Raul Graizer will be in attendance.
Sponsored by Diane & Alan Lieberman
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
WE PLAYED ON
2:30pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
International Premiere | Directed by Rebecca Albeck
Australia | 65 minutes | 2022
The fascinating story of Australia’s The David Herman
Theatre Group, which became a stage phenomenon that
spanned more than five decades and forged Melbourne’s
legacy as one of the world’s most vibrant centers for Yiddish
culture and the performing arts. Sponsored by GableStage
THE STORY OF ANNETTE ZELMAN
4:00pm | Miami Theater Center
North American Premiere | Directed by Philippe Le Guay
France | 93 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
For description, please see Monday, January 16. Sponsored
by Vivianne Bregman
THE FORGER
6:00pm | Miami Theater Center
Miami Premiere | Directed by Maggie Peren
Germany | 116 minutes | 2022 | German with English subtitles
Based on an extraordinary true story, this gripping WWII drama is
the tale of a daringly adventurous Jewish artist who survives the
war hiding in plain sight in Berlin and uses his forgery talents to
help others escape the Nazis, until finally it’s his turn. Sponsored
by the German Consulate General in Miami
FILMMAKERS FOR THE
PROSECUTION
7:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Jean-Christophe Klotz
France-USA | 60 minutes | 2022 | English and French with English subtitles
With never-before-seen footage and rare interviews, this
riveting film retraces the hunt by Budd and Stuart Schulberg
for film evidence that could convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg
Trial. Featuring the attendance of Stuart Schulberg’s
children, KC Schulberg and producer Sandra Schulberg.
Sponsored by Linda & Murray Laulicht
YOU WILL NOT PLAY WAGNER
7:30pm | Miami Beach JCC
World Premiere | Directed by Lilia Levitina
USA | 64 minutes | 2023
Starring Miami’s own Avi Hoffman, this play-turned-film
centers on an Israeli conductor who chooses to perform
Richard Wagner in the final concert of a prestigious musical
competition. Director Lilia Levitina and actors Avi Hoffman &
Annette Miller will be in attendance.
AMERICA
7:30pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Ofir Raul Graizer
Israel-Germany | 120 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
For description, please see Wednesday, January 18.
Director Ofir Raul Graizer will be in attendance.
Sponsored by Alison & Rick Mars
PERFECT STRANGERS
8:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni
Italy | 125 minutes | 2022 | Italian with English subtitles
Set in a picturesque, provincial town in late 1930s Italy, The
Shadow of the Day is a gripping love story between a restaurant
owner and a young woman with a dangerous secret he takes
in during the frenzied rise of fascism and imposition of racial
laws against Jews. Sponsored by Susie & Ricky Golden
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21
GOY
8:00pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
North American Premiere | Directed by Santiago Salinas
Mexico | 107 minutes | 2022 | Spanish with English subtitles
Coming into her own, a young woman from Mexico City
finds herself torn between her Jewish family and a forbidden
love, in this delicate, melancholic romance. Director
Santiago Salinas will be in attendance.
MATCHMAKING
8:00pm | Miami Theater Center
International Premiere | Directed by Erez Tadmor
Israel | 96 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
Endlessly witty, visually rapturous, and sweetly romantic
with an all-star cast from the hit shows Unorthodox and
Shtisel, Israel’s biggest box office hit of the year is a Romeo
and Juliet-like saga (sans the tragedy!) of two young,
eligible ultra-Orthodox singles looking for a match.
Sponsored by Barbara & Robert Goldfarb
FAREWELL, MR. HAFFMANN
8:00pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
South Florida Premiere | Directed by Fred Cavayé
France | 116 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
For description, please see Sunday, January 15. Sponsored
by Dr. & Mrs. Elliott & Tracey Stein
THE ART OF SILENCE
8:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
Switzerland | 81 minutes | 2022 | German with English subtitles
This heartwarming documentary pays loving tribute to
Jewish actor and WWII member of the resistance Marcel
Marceau’s craft, life, and legacy by brilliantly intertwining
archival footage from the war, interviews with his loved
ones, and rare excerpts from Marceau’s legendary
performances. Sponsored by Efrat Zarren-Zohar & Avi
Rosenberg, and Lily S. & David Serviansky
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22
OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN
3:00pm | Bill Cosford Cinema
East Coast Premiere | Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
France | 104 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
Internationally acclaimed French actress Virginie Efira stars
as a 40-year-old Jewish woman for whom new love
awakens an intense and unexpected desire for motherhood,
in this piercingly resonant romantic drama. Sponsored by
Amy & David Scharlin
OUR (ALMOST COMPLETELY
TRUE) STORY
3:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Florida Premiere | Directed by Don Scardino
USA | 92 minutes | 2022
For description, please see Monday, January 16. Sponsored
by Shirley & Bill Lehman
LOST TRANSPORT
5:30pm | Bill Cosford Cinema
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Saskia Diesing
Netherlands | 100 minutes | 2022 | Dutch, German, Russian
with English subtitles
Inspired by true events, this thrilling drama, set in the spring of
1945, centers on a trio of women who must overcome their
distrust and resentment of one another and discover their
shared humanity in order to survive. Sponsored by Bonnie Aibel
JUNE ZERO
5:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Jake Paltrow
Israel | 104 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
Inspired by true events and directed by Jake Paltrow, this
stunning historical drama set on the eve of Adolf Eichmann’s
execution in 1962 unfolds in a brilliant triptych following three
Israelis who not only witness history, but take an active role in its
making. Sponsored by Ella Gelvan and Irma & Michael Goldstein
5:30pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
Florida Premiere | Directed by Krzysztof Lang
Poland | 115 minutes | 2022 | Polish with English subtitles
This dramatic love story offers an evocative convergence of
romance, history and politics in a rarely told tale of antisemitism
in 1960s communist Poland.
SCHÄCHTEN – A RETRIBUTION
8:00pm | Miami Theater Center
Florida Premiere | Directed by Thomas Roth
Austria | 105 minutes | 2022 | German with English subtitles
Set in 1960s Vienna, this edge-of-your-seat thriller follows a
young Jewish businessman’s efforts to take the law into his
own hands after he and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal fail to
secure just punishment for the concentration camp
commandment who tortured and killed his parents. Sponsored
by Judith & Morris Tuchman
MONDAY, JANUARY 23
WHO’S AFRAID OF JEWISH HUMOR?
2:30pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Jascha Hannover
Germany | 75 minutes | 2022
For description, please see Monday, January 16. Sponsored by
Joan Schaeffer & Roberta Mandel
WHERE LIFE BEGINS
6:00pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Stéphane Freiss
France-Italy | 101 minutes | 2022 | French and Italian with English subtitles
For description, please see Sunday, January 15. Sponsored by
Elena & Lee Salomon
CONCERNED CITIZEN
7:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Idan Hagel
Israel | 82 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
In this smart and highly relatable dark comedy, a Tel Aviv resident
triggers a tragic sequence of events in an attempt to improve his
neighborhood. Sponsored by Stuart Kurlander & David Martin
THE MISSING TALE
7:30pm | Miami Beach JCC
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Klára Trencsényi
Hungary | 82 minutes | 2022 | Hungarian, Hebrew with English subtitles
The fractured and contentious history of the Jews of Cochin,
India, is explored in this fascinating and utterly engrossing film
that travels the globe from Eastern Europe to Israel and India,
compelling the director to reflect on her own hidden Eastern
European Jewish identity.
THE WEDDING DAY
7:30pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski
Poland | 135 minutes | 2022 | Polish with English subtitles
In Poland’s official entry for the Academy Awards, long buried
secrets involving Polish crimes against Jews during the Nazi
occupation resurface at the wedding of an affluent Polish
family, where the tragic past is hauntingly revisited on them in
this masterful and provocative drama.
HAUTE COUTURE
8:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Sylvie Ohayon
France | 119 minutes | 2021 | French with English subtitles
For description, please see Tuesday, January 17. Sponsored by
Drs. Ellen Greenebaum and Simeon Schwartz
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24
THE MENGELBERG LIST
2:30pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
International Premiere | Directed by Jaap van Eyck
Netherlands | 86 minutes | 2022 | Dutch with English subtitles
This fascinating film explores the story of Willem Mengelberg,
a world-famous conductor who was considered the most
important Gustav Mahler champion of his time, but whose
career was tarnished for his Nazi sympathies, and only later
was discovered to have risked his life protecting Jewish
musicians from Nazi persecution.
THE SHADOW OF THE DAY
6:00pm | Miami Theater Center
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni
Italy | 125 minutes | 2022 | Italian with English subtitles
For description, please see Thursday, January 19. Sponsored by
Raquel & Riccardo DiCapua
BARREN
7:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Mordechai Vardi
Israel | 108 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
In this powerful and compelling Israeli drama, a childless ultra-
Orthodox couple face a crisis when a man, introducing himself
as a rabbi, takes advantage of the woman’s desire for a child.
7:30pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Lior Ashkenazi
Israel | 95 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew with English subtitles
For description, please see Wednesday, January 18. Sponsored
by Evelyn & Sergio Faigenblat
LITTLE NICHOLAS
8:00pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Amandine Fredon &
Benjamin Massoubre
France | 82 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
Winner of the top prizes at this year’s Annecy Film Festival and
Animation Is Film Festival, Little Nicholas is a joyous and
extraordinary animated movie that melds biopic, origin story and
Little Nicholas adventures into an irresistibly warmhearted delight.
TRUST
8:00pm | Miami Beach JCC, Under the Stars
East Coast Premiere | Directed by Almog Avidan Antonir
USA | 97 minutes | 2022
In this hair-raising family drama, a matriarch’s passing reunites
three neurotic Jewish siblings for an awkward funeral and then
the reading of a shocker of a will.
THE FORGER
8:30pm | Miami Theater Center
Miami Premiere | Directed by Maggie Peren
Germany | 116 minutes | 2022 | German with English subtitles
For description, please see Thursday, January 19. Sponsored by
Paula & Mickey Finkle, and Maxene & Eugene Posman
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25
OUT OF THE DARKNESS
2:00pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
International Premiere | Directed by Anders Refn
Denmark | 152 minutes | 2022 | Danish with English subtitles
For description, please see Tuesday, January 17. Sponsored by
Deborah & Michael Troner
LOVE GETS A ROOM
6:00pm | Miami Theater Center
East Coast Premiere | Directed by Rodrigo Cortés
Spain-UK | 103 minutes | 2022
For description, please see Sunday, January 15.
FRITZ BAUER’S LEGACY
7:00pm | O Cinema South Beach
North American Premiere | Directed by Isabel Gathof
Germany | 98 minutes | 2022 | German, Hebrew with English subtitles
Four years in the making and featuring firsthand witness
accounts, Fritz Bauer’s Legacy examines the trial of a former
concentration camp guard and reveals the fascinating history
of why it took so long for justice to find its way into German
courts. Director Isabel Gathof will be in attendance.
Sponsored by the FIU Holocaust & Genocide Studies Program
PARIS BOUTIQUE
7:30pm | Michael-Ann Russell JCC
North American Premiere | Directed by Marco Carmel
Israel-France | 82 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew, English, French with
English subtitles
For description, please see Tuesday, January 17. Sponsored by
Susie & Jon Diamond
CINEMA SABAYA
8:00pm | Coral Gables Art Cinema
Southeast US Premiere | Directed by Orit Fouks Rotem
Israel | 92 minutes | 2022 | Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
For description, please see Monday, January 16. Sponsored by
Jania & Dean Ziff
LITTLE TOWN
8:00pm | Miami Beach JCC, Under the Stars
World Premiere | Directed by Dani Menkin
USA | 90 minutes | 2023
In this heartwarming romantic comedy, a struggling stand-up
comedian is inspired by a free-spirited woman to take his son on
an unexpected adventure to a “little town” in the mountains where
each of them hopes their dreams will be fulfilled. Director Dani
Menkin will be in attendance. Sponsored by Faye Tzippy Holand
SIMONE VEIL, A WOMAN OF
THE CENTURY
8:00pm | Miami Theater Center
East Coast Premiere | Directed by Olivier Dahan
France | 140 minutes | 2022 | French with English subtitles
For description, please see Saturday, January 14. Sponsored by
The Scheck & Bonwitt Families
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26
CLOSING NIGHT PREMIERE
MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF
7:30pm | Miami Beach Bandshell
East Coast Premiere | Directed by Leonid Prudovsky
Colombia-Israel-Poland | 96 minutes | 2022
In this crowd-pleasing comedy starring legendary actor Udo
Kier, a Polish Holocaust survivor living in South America
suspects that the belligerent German who has just moved in
next door must be none other than the Führer himself.
Sponsored by Evensky & Katz / Foldes Financial