The 2015 Portland Jewish Film Festival will screen 18 feature films including: EAST JERUSALEM/WEST JERUSALEM (pictured above), a riveting documentary about Israeli musician David Broza and his efforts to bridge Israeli and Palestinian tensions through music, THE MYSTERY OF HAPPINESS, director Daniel Burman’s delightful hybridization of buddy movie, detective film, and romantic comedy tropes, the Opening Night selection MAGIC MEN, a road trip comedy that pairs an aging atheist Holocaust survivor with his estranged Hasidic rapper son, and DOUGH, a comedy set in a failing bakery where intergenerational and cross cultural solutions just might save the day.
Complete Film listings:
MAGIC MEN
THE MUSES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER (preceded by REVERENCE)
A PLACE IN HEAVEN
TO LIFE
THE DOVE FLYER
DOUGH
SECRETS OF WAR
EAST JERUSALEM/WEST JERUSALEM
ALMOST FRIENDS
A BORROWED IDENTITY (AKA DANCING ARABS)
THEODORE BIKEL: IN THE SHOES OF SHOLEM ALEICHEM
Trailer for SHOLEM ALEICHEM: LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS
RAISE THE ROOF
THE MYSTERY OF HAPPINESS
LET’S GO
RUN BOY RUN
THE ZIONIST IDEA
24 DAYS