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.
The 23rd edition of the Portland Jewish Film Festival is produced by the Northwest Film Center and co-presented with the Institute for Judaic Studies and takes place June 14 to 28, 2015.
Complete Film listings:
MAGIC MEN
https://vimeo.com/68012664
THE MUSES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER (preceded by REVERENCE)
https://youtu.be/MZfkOHfOkwE
A PLACE IN HEAVEN
https://youtu.be/TGcwONCKks0
TO LIFE
https://youtu.be/8hYSCSHH7rM
THE DOVE FLYER
https://youtu.be/W_Uq68Ql9f8
DOUGH
SECRETS OF WAR
https://youtu.be/l4Oc187S7OU
EAST JERUSALEM/WEST JERUSALEM
https://youtu.be/VnVNgIW4ZPc
ALMOST FRIENDS
https://youtu.be/p_GBYHqPf58
A BORROWED IDENTITY (AKA DANCING ARABS)
https://youtu.be/TW0Jjf3RrME
THEODORE BIKEL: IN THE SHOES OF SHOLEM ALEICHEM
https://vimeo.com/114923514
Trailer for SHOLEM ALEICHEM: LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS
https://youtu.be/-Z6cJ2_RLdA
RAISE THE ROOF
https://vimeo.com/107332820
THE MYSTERY OF HAPPINESS
https://youtu.be/svx8CyZTkWg
LET’S GO
https://youtu.be/7wK_7PG7_4g
RUN BOY RUN
https://youtu.be/njjdP3gZ_pk
THE ZIONIST IDEA
24 DAYS
https://youtu.be/Sg4xo2pYRdI