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Treeman, Rita Deanin Abbey © 2003
INTRODUCTION:
The 7th annual Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival is produced by the Desert Space Foundation and the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada and will be held January 16 -20, 2007 at
Summerlin Library Theater and on Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the
UNLV Student Union Theater co-sponsored by Hillel at UNLV.
The Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival utilizes the art of film to
provide cultural enrichment, promote community collaboration, engage
the unaffiliated, and offer educational education outreach to the
non-Jewish community by enhancing awareness and appreciation of
Jewish identity, history and culture. Everyone is welcome!
SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM:
Adelson Family Foundation
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS:
Toni and Victor Chaltiel, Robin and Danny Greenspun, Heidi and David
Straus, Betsi Steinberg, Arlene and Jerry Blut, Jerry Snyder, Jeannie
Arin and Family, Cari Marshall and Family, Carol and Jeff Zucker,
Blanche and Philip Meisel, Helen and Robert Feldman, and Faye and Dr.
Leon Steinberg, Robert and Gwenneth Weiss, Ronald and Judy Mack.
2008 LAS VEGAS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
PROGRAM:
(All films are Nevada premiers)
Naked Among
Wolves (Nackt Unter Wolfen)
 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 @ 7:00 PM
Summerlin Library Theater
Director: Frank Beyer
1963, East Germany (DEFA), b/w, 124 min.
German with English Subtitles
Based on a true story memorialized in a widely-translated
autobiographical novel by Bruno Apitz (1958) about Buchenwald
concentration camp prisoners who risked their lives to hide a small
Jewish boy from their Nazi captors.
Presented by Governors’ Council on Holocaust Education
Free and open to the public. Limited seating.
My Father My
Lord
 Thursday,
January 17, 2008 @ 7:00 PM
Summerlin Library Theater
Director: David Volach
Israel 2007, 73 min.
Hebrew with English Subtitles
One of 19 children raised in a Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, family in
Jerusalem, Director David Volach draws upon his upbringing to create
his first feature film. Full of quiet, intense moments, the film
offers a contemporary version of the biblical story of the binding
of Isaac. The incomparable Assi Dayan gives a breathtaking
performance as a Haredi rabbi confronting the irreconcilable demands
of faith and family. Winner of the top prize at the 2007 Tribeca
Film Festival.
Presented by Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival
Underwritten by Heidi and David Straus
Free and open to the public. Limited seating.
Nina's Home
 Friday, January 18, 2008 @
1:00 PM
Summerlin Library Theater
Director: Richard Dembo
2005 France, 107 min.
French with English Subtitles
In this compelling drama, Nina, is the tireless director of a
children's shelter in France at the end of World War II where a
group of young Polish and Russian survivors arrive from
concentration camps and discover the courage to live again in the
wake of catastrophe. Agnès Jaoui brings irresistible warmth to her
role as the real-life Nina, director of a “house of hope,” one of
the residences established by the French government for Jewish
children who survived the war in hiding.
Presented by MIS Hebrew Academy
Underwritten By Toni and Victor Chaltiel
Suitable for Ages 7 and above
Free and open to the public. Limited seating.
Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
 Saturday, January 19, 2008 @
7:00 PM
Summerlin Library
Director: Paul Mazursky
2006 USA, 74 min.
Award-winning writer/director/actor Paul Mazursky chronicles his
whirlwind journey to Uman, a small Ukrainian town that is the site
of an annual gathering of Hassidim visiting the burial place of the
revered Rabbi Nachman. An investigation of the mass expression of
spiritual ecstasy.
Presented by Temple Beth Sholom
Underwritten By Betsi Steinberg
Free and open to the public. Limited seating.
Aviva My Love
 Sunday, January
20, 2008 @ 1:00 PM
Summerlin Library
Director: Shemi Zarhin
2006 Israel, 107 Min.
Hebrew with English Subtitles
Aviva My Love is the touching story of a hard-working mother with a
secret writing talent. When a famous novelist takes her under his
wing, Aviva learns about pursuing one’s dream in the face of brutal
ambition and family obligation. The remarkable story of a woman
attempting to make her unique voice heard while over and over it is
muffled by the needs and desires of those around her. Winner of six
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy, including Best Picture, Best
Actress, and Best Director.
Presented by Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada
Tickets: $10.00 Call 794-0090
Sweet Mud
 Sunday, January
20, 2008 @ 4:00 PM
Summerlin Library
Director: Doro Shaul
2006 Israel, 100 Min.
Hebrew with English Subtitles
This coming-of-age tale spotlights a 12-year old boy caught
between an emotionally unstable mother and the rigid equality values
of their 1970’s kibbutz. The film was Israel's official entry to the
2007 Academy Awards and won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema at
Sundance, the Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival
and six Israeli Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Watch the Sweet Mud clip
Presented by Jewish Family Service Agency
Suitable for Ages 17 and above
Tickets: $10.00 Call 794-0090
Yiddish
Theater: A Love Story
 Sunday,
January 20, 2008 @ 7:00PM
Summerlin Library
Director:Dan Katzir
2006 USA, 74 min.
English, Yiddish with English Subtitles
Zypora Spaisman, an octogenarian actress and Holocaust survivor,
maintains Folksbiene, the oldest running Yiddish theater in America.
This moving documentary celebrates the beauty of a 1,000-year-old
culture and the devotion of those committed to preserving it.
Watch the Yiddish Theater: A Love Story clip
Presented by Bet Knesset Bamidbar
Tickets: $10.00 Call 341-6885
De Bassarabia a Entre Rios
 Sunday,
January 27, 2008 @ 1:00 PM
UNLV Student Union Theater
Director: Pedro Banchik
2006 Argentina, 96 min.
Spanish with English Subtitles
Documentary about the history of Jewish immigrant families arriving
in Argentina and the successful communal settlements they created.
The film traces the origins of the various families seeking escape
from oppression and the promise of a better life in South America.
Presented by Midbar Kodesh Temple
Underwritten by Carlos Banchik
Co-Sponsored by Hillel at UNLV
Free and open to the public. Limited seating.
Presented by Congregation Ner Tamid
Co-Sponsored by Hillel at UNLV
Tickets: $10.00 Call 732-6292
Rape of
Europa
 Sunday,
January 27, 2008 @ 4:00 PM
UNLV Student Union Theater
Directors: Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham & Richard Berge
2006 USA, 74 min.
The epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and
miraculous survival of Europe’s greatest art treasures during the
Third Reich and World War II. In a journey through seven countries,
the film takes the audience into the violent whirlwind of
fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the
artistic heritage of Europe.
Watch Rape of Europa Clip
Presented by Congregation Ner Tamid
Co-Sponsored by Hillel at UNLV
Tickets: $10.00 Call 732-6292
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