Blinky & Me

Summary:

A pioneering Aussie children's animator serves as storyteller of his own inspirational journey.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 77 min
Screenings:

Regal Atlantic Station

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 11:40 AM

Guest Speakers

  • Eddy Von Mueller, Ph.D
    • Assistant Professor of Film Studies
    • Emory University

Date Passed

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

Summary:

A French-Israeli student and Palestinian man connect in a stirring Romeo and Juliet tale for the Internet age.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 99 min
Screenings:

Regal Atlantic Station

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 2:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Jason Isaacson
    • Director, Government and Int'l Affairs
    • American Jewish Committee

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 | 4:40 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Matthew H. Bernstein, Ph.D., M.A., B.A.
    • Emory Film Studies Chair
  • Agathe Bonitzer
    • Actor
Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 | 11:35 AM

Guest Speakers

  • Agathe Bonitzer
    • Actor
  • David Lewis
    • Journalist, Documentarian, Producer
Date Passed

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Summary:

A terrifically entertaining smorgasbord of show tunes and superstars of the Great White Way.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 90 min
Screenings:

GTC Merchants Walk

Sunday, Feb. 03, 2013 | 4:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Susan Booth
    • Artistic Director
    • Alliance Theatre

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 | 2:35 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Brian Kimmell
    • Artistic Director
    • Company J

Date Passed

The Cake Lady

Summary:

Sharing bittersweet memories and a passion for life through her signature cakes, a beloved Atlanta bubbie embarks on the transition from independence to assisted living.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 29 min
Screenings:

GTC Merchants Walk

Friday, Feb. 01, 2013 | 2:05 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Adam Hirsch
    • Director
    • The Cake Lady

  • Daniella Kahane
    • Director
    • All the Broken Pieces

  • Fay Tenenbaum
    • The Cake Lady
  • Gabriel Wardell
    • Executive Director
    • The Athens Film Arts Institute

Date Passed

UA Tara Cinemas

Sunday, Feb. 03, 2013 | 4:20 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Christopher Escobar
    • Executive Director
    • Atlanta Film Festival 365

  • Adam Hirsch
    • Director
    • The Cake Lady

  • Fay Tenenbaum
    • The Cake Lady
Date Passed

Catherine the Great

Summary:

Lured to Israel by promises of a better life, a young Moldovan woman falls prey to the tragedy of human trafficking. Best Animation Award winner at the Haifa International Film Festival.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 5 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 2:05 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Tom Karsch
    • CEO, Camp Flix
Date Passed

Regal Atlantic Station

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 4:45 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus
    • The Temple
Date Passed

Closed Season

Summary:

Erotically-tinged drama about an unorthodox arrangement between German peasants and Jewish war refugee.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 104 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 | 7:45 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Christopher Escobar
    • Executive Director
    • Atlanta Film Festival 365

  • Peter Höyng, Ph.D.
    • Chair of German Studies
    • Emory University

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 | 12:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Peter Höyng, Ph.D.
    • Chair of German Studies
    • Emory University

  • Catherine M. Lewis, Ph.D.
    • Director of the Holocaust Education Program
    • Kennesaw State

  • Shelton Stanfill
    • Chair, Board of Governors
    • Telluride Film Festival

Date Passed

Regal North Point Market

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 | 12:15 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Rabbi Mark Zimmerman
    • Congregation Beth Shalom
Date Passed

Crossing Delancey

Summary:

Amy Irving and Peter Riegert deliver charming onscreen chemistry in this 1988 romantic comedy.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 97 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 | 8:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Matthew H. Bernstein, Ph.D., M.A., B.A.
    • Emory Film Studies Chair
  • Peter Riegert
    • Actor
Date Passed

The Dandelions

Summary:

A French-Jewish girl seeks freedom from her overbearing parents in this coming-of-age dramedy.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 89 min
Screenings:

UA Tara Cinemas

Monday, Feb. 04, 2013 | 12:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Bobbee Seldin Griff
    • Admissions Outreach Coordinator
    • Weber School

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 4:30 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Sharon Duke Estroff
    • Author, Speaker
  • Sim Pearl
    • Head of School
    • Weber School

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 | 12:10 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Spring Asher
    • 2013 AJFF Programming Co-Chair
  • Bobbee Seldin Griff
    • Admissions Outreach Coordinator
    • Weber School

Date Passed

Defiant Requiem

Summary:

Concentration camp prisoners in Terezín use the power of music to rebel against their Nazi oppressors.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 85 min
Screenings:

UA Tara Cinemas

Monday, Feb. 04, 2013 | 2:15 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Lois Reitzes
    • WABE 90.1 FM
Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 | 7:45 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Stuart E. Eizanstat
    • Defiant Requiem Foundation Board Chair
  • Bill Nigut
    • Southeast Regional Director
    • Anti-Defamation League

  • Murry Sidlin
    • Conductor
Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 | 2:35 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Stuart E. Eizanstat
    • Defiant Requiem Foundation Board Chair
  • Ken Meltzer
    • ASO Insider and Program Annotator
  • Murry Sidlin
    • Conductor
Date Passed

The Devotion Project: Listen from the Heart

Summary:

The loving relationship of two Oakland women is tracked from their initial meeting through the birth of their child, a boy with a heart condition, who enriches their lives in amazing ways.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 10 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 | 11:40 AM

Guest Speakers

  • Tom Karsch
    • CEO, Camp Flix
Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 | 2:45 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Shelton Stanfill
    • Chair, Board of Governors
    • Telluride Film Festival

Date Passed