Lunch

Summary:

An affable group of showbiz scribes meet for lunch, swapping jokes and kibitzing about their careers.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 78 min
Screenings:

UA Tara Cinemas

Sunday, Feb. 03, 2013 | 11:00 AM

Guest Speakers

  • Jerry Farber
    • Comedian
  • Donna Kanter
    • Director, Writer, Producer
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Lefont Sandy Springs

Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 | 12:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Donna Kanter
    • Director, Writer, Producer
  • Shellie Schmals
    • Comedianne
Date Passed

My Awkward Sexual Adventure

Summary:

A nebbishy accountant seeks help from a stripper to win back his unsatisfied ex-girlfriend.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 98 min
Screenings:

Regal Atlantic Station

Thursday, Feb. 07, 2013 | 8:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Jonas Chernick
    • Actor, Writer, Producer
  • Curt Holman
    • Film Critic
    • Creative Loafing

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 | 9:05 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Curt Holman
    • Film Critic
    • Creative Loafing

Date Passed

My Best Holidays

Summary:

Algerian-Jewish friends goes on holiday in the French countryside in an attempt to repair fraying marriages.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 95 min
Screenings:

GTC Merchants Walk

Monday, Feb. 04, 2013 | 12:15 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Spring Asher
    • 2013 AJFF Programming Co-Chair
  • Heidi Geller
    • Program Chair
    • PJ Library

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 | 9:05 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Heidi Geller
    • Program Chair
    • PJ Library

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

Date Passed

My First Wedding

Summary:

A perfect storm of matrimonial disharmony ensues in this fast-paced screwball comedy.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 102 min
Screenings:

UA Tara Cinemas

Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 | 9:05 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Rabbi Analia Bortz
    • Congregation Or Hadash
Date Passed

GTC Merchants Walk

Wednesday, Feb. 06, 2013 | 12:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Spring Asher
    • 2013 AJFF Programming Co-Chair
Date Passed

Regal North Point Market

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 | 8:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Rabbi Michael Weinstein
    • Congregation Dor Tamid
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No Place on Earth

Summary:

Account of Ukrainian Jews who hid in caves in the longest underground survival in human history.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 81 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 | 7:15 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Norman Kittner
    • Survivor
  • Sally Levine
    • Specialist for Teacher and Curriculum Development
    • The Breman Museum

  • Chris Nicola
    • Cave Explorer
  • Janet Tobias
    • Director, Producer
Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 | 7:45 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Norman Kittner
    • Survivor
  • Chris Nicola
    • Cave Explorer
  • Shelton Stanfill
    • Chair, Board of Governors
    • Telluride Film Festival

  • Janet Tobias
    • Director, Producer
Date Passed

Numbered

Summary:

Captures the complex relationship of Auschwitz survivors with the serial tattoos they were branded with.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 55 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 | 5:15 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Liliane Kshensky Baxter, Ph.D.
    • The William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum
  • Rachel Steinhardt
    • Granddaughter of Esther Nisenthal Krinitiz
Date Passed

Off White Lies

Summary:

A deadbeat Israeli inventor and his estranged teenage daughter try to reconcile their differences.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 86 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 | 12:20 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Anthony C. Levitas, Psy.D.
    • The Behavioral Institute of Atlanta
Date Passed

Regal North Point Market

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 | 5:25 PM

Guest Speakers

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

Date Passed

Oma & Bella

Summary:

Two elderly Holocaust survivors and best friends share a deep fondness of family and food.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 76 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 | 7:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Roberta Scher
    • Founder, KosherEye
Date Passed

Once Upon a Bench

Summary:

An elderly woman sits on her favorite Paris bench each morning, and one day a Romanian man interrupts her ritual and stirs buried memories of long ago.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 7 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

Orchestra of Exiles

Summary:

The extraordinary backstory of the Israeli Philharmonic and the heroic feats of its founder.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 85 min
Screenings:

GTC Merchants Walk

Wednesday, Feb. 06, 2013 | 2:30 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Sara Ghitis
    • Eternal Life-Hemshech

  • Yoel Levi
    • Musician and Conductor
Date Passed

Regal Atlantic Station

Thursday, Feb. 07, 2013 | 6:50 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Sara Ghitis
    • Eternal Life-Hemshech

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

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 | 11:25 AM

Guest Speakers

  • Sara Ghitis
    • Eternal Life-Hemshech

Date Passed