Simon and the Oaks

Summary:

Picturesque coming-of-age WWII epic nominated for a record 13 Swedish Academy Awards.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 122 min
Screenings:

GTC Merchants Walk

Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 | 8:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Rabbi Steven J. Lebow
    • Temple Kol Emeth
Date Passed

UA Tara Cinemas

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

Guest Speakers

  • Liliane Kshensky Baxter, Ph.D.
    • The William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum
Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Saturday, Feb. 09, 2013 | 8:00 PM

Guest Speakers

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

Date Passed

Regal North Point Market

Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 | 11:30 AM

Guest Speakers

  • Aaron Berger
    • Executive Director
    • The William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum

Date Passed

The Singing Blacksmith

Summary:

Celebrated Yiddish actor-singer Moishe Oysher stars as a passionate shtetl blacksmith in Czarist Russia.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 105 min
Screenings:

Lefont Sandy Springs

Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 | 7:45 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Amanda Abrams
    • Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
  • Shirley Brickman
    • The William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum
  • Lisa Rivo
    • Associate Director
    • The National Center for Jewish Film

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 | 12:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Amanda Abrams
    • Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
  • Lisa Rivo
    • Associate Director
    • The National Center for Jewish Film

  • Chana Shapiro
    • Educator
Date Passed

Süskind

Summary:

Gripping true story of a Jewish industrialist who saved hundreds of Dutch children from the death camps. 

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 118 min
Screenings:

GTC Merchants Walk

Tuesday, Feb. 05, 2013 | 8:00 PM

Guest Speakers

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

Date Passed

Regal North Point Market

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 | 12:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Sandra Craine
    • Georgia Commission on the Holocaust
Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 | 8:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Liliane Kshensky Baxter, Ph.D.
    • The William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum
Date Passed

That Woman

Summary:

A thirty-something Londoner struggles to confront a devastating breakup in this touching comedy-drama inspired by the woman at the center of an infamous political sex scandal.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 12 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

Through the Eye of the Needle: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz

Summary:

Years after losing her family in the Holocaust, a seamstress-turned-artist shares her story of survival.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 30 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

Tiger Eyes

Summary:

A teen grapples with the sudden loss of her father in the first screen adaptation of a Judy Blume novel.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 92 min
Screenings:

GTC Merchants Walk

Sunday, Feb. 03, 2013 | 1:15 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Genevieve McGillicuddy
    • Director, Brand Development
    • Turner Classic Movies

  • Tatanka Means
    • Actor
Date Passed

Regal North Point Market

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 | 2:40 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Judy Blume
    • Producer, Writer
  • Lawrence Blume
    • Director, Writer, Producer
  • Mira Hirsch
    • Theater Actor, Director, Producer
Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 | 2:20 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Gail Cohn
    • Book Talk with Gail, Radio Sandy Springs
  • Lawrence Blume
    • Director, Writer, Producer
Date Passed

Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land

Summary:

Examines Israel’s thriving and progressive gay community, an often overlooked side of the Jewish State.

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 46 min
Screenings:

Regal Atlantic Station

Friday, Feb. 08, 2013 | 11:55 AM

Guest Speakers

  • Benjamin Hary, Ph.D.
    • Department of Middle Eastern Studies
    • Emory University

  • Michael Lucas
    • Director, Founder and CEO
    • Lucas Entertainment

Date Passed

What's in a Name?

Summary:

A shocking baby naming announcement scandalizes a Parisian dinner party among friends.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 109 min
Screenings:

UA Tara Cinemas

Friday, Feb. 01, 2013 | 2:10 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Julie Jacobson
  • Dov Wilker
    • AJC Atlanta Executive Director
Date Passed

Regal Atlantic Station

Thursday, Feb. 07, 2013 | 9:00 PM

Guest Speakers

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

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Saturday, Feb. 09, 2013 | 8:15 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Mira Hirsch
    • Theater Actor, Director, Producer
Date Passed

Regal North Point Market

Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 | 8:00 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Hélène Courault-Touré
    • Executive Director
    • Alliance Française Atlanta

Date Passed

When Day Breaks

Summary:

A retired Serbian music professor uncovers his true origins and family's tragic fate during the Holocaust.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 90 min
Screenings:

GTC Merchants Walk

Monday, Feb. 04, 2013 | 2:35 PM

Guest Speakers

  • Rabbi Paul Kerbel
    • Congregation Etz Chaim
Date Passed

UA Tara Cinemas

Tuesday, Feb. 05, 2013 | 2:30 PM

Guest Speakers

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

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 11:35 AM

Guest Speakers

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

Date Passed

When Pigs Have Wings

Summary:

The fates of a pot-bellied pig and poor Palestinian fisherman become entangled in this clever comedic parable.

Genre: Narrative
Run time: 99 min
Screenings:

Regal Atlantic Station

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 11:30 AM

Guest Speakers

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

Date Passed

Lefont Sandy Springs

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 | 4:50 PM

Guest Speakers

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

Date Passed