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Short Films Competition

Presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival at Coolidge Corner Theatre

November 7, 2011

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The Short Films Competition premieres at the Festival. And the audience gets to play critic – pick the winner of the best short film! Films about a bris, a fig tree, grandpa and an Orthodox boy who has a pig for a friend will be in the Boston Jewish Film Festival’s competition. Six jurors rated our field of 16 short films, leaving us with 7 to show you in this program. The films are: The Bris, directed by CJ Johnson, Australia, 15 min., in English. “A shaggy dog story with a yarmulke.” Filmmaker present. David and Goliath, directed by George Zaverdas, USA, 12 min., in English. Based upon a true story, a ferocious German shepherd becomes the unlikely savior of David, a Jewish resistance fighter being hunted by Nazis. The Fig Tree (La Higuera), directed by Alejo Moreno, Spain, 14 min., in Spanish with subtitles. A fable from Granada about an old woman whose enchanted tree bears golden figs. Grandpa Looked Like William Powell, directed by David B. Levy, USA, 4 min., in English, animation. The director takes a good look at his Grandpa Herman’s 1924 high school autograph book. Kosher (Kasher), directed by Isabelle Stead, France, 10 min., silent. What happens when a lonely eight-year-old Orthodox Jewish boy makes friends with an errant pig? The Little Nazi, directed by Petra Lüschow, Germany, 14 min., in German with subtitle, 35mm An Israeli visitor joins the family in visiting Grandma Wölkel for Christmas. Unfortunately, old age is catching up with Grandma, who revisits her Nazi past. Starring David (David de Ster), directed by Ester Gould, Netherlands, 19 min., in Dutch with subtitles. With a Jewish dad and a Chinese mom, David prepares for his Bar Mitzvah, and a chance to become Jewish.