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The Boston Jewish Film Festival

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The Boston Jewish Film Festival presents the best contemporary films from around the world on Jewish themes at its annual Festival and throughout the year. Through features, shorts, documentaries, and conversations with visiting artists, the Festival explores Jewish identity, the current Jewish experience, and the richness of Jewish culture in relation to a diverse modern world. The Boston Jewish Film Festival, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization.

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    The Boston Jewish Film Festival

    1001 Watertown Street
    Newton, MA 02465

    Phone: 617-244-9899   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

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  • Upcoming Events

    05/30/12

    Israeli film "Naomi" West Newton Cinemas Israeli film "Naomi" Presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival at West Newton Cinemas May 30, 2012 The Israeli film noir hit, Naomi, is back! "Naomi" is the story of an aging Technion professor, his beautiful, blond-haired wife, her "friend," his police detective friend, his mother (for sure, you've never experienced a Jewish mother like this one) and a murder! The film was a big hit at our 2011 Festival. Directed by Eitan Tzur, who directed the Israeli versions of "In Treatment" (the original) and "The Office." In Hebrew with English subtitles.

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  • Current Events

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  • Upcoming Events

    05/30/12

    Israeli film "Naomi" West Newton Cinemas Israeli film "Naomi" Presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival at West Newton Cinemas May 30, 2012 The Israeli film noir hit, Naomi, is back! "Naomi" is the story of an aging Technion professor, his beautiful, blond-haired wife, her "friend," his police detective friend, his mother (for sure, you've never experienced a Jewish mother like this one) and a murder! The film was a big hit at our 2011 Festival. Directed by Eitan Tzur, who directed the Israeli versions of "In Treatment" (the original) and "The Office." In Hebrew with English subtitles.

• Past
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  • Past Events

    03/26/12	Boston Jewish Film Festival - Dolphin Boy The Brattle Theatre
    03/19/12	Boston Jewish Film Festival - Srugim (Season 3) West Newton Cinemas
    02/29/12	Boston Jewish Film Festival - The Fifth Heaven West Newton Cinemas
    02/26/12	Academy Awards Party
    02/08/12	REELAbilitiesBOSTON Film Festival - Anita (Closing Night Film) West Newton Cinemas
    02/07/12	REELAbilitiesBOSTON Film Festival - Warrior Champions West Newton Cinemas
    02/05/12	REELAbilitiesBOSTON Film Festival - Shooting Beauty School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    02/05/12	REELAbilitiesBOSTON Film Festival - Snow Cake
    02/04/12	REELAbilitiesBOSTON Film Festival - War Eagle, Arkansas
    02/02/12	REELAbilitiesBOSTON Film Festival
    01/11/12- 01/15/12	The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    01/04/12- 01/08/12	Paul Goodman Changed My Life Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/15/11	Mabul (Flood)
    11/13/11	Breath Made Visible Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/13/11	The Decision Maker Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/13/11	Intimate Grammar
    11/13/11	The Last Report on Anna movie West Newton Cinemas
    11/13/11	Lenin in October Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/13/11	Mabul (Flood) Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/12/11	My Best Enemy Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/11/11	Dolphin Boy Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/10/11	Joan and Verne's Wedding
    11/10/11	Intimate Grammar
    11/10/11	Deaf Jam
    11/10/11	Eichmann's End: Love, Betrayal, Death
    11/10/11	Zubin and I Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/10/11	The Last Report on Anna movie Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/10/11	One of Seven
    11/09/11	In Another Lifetime
    11/09/11	Deaf Jam Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/09/11	Yellow Peppers Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/08/11	Standing Silent
    11/08/11	Life is Too Long
    11/08/11	Naomi West Newton Cinemas
    11/07/11	Prima Primavera
    11/07/11	Short Films Competition Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/06/11	Another Life (Chaim Acherim) Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/06/11	Eichmann's End: Love, Betrayal, Death Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/06/11	Fracture
    11/06/11	Restoration West Newton Cinemas
    11/06/11	Kaddish For a Friend Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/06/11	My Best Enemy West Newton Cinemas
    11/06/11	The Office (Ha-misrad - Israeli version) Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/06/11	The Pawnbroker Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/06/11	Pasta Primavera West Newton Cinemas
    11/05/11	The Day I Saw Your Heart (et soudain tout le monde me manque) Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/05/11	Naomi Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/05/11	Life is Too Long Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/03/11	Beating Time Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/03/11- 11/04/11	2 Night (Shna'yim Balayla) Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/03/11	The Day I Saw Your Heart (et soudain tout le monde me manque)
    11/03/11	Fracture Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/03/11	Writing as I Should Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/03/11	Yolande: An Unsung Heroine Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/03/11	Paul Goodman Changed My Life Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/02/11	Kaddish For a Friend - Opening Night Film Coolidge Corner Theatre
    10/27/11	Dolphin Boy
    10/27/11	Kaddish For a Friend
    10/26/11	In Another Lifetime
    10/25/11- 11/15/11	The 23rd Annual Boston Jewish Film Festival
    10/25/11	The Day I Saw Your Heart (et soudain tout le monde me manque)
    10/25/11	Restoration
    07/26/11	The Human Resources Manager West Newton Cinemas
    07/25/11	Movie: My So-Called Enemy Coolidge Corner Theatre
    07/21/11	Movie: The Names of Love (Le nom de gens) Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    06/14/11	Vidal Sassoon The Movie
    06/02/11	The Round-Up (La Rafle) Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    06/02/11	Movie: La Rafle Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    05/26/11	FIVE HOURS FROM PARIS - Showcase Cinemas Randolph
    05/24/11	FIVE HOURS FROM PARIS - West Newton Cinema West Newton Cinemas
    04/21/11	SAVIORS IN THE NIGHT West Newton Cinemas
    04/06/11	Hollywood Comes to Boston: An Evening with Acclaimed Producer Marc Platt Gann Academy
    03/22/11	JEWS AND BASEBALL West Newton Cinemas
    01/26/11	"Srugim," Season 2 Stuart Street Playhouse
    11/16/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: LITTLE ROSE
    11/14/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: JUST LIKE HOME with THE GIRL FROM A READIN PRIMER Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/14/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: LITTLE ROSE (Closing Night) Stuart Street Playhouse
    11/14/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: MY PERESTROIKA Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/13/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: FIVE HOURS FROM PARIS
    11/13/10	The Boston Jewish Film Festival: SAVIORS IN THE NIGHT
    11/13/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: SAVIORS IN THE NIGHT
    11/11/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: LOUISE'S DIARY 1942 Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/11/10	Boston Jewish Film Fest: ME AND THE JEWISH THING Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/11/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: THE WORST COMPANY IN THE WORLD Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/11/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: TANGO, A STORY WITH JEWS Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/11/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: JEWS AND BASEBALL: AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/10/10	The Boston Jewish Film Festival: TANGO, A STORY WITH JEWS Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/10/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: VIDAL SASSOON THE MOVIE Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/09/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: I LOVE YOU MOMMY Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/09/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: THE LONERS Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/09/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: MAYA
    11/08/10	Boston Jewish Film Fest: THE "SOCALLED" MOVIE Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/08/10	The Boston Jewish Film Festival: THE TROTSKY Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/07/10	The Boston Jewish Film Festival: BLOOD RELATION with LOST PARADISE Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/07/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: FIVE BROTHERS Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/07/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: HIDDEN CHILDREN (L'Affaire Finaly) Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/07/10	Boston Jewish FIlm Festival: I WAS THERE IN COLOR Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/07/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: I MISS YOU West Newton Cinemas
    11/07/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: JEWS AND BASEBALL: AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/07/10	Boston Jewish Film Fest: MY LIFE WITH CARLOS West Newton Cinemas
    11/07/10	Boston Jewish Film Fetival: WRONG SIDE OF THE BUS Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/06/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: ARMY OF CRIME Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/06/10- 11/13/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: FIVE HOURS FROM PARIS Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/06/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: BENA Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/04/10	The Boston Jewish Film Festival: ANITA West Newton Cinemas
    11/04/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: MY SO-CALLED ENEMY Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/04/10	Boston Jewish Film Fest: PARIS RETURN Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/04/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: OH, WHAT A MESS! Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/03/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: MAYA Coolidge Corner Theatre
    11/02/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: I MISS YOU
    11/01/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: FIVE BROTHERS
    11/01/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: THE LONERS
    10/28/10	The Boston Jewish Film Festival: I MISS YOU (TE EXTRAÑO)
    10/27/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival: THE LONERS
    10/26/10	The Boston Jewish Film Festival: ANITA
    10/23/10	Boston Jewish Film Festival Friendsational Celebration
    08/12/10	A Film Unfinished West Newton Cinemas
    07/22/10	The Concert (Le Concert) Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    07/16/10	The Concert (Le Concert) Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    07/15/10	The Concert (Le Concert) Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    07/08/10	OFF AND RUNNING Coolidge Corner Theatre
    06/24/10- 06/27/10	Room and a Half, in The boston Jewish Film Festival ENCORES AND MORE Series at the MFA Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    06/17/10- 06/20/10	Eli & Ben, in The Boston Jewish Film Festival ENCORES AND MORE Series Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    06/10/10- 06/13/10	Bride Flight, in The Boston Jewish Film Festival ENCORES AND MORE Series Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    05/27/10- 05/30/10	The Jazz Baroness, in The Boston Jewish Film Festival ENCORES AND MORE Series at the MFA Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    11/04/09- 11/15/09	The Boston Jewish Film Festival Coolidge Corner Theatre

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    • Event Name: A Film Unfinished
      ""A Film Unfinished" is Precisely That!"
      Review posted by: Masha Dolnikova from Prague, the Czech Republic, Sep 02, 2010
      

      "A Film Unfinished" is thought-provoking but problematic. While decrying the propagandistic nature of the Nazi footage it very partially "deconstructs", the film uses this footage as documentation, or... Expand

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      "A Film Unfinished" is thought-provoking but problematic. While decrying the propagandistic nature of the Nazi footage it very partially "deconstructs", the film uses this footage as documentation, or at least "generic illustration" of real life in the ghetto, when it supplements the survivor testimonies in the film. Is the Nazi footage propaganda or is it documentary, or perhaps both? Furthermore, what purpose is served by including all of the horrifying footage, with sterile post-modern questions of "looking and looking away" hovering in the air as we stare at terrified people on their way to annihilation?! Most people know nothing about the Warsaw Ghetto, and will come away thinking that the Nazi footage is its story, despite the didactic attempts to show us some of the more obviously manipulated sequences. It would have behooved the director to look more deeply at the real purpose of the Nazi film instead of focusing on the obscenely disingenuous Willy Wist! Collapse

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