Browse Films
OPENING FILM AT TEMPLE ISAIAH INCLUDES COCKTAIL RECEPTION
SURVIVING SKOKIE 56 minutes, USA SUNDAY, MARCH 19 AT 4 PM
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY LOS ANGELES JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Eli Adler’s deeply personal film follows his father, Jack Adler, a Polish concentration camp survivor who built a life in Skokie, Illinois. But the quiet existence of hundreds of survivors was rocked to its core in the 1970’s when a neo-Nazi group plans to march through town. As the community comes together to confront hate, long festering emotional scars and severe memories are uncovered. Q&A TO FOLLOW WITH FILMMAKER JACK ADLER AND HIS FATHER ELI ADLER, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
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FANNY’S JOURNEY 96 minutes, France 
MICHEL AWARD HAMBURG FILM FESTIVAL 2016
MONDAY, MARCH 20 @ CAMELOT 10 – 11:45 AM Encore performance Tuesday @ 4:30 pm
A group of Jewish youngsters flee Nazi-occupied France in this inspired-by-fact WWII drama. 12 year old Fanny fearlessly leads a group of children across occupied France, aiming to reach the Swiss border.
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FEVER AT DAWN 114 minutes, Hungary 
MONDAY, MARCH 20 @ CAMELOT 1-3:00 PM
AUDIENCE AWARD BEST DRAMA LOS ANGELES JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2016
Based on true events. In 1945, freed from a concentration camp, 25 yr. old Hungarian Miklos is treated in Sweden with severe lung disease, given 6 months to live. He refuses to give up and sends 117 letters to Hungarian girls also being treated in Sweden. He and 19 yr. old Lili start corresponding and a beautiful love story transpires.
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DISTURBING THE PEACE 88 minutes, Israel 
WINNER OF THE FIRST EBERTFEST HUMANITARIAN AWARD. STANDING OVATION AT OPENING IN CHICAGO.
MONDAY, MARCH 20 @ CAMELOT, 3:30 – 5 PM
The heartbreaking accounts of both sides of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. With equal time for both sides, it follows former enemy combatants – Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters – who have come together to change the status quo and say “enough”.
Q&A WITH RABBI DAVID LAZAR FOLLOWING MOVIE.
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49,172 61 minutes, USA/Bulgaria 
TUESDAY, MARCH 21 @ CAMELOT 10-11:30 AM
A gripping story of 49,172 Bulgarian Jews who escaped the atrocities of WWII and a dramatic post-war account of those who rescued their Jewish compatriots. Of 22 countries, not one Bulgarian Jew was killed. This is their story.
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ON THE MAP 78 minutes, Israel 
2016 OPHIR AWARDS (ISRAELI OSCARS) – BEST DOCUMENTARY!
TUESDAY, MARCH 21 @ CAMELOT 12:30 – 1:45 PM
For everyone who loves sports and Israel, this one is for you! The story of 1977 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Basketball team, led by American player Tal Brody, making history by beating the Soviets and winning the first European title in a dramatic year which contains within itself the watershed of the State of Israel.
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CELEBRATING SHORT FILM 7 FILMS! 74 minutes total
TUESDAY, MARCH 21 @ CAMELOT 10-11:30 A.M.
Like Rodney Dangerfield, shorts rarely get the respect they deserve. That is changing and so are we along with most Jewish Film Festivals who are now including a shorts program
AND THEN VIOLENCE 15 minutes. France
Rebecca, 22 yrs. old, is a secular Jewish law student. After the Paris terror attacks, in a violent and anti-semitic context, she questions identity. Is she now a target in this country she dearly loves?
THE CHOP 16 minutes. UK
Audience favorite Palm Springs Short Film Festival. Comedy about Yossi, a charismatic kosher butcher who loses his job and pretends to be Muslim to get work at a halah butcher.
MR. BERNSTEIN 12 minutes CANADA
Debbie grows up with the story of her father’s life changing musical experience in a refugee camp. She tracks down Leonard Bernstein years later with unexpected consequences.
AVE MARIA 15 minutes, Israel
Nominated for Academy Award best short 2016. 5 nuns in the West Bank have their lives disrupted when an Israeli settler family car breaks down right outside their convent just before Sabbath.
THE MAN WHO SHOT HOLLYWOOD 12 MINUTES, USA
Jack Pashkovsky lived quietly in a town lit up by a thousand stars. He practiced his art anonymously and compiled what must be the greatest collection of celebrity photographs never seen.
A REUBEN BY ANY OTHER NAME 4 minutes, USA
Ah, the reuben sandwich! Which is better? The Los Angeles version or the New York City version? You decide.
GEVALD 16 minutes, Israel
Gevald was born out of a sense of urgency as the queer community in Jerusalem faced real and serious threats. A spontaneous initiative, the story is based on real figures and the participants are non-actors. This is the first queer community based film ever made in Israel-Palestine.
WUNDERKINDER 100 minutes, Germany 
AUDIENCE AWARDS AT ATLANTA, LOS ANGELES, AND SAN DIEGO JEWISH FILM FESTIVALS!
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 @ CAMELOT 10-11:45AM
Set in Ukraine 1941 before German invasion. Story of deep friendship between three musically talented children, two Jewish and a talented German girl. Their friendship extends beyond the different religions or nationalities. The Nazi invasion destroys their world and their families with the death threats War brings.
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MUSSA 60 minutes, Israel
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22@CAMELOT 1-2:30 PM
12 year old Mussa won’t speak and no one knows why. He is an African refugee bussed from a poor neighborhood in Tel Aviv to an upscale school. He communicates with his friends through gestures. Fluent in Hebrew, he and his family live in fear of being deported. An enlightening, engaging story of non-Jewish immigrants in Israel.
Q&A WITH RABBI DAVID LAZAR FOLLOWING MOVIE
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IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE 96 minutes, Israel
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 @ CAMELOT 3 - 4:30 PM
A portrait of the Israeli people told through food, putting a face on the over 100 cultures that make up Israel today – Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Druze. A rich and human story of the people emerges. Not only can a good meal soothe a grumbling stomach, it might well change the world.
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WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? 84 minutes, Israel/UK
CLOSING NIGHT FILM MARCH 22 @ CAMELOT 6-8:00 PM
PALM SPRINGS GAY MEN’S CHORUS LIVE PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING FILM!
You’re 40. You’re a gay Israeli in London, far from your Orthodox family. You’re HIV positive, nurtured by your friends in the London Gay Men’s Chorus. And your parents say they want you home. This is the plight of Saar Maoz, protagonist of Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?, a documentary of guilt and introspection.
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SPECIAL FILM INTERVIEW WITH SAAR MAOZ EXCLUSIVE TO PALM SPRINGS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL – WHAT LIFE IS LIKE TODAY AFTER THE MOVIE HAS BEEN MADE.