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Berkshire Jewish Film Festival 2010
Festival features outstanding National and International Jewish Films Pre-theatrical releases and superb hard to find classics. All tickets are for general admission and will be sold at the door. NEW! Matinee films at 4 pm - $5
View Larger Map From the Massachusetts Turnpike Exit 2 - Lee From Great Barrington Area From Pittsfield Area Duffin Theater entrance is near the parking lot exit.
2010 BERKSHIRE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL MOVIE SCHEDULE
July 12 - 4:00 PM
The Jazz Baroness- - The story of Nica Rothschild. The unlikeky muse and patron of Jazz greats Thelonius Monk, Charles Parker, sonny Rollins and more. Guest Speaker - Seth Rogovoy
July 12 - 8:00 PM A Matter Of Size - - This hilarious film tells the story of four overweight friends who are fed up with dieting. when one takes a job in a japanese restaurant owned bty a former sumo wrestling coach. he and his friends begin training in a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". This is a coming out of a different kind - overweight people trying to accept themselves. July 19 - 4:00 PM Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story- Anthony Hopkins narrates the story of the Brooklyn kid who became a Vegas titan. As much as a newsmaker as a reporter, the outspoken Greenspun ran guns to the new State of Israel, stood up against Joseph McCarthy, recruited Howard Hughes to buy out the Vegas mob and ended segragation on the strip. Guest speaker - Clarence Fanto ________________________________________________ There is no evening performance on July 19th July 26 - 4:00 PM The Clown and the Fuhrer - In 1944 Berlin Internationally famous Spanish clown Charlie Rivel and his partner Witzi are enlisted to perform for Hitler's birthday. After a gestapo agent deports Witzi and replaces him with Golo, a clown with an even bigger grudge against Hitler. The meeting, based on historical fact, between one of the greatest perpatrators of evil and a gentle man who wants only to make people laugh reflects the confusing relationship between art and politics. July 26 - 8:00 PM Jews and Baseball- More than a story of sports, this is a story of immigration, assimilation, bigotry, heroism and the shattering of stereotypes. Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, there are interviews with Sandy Koufax, Kevin Youkilis, Yogi Berra, Larry King and Ron Howard. The interviews are inter-cut with dramatic and never before seen film clips and photos of great Jewish players. August 2 - 4:00 PM Letters To Jenny - We follow Jenny through her rocky teenage years after she loses her mother prematurely. Although her loving father plays a pivoting role, it is her mother's letters, written prior to her death and specified for certain times in her life that help Jenny most on her path of self-discovery August 2 - 8:00 PM Berlin '36 This feature film is inspired by the true story of Jewish high jumper Gretel Bergmann, a gold medal contender at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. deflecting threats of international boycott due to Germany's treatment of Jewish athletes, the Nazi's bring Bergmann back from exile and force her to train. To keep her off the medal podium, the Reich conspires to replace the Jewish jumper with "Marie Ketteler", an unknown athlete with a deep secret. Guest speaker: Skyler Arndt-Briggs August 9 - 4:00 PM Mary And Max- This claymation feature portrays the 20 year penpal friendship of Mary Dinkle (Toni Collette), a chubby lonely 8 year old from Melbourne and Max Horowitz (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), an obese isolated 44 year old New Yorker with Asperger's Syndrome. The originality of the voices in this ever-spinning kaleidoscope of innocence and idiosyncrasy comes straight from an incredibly rich imagination and complete artistic vision. August 9 - 8:00 PM
Killing Kasztner - A Hungarian Jew who saved nearly 1700 Jews by striking a deal with the Nazi's, Reszo Kasztners legacy has been mixed. In Israel, following his loss of a libel suit as "the man who sold his soul to the Devil", he was subsequently assasinated. Documentary film maker Gaylen Ross succeds in making Kasztner's killer speak candidly for the first time in 50 years. Guest Speaker: Film Director, Gaylen Ross
August 16 - 4:00 PM Tarek, a young palestinian on a suicide mission in his fathers honor, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv with Mr. Katz, an electrician and Holocaust survivor whose son died fighting in the IDF, unknowlingly helps Tarek repair the device. Tarek befriends several Israelis, including Keren, a young woman estranged from her Orthodox family. With nothing to lose, the two open up to each other and begin to fall in love. As the weekend spent among those he intends to kill comes to an end he must make the desicion of his life. August 16 - 8:00 PM La Camara Oscura- At the end of the 19th century, Gertrudis, a shy introspective "ugly duckling" in a colony of immigrant Argentinean Jews, grows into her role as a mother and wife of a charismatic Yiddishe Gaucho - untill she meets a nomadic photographer whose uncompromising vision allows her to see herself for the first time. This stunning lyrical, inventive feature film from award-winning Argentinean director Maria Victoria Menis weaves together live action, animation and still photography in a unique tribute to the power of art and imagination Guest Speaker: Deborah Rothschild Berkshire Jewish Film Festival's
To locate the sources of our films please click here. If you are interested in submitting a film, please send a DVD screener anytime from November through January to: Berkshire Jewish Film Festival |
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