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Oct
29
The latest comedy, drama and
AMC Northbrook Court
animation from a country internationally
Opening Night!
recognized for creativity.
Cocktail reception
at 6:00 pm, followed by
Avi Nesher in person and
the Chicago premiere of
The Wonders
KOL HAKAVOD
All the honors—to our big family of community
supporters who, like you, keep the Festival growing!
Oct 31
Nov 1
Avi Nesher, Duki Dror, Nancy Spielberg
and Guy Nattiv
Avi Nesher in person!
Halloween
(No film
screamings)
7:30 pm
A Place in Heaven
SEEN ON-SCREEN
Music Box
7:00 pm
Turn Left at the
End of the World
9:30 pm
The Secrets
Hosted by NSS Beth El
Robin Wright, Patrick Stewart, Jon Hamm,
Yuval Scharf, Dana Ivgy, Alon Aboutboul,
Sasson Gabai, Yehoram Gaon ...
9:45 pm
Hunting Elephants
Nov 2
Nov 3
Nov 4
Nov 5
Nov 6
Nov 7
Nov 8
10:30 am
The Congress
1:15 pm
Shadow in Baghdad
Duki Dror in person
4:00 pm
Broken Branches and
Shadow in Baghdad
Films By and
About Women
Teen Night
7:00 pm
Cupcakes
11:00 am
Cupcakes
7:00 pm
Magic Men
1:30 pm
The Congress
Hosted by Israeli House
6:15 pm
Magic Men
4:00 pm
The Women Pioneers
9:30 pm
Zero Motivation
Guy Nattiv in person
Duki Dror in person
Made possible by the
generosity of
Susan and Marc Sacks
3:15 pm
Above & Beyond
Hosted by
American Technion Society
Hosted by Am Shalom
Post-screening Q&A by
NU Prof. Phyllis Lassner
6:30 pm
Above and Beyond
Nancy Spielberg in person
5:15 pm
A Place in Heaven
8:30 pm
Operation Sunflower
8:45 pm
The Congress
Hosted by Sager Solomon
Schechter Day School
Hosted by JNF
Evening hosted by
Hadassah, ORT,
Na’Amat, Women's
Division of Israel
Bonds and SHALVA
8:00 pm
Hosted by North Shore
Congregation Israel
4:00 pm
Broken Branches/
Mika’s Homecoming
Music Box
Evening hosted by Club 1948
and JCC 20’s & 30’s
Nov 9
Closing Night!
11:00 am
Master Class
5:30 pm
The Wonders
Hosted by Pintel Financial
Hosted by Temple Chai
1:00 pm
Beneath the Helmet
8:00 pm
Magic Men
David Coleman in person
Guy Nattiv in person
Hosted by FIDF
Hosted by BJBE & IL Holocaust
Museum and Education Center
3:00 pm
The Dove Flyer
Hosted by AJC
Your Opening Night reservations for
October 29—The Wonders with director
Avi Nesher in person—can be made at
http://bit.ly/1rAiPKA.
All other screenings at the AMC Northbrook
Court [November 1-9] are on sale now at
the AMC Northbrook Court box office and
fandango.com.
Hosted by Congregation
Beth Shalom
9:30 pm
Zero Motivation
Tickets for Music Box Theatre screenings
[October 30 and November 6] are on sale
now at http://cfic14musicbox.eventbrite.com.
6:30 pm
Beneath the Helmet
David Coleman in person
8:30 pm
The Dove Flyer
Hosted by Temple Beth-El
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Amaze yourself at the
TICKETS!
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APPEARING IN PERSON
Oct 30
Evening hosted by
Anshe Emet Synagogue
STARS!
Group tickets [20 or more] for all screenings
except Opening Night can be ordered
immediately by calling 847.687.2126.
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Advance ticket purchase is recommended.
Many screenings do sell out.
All films with English subtitles.
For more information about the
Festival—films, trailers, special guests,
tickets, donations, sponsorships—
go to israelifilmchi.org
AWARDS!
Be sure to vote for your Bevie Award favorites
for Best Feature and Best Documentary.
Winners will be announced on Closing Night,
November 9.
October 29 Opening Night
October 30 & November 6
Music Box Theatre Chicago
More at israelifilmchi.org!
Complete as of August 27, 2014.
November 1–5, 7–9
ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID LEE CSICSKO
annual
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READ ALL ABOUT OUR INTERNATIONALLY
AWARD-WINNING FEATURES AND DOCUMENTARIES—
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER!
14 in 2014 are Chicago or North Shore premieres. 16 have been made
in Israel in the past year. Which ones speak to you? Look and see, then
invite your friends to a not-to-be-missed night out at the movies!
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COMEDIC & DRAMATIC FEATURES
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CHICAGO PREMIERE!
A Place In Heaven !"# !$% &'()
Saturday, Nov 1 | 7:30 pm
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by NSS Beth El.
Sunday, Nov 2 | 5:15 pm
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Sager Solomon Schechter Day School.
117 minutes. 2014. Director: Yossi Madmoni
(Restoration). With Alon Aboutboul (The Dark
Knight Rises) and Rotem Zussman (Hunting
Elephants, The World is Funny, God's Neighbors,
The Fifth Heaven). In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Genre: Drama
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The Congress !"#$"%&' (#)
CLOSING NIGHT FILM! CHICAGO PREMIERE!
Magic Men !"#$%& %' ()#
Monday, Nov. 3 | 6:15 pm
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Am Shalom.
Saturday, Nov. 8 | 7:00 pm
AMC Northbrook Court.
Hosted by Congregation Beth Shalom.
Sunday, Nov. 9 | 8:00 pm
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by BJBE and the Illinois
Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
Special appearances by Guy Nattiv Nov. 8 and 9!
100 minutes. 2014. Directors: Guy Nattiv (Mabul) and
Erez Tadmor (A Matter of Size). With Makram Khoury,
Zohar Shtrauss and Ariane Labed. In Hebrew and
Greek with English subtitles. Genres: Dramedy, Holocaust.
Winner, Ophir Award for Best Actor. Nominated for
Ophir Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Music. Winner, Audience Award,
Maui Film Festival.
Sunday, Nov. 2 | 10:30 am
Tuesday, Nov. 4 | 8:45 pm
AMC Northbrook Court, part of our 4th annual evening of Films By & About
Women. Hosted by Hadassah, ORT, Na'Amat, SHALVA and the Women's Division of
Israel Bonds. Friday, Nov. 7 | 11:30 am
123 minutes. 2013. Director: Ari Folman (Waltz with
Bashir). With Robin Wright (House of Cards),
Harvey Keitel (The Piano), Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and
Paul Giamatti (Sideways). In English.
Genres: Dystopian Sci-Fi, Live Action/Animation.
Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival
An aging actress (Robin Wright, playing a version of herself) decides
to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood.
Through a deal brokered by her longtime agent, her alias will be controlled
by Miramount Studios, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions.
In return, she receives healthy compensation and her digitized character
will stay forever young. Will she ultimately go back to living in the world of
truth, or surrender? Has there ever been a movie so aggressive toward
Hollywood power structures? —Indiwire
A 78-year-old Greek-Israeli Holocaust survivor, Avraham, and his Hasidic
rapper son, Yehuda, estranged for many years, embark on a road trip from Israel to
Greece searching for an old magician who taught the father magic and saved
his life during WWII.
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CHICAGO PREMIERE!
CHICAGO PREMIERE!
CHICAGO PREMIERE!
Would you trade your place in heaven for a plate of shakshuka? Maybe if
you were hungry enough—or doubtful about an afterlife. Almost biblical in
its themes, A Place in Heaven is ultimately a story of love and faith, of
stubborn human nature, and of fathers and sons.
Cupcakes
!"##$
Thursday, Nov. 6 | 7:00 pm
Music Box Theatre, Chicago. Hosted by Club 1948 and JCC 20’s & 30’s.
Friday, Nov. 7 | 11:00 am
90 minutes. 2013. Director: Eytan Fox (Yossi &
Jagger, Walk on Water, The Bubble). With Dana Ivgy,
Yael Ben-Zohar, Anat Waxman, Keren Berger,
Efrat Dor and Ofer Schecter.
In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Genres: Musical Comedy, LGBTQ
In Tel Aviv, while six diverse friends–gay, straight, successful, not so
successful–gather to watch a Eurovision-style song contest, they jokingly
compose A Song for Anat (actually the work of Babydaddy, from Scissor Sisters).
They are as surprised as anyone when it is chosen as Israel’s entry for next
year’s competition in Paris. Starring a who’s-who in contemporary Israeli film,
television and music, Bananot/Cupcakes is, in Eytan Fox’s words, “about fun
and games and music and romance and happy endings.” A gossamer-light
musical comedy with a great pop score.—Jerusalem Post
Mika’s Homecoming
Wednesday, Nov 5 | 4:00 p.m. (Shown with Broken Branches)
AMC Northbrook Court. Part of our first-ever Teen Night, made possible
by a generous contribution from Susan and Marc Sacks.
51 minutes. 2014. Director: Marco Carmel.
With Joy Rieger, Shir Moreno, Ella Armoni,
Omer Dror, Aviv Pinkas, Gilad Mann,
Omri Yaron and Tal Elazar.
Genre: Teen Drama
Being a teenage girl is never simple, but changing cultures and continents
means a whole new level of complication. It’s the world Mika must navigate after
returning with her family to Israel after living in L.A. for several years.
During summer vacation, she forges a deep friendship with a new neighbor,
but just before school starts she’s offered a place in a popular clique.
Which friends will she choose?
CHICAGO PREMIERE!
CHICAGO PREMIERE!
96 minutes. 2013. Director: Rashef Levi (Lost Islands).
With Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek Next Generation,
X-Men), Sasson Gabai (The Band's Visit, Restoration),
Moni Moshonov (Late Marriage, Jaffa), Moshe
Ivgy (Munich, Campfire) Yael Abacassis (Hatufim)
and Rotem Zussman (The World is Funny, God's
Neighbors). In Hebrew and English with English subtitles. Genre: Dramedy
Opening Night Film, 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival. Ophir Awards for Best
Film, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Sasson Gabai).
Jonathan is a boy genius with limited social skills. When his dad dies suddenly,
he and his grandfather Elijah, hatch a plan to rob the bank that has ignored
their existence. Joining them are Elijah's longtime friend, Nick, and
Jonathan's great-uncle from England, Lord Michael Simpson, a frustrated
Shakespearean actor.
Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 8:30 pm
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Temple Beth-El.
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by AJC.
108 minutes. 2014. Director: Nissim Dayan. With Daniel
Gad, Uri Gavriel (Ballad of the Weeping Spring,
The Dark Knight Rises), Makram Khoury (Magic Men)
and Mira Awad (Zeytoun). The first-ever film to be
made in the distinctive Iraqi-Jewish dialect of Arabic.
English subtitles. Genres: Historical Drama, Teen
The film is based on the novel by Eli Amir. Narrated by teenage protagonist Kabi,
it is the story of the final years of the Baghdad Jewish community in the 1950's,
before they were forced out of Iraq with the entire community of Jews who had
lived there for thousands of years.
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AVI NESHER RETROSPECTIVE
.............................................. The Secrets !"#"$%
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Hunting Elephants !"#"$ %&'#
!"#$"%&
The Dove Flier !"#$"% &"'()
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by North Shore Congregation Israel.
Monday, Nov. 3 | 8:30 pm
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by JNF.
105 minutes. 2013. Director: Avraham Kushnir.
With Baruch Brenner (Brothers), Daniella Kertesz
(World War Z ) and Israeli film icon Yehoram Gaon.
In Hebrew, French and German with English subtitles.
Genres: Historical Drama, LGBTQ
Official selection Los Angeles and London Jewish Festivals.
A fictionalized account of real events. Upon his return from a trip to a
concentration camp in the 1950's, David Ben Gurion gives an order to develop
Israel’s nuclear option as an insurance policy for the surviving Jewish people.
Over the course of several years, in France and Israel, the scientists forge ahead,
amidst great soul searching, unrequited love and international intrigue.
Passionate performances. —New York Times
Thursday, Oct. 30 | 9:30 pm
Music Box Theatre, Chicago. Hosted by Anshe Emet Synagogue.
Special appearance by Avi Nesher.
127 minutes. 2007. Director: Avi Nesher (Turn Left
at the End of the World, The Matchmaker). With French
star Fanny Ardant, Ania Bokstien (The Schwartz
Dynasty), Michal Shtamler (Bethlehem), Adir Miller
(The Matchmaker, The Wonders) and Dana Ivgy (Aviva
My Love, Jaffa, Cupcakes and Zero Motivation). In French and Hebrew with English subtitles. Genres: Dramedy, Religiosity, LGBTQ.
Winner, Audience Awards, New York and Los Angeles Israel Film Festivals.
Official selection Toronto International Film Festival.
Naomi, the brilliant and pious daughter of an ultra orthodox rabbi, finds
herself at a crossroads when her mother dies and she is expected to
immediately marry her father's prodigy. Distressed yet determined, she begs
that her father allow her one year to study at a women's religious seminary
in Safed. There she meets fellow student Michelle. As the growing attraction
between the two young women stretch the borders of Jewish law, they must
be kept secret. "Rated R" for some nudity.
Intriguing. Passionate performances. –New York Times
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DOCUMENTARIES
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The Wonders !"#$%
CHICAGO PREMIERE!
Wednesday, Oct. 29 | 6:00 pm
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Temple Chai.
Sunday, Nov. 9 | 11:00 am
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Pintel Financial.
OPENING NIGHT FILM! CHICAGO PREMIERE!
Special appearance by Avi Nesher on Oct. 29!
112 minutes. 2014. Director: Avi Nesher (Turn Left at the
End of the World, The Secrets, The Matchmaker).
Written by Avi Nesher and by Hadag Nahash's Shaanan
Street. With Ori Chizkiya, Adir Miller, Efrat Gosh, Yehuda
Levi and Yuval Scharf. In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Genres: Dramedy, Mystery, Live Action/Animation. Official selection Palm
Springs International Film Festival, SERET London Israeli Film Festival,
Shalom Europa Strassbourg and Washington Jewish Film Festival.
Arnav (rabbit in Hebrew) is a graffiti artist and bartender who lives near the Old
City of Jerusalem. Wearing a mask, he paints walls at night and hopes that his
former girlfriend will come back to him. But after Arnav sees a stranger forced
into an abandoned apartment across the alley by three bearded men, he is sucked
into a scenario involving a hard-boiled investigator, a gorgeous mystery woman,
and the captive himself, Rabbi Shmaya Knafo, whose devoted followers consider
him a modern prophet. Chinatown by way of Alice in Wonderland. —Variety
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AVI NESHER RETROSPECTIVE—IOTH ANNIVERSARY!
Turn Left At the End
of the World
!"#$% &"'(! )'*
Thursday, Oct. 30 | 7:00 pm
Music Box Theatre, Chicago. Hosted by Anshe Emet Synagogue.
Special appearance by Avi Nesher.
108 minutes. 2004. Director: Avi Nesher (Dizengoff 99,
The Secrets, Rage & Glory, Doppelganger). With Neta
Garty, Liraz Charhi, Aure Atika, Ruby Porat Shoval,
Jean Benguigui and Mariano Idelman (Eretz Nehederet).
In Hebrew, French, English and Arabic with English
subtitles. Genre: Period Dramedy. Taormina Film Festival, Grand Prix Award
Ophir Awards for Best Art Direction and Costume Design
Described as hilarious and devastating, bleak and beautiful, Turn Left captures
the clash of cultures in a socially turbulent Israel during 1969. When a few
English-speaking Indian families immigrate to a small town in the Negev inhabited
by mostly French- and Arabic-speaking Moroccan immigrants, mutual perceptions
of superiority bloom into a cultural war. But there are glimmers of hope as
two teenage girls forge a friendship, and the two groups bond over cricket.
Some scenes may offend sensitive viewers.
No shortage of thought-provoking dialogue. —newenglandfilm.com
CHICAGO PREMIERE!
Above and Beyond
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by American Technion Society.
AMC Northbrook Court AMC Northbrook Court.
Special appearance by producer
Nancy Spielberg on Nov. 4!
89 minutes. 2014. Director: Roberta Grossman
(Hava Nagila).
Genres: Documentary, Oral History
In English and Hebrew with English subtitles.
In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the 1948 War of
Independence. As members of Machal, this ragtag band of brothers turned the tide
of the war, preventing the possible annihilation of Israel at the very moment of its
birth. The film brings together present-day interviews with surviving pilots, scholars
and statesmen, including Shimon Peres, archival footage, plus special effects by George
Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic, to present an extraordinary, little-known tale.
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CHICAGO PREMIERE!
Beneath the Helmet: From High School
to the Home Front !"#$% &'&(
Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 6:30 pm
Hosted by FIDF
Special appearance by producer David Coleman
at both screenings!
60 minutes. 2014. Director: Wayne Kopping.
Music by Grammy Award-winning violinist Miri Ben-Ari.
Genre: Documentary.
While their counterparts in the United States are enrolling in college after
high school, Israeli teenagers are drafted into a 2-3 year military service,
a rite of passage. Beneath the Helmet goes behind-the-scenes with five of
these new recruits, telling their personal stories, sharing their dreams and
fears, and demonstrating how they put their lives on the line to protect their
families and defend their homeland.
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CHICAGO PREMIERE!
............................................ Broken Branches !"#$%& !"'()
CHICAGO PREMIERE! 2014 TRIBECA WINNER!
Zero Motivation
Thursday, Nov. 6 | 9:30 pm
Music Box Theatre, Chicago. Hosted by Club 1948 and JCC 20's & 30's
101 minutes. 2014. Director: Talya Lavie.
With Dana Ivgy (Aviva My Love, Jaffa, Cupcakes,
Zero Motivation), Nelly Tagar, Shani Klein, Heli Twito
and Tamara Klingon. In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Genre: Dramedy
Nora Ephron Prize, 2014 Tribeca Film Festival
The Human Resources Office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this
cast of young women who bide their time pushing paper and battling in computer
games, counting down the minutes until they can return to civilian life. Amidst their
boredom and clashing personalities, issues of commitment—to friendship, love, and
country—are handled with humor and sharp-edged wit.
The closet comparison is Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H.* —Indiewire
Monday, Nov. 3 | 4:00 pm (Shown with Shadow in Baghdad )
Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 4:00 pm (Shown with Mika's Homecoming)
25 minutes. 2014.
Director: Ayala Sharot.
Genres: Documentary,
Oral History, Live Action/Animation,
Holocaust
It was the eve of World War II. Michal Richter was 14 years old when she left
Poland for a boarding school in Israel, expecting her family to join her. She never
saw them again. A lifetime later, at the age of 92, Michal tells her story to her
granddaughter, the film’s director. Drawing from conversations, notebooks and
diaries Michal kept for more than 80 years, Ayala Sharot visually recreates her
grandmother’s memories though a creative mixture of media. Nomination, Best
Documentary, Krakow International Film Festival.
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Master Class !"#$ %%&'
60 minutes. 2013. Director: Billy Ben-Moshe.
Produced by Doron Eran (Melting Away).
Genre: Documentary.
Special appearance by Chimes' Debby Oshri and
Executive Director Jorge Zimmermann.
For two years, people in a drama workshop offered by Chimes
(an Israeli organization that offers services to people with special needs
from birth through adulthood) and their instructor filmed in-class
performances in which the actors spoke about the challenges and joys
of their everyday lives as well as their dreams. This exercise not
only became a form of therapy. It became a professionally produced
documentary with a red carpet premiere at the
Tel Aviv Cinematheque.
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Shadow in Baghdad
!!"## $%
AMC Northbrook Court. Hosted by Israeli House.
Monday, Nov. 3 | 4:00 pm (with Broken Branches)
Special appearance by Duki Dror
at both screenings!
70 minutes. 2013.
Director: Duki Dror.
In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.
Genre: Documentary
In 1969, at the age of 17, Linda Abdel Aziz left Iraq for Israel as the
Ba'athist regime rounded up and murdered Jews on charges of spying for
Israel and the United States. During that time, her father, a prominent
lawyer, disappeared without a trace. Forty years later, Linda uncovers her
father’s fate by forging an unlikely alliance with a young Iraqi journalist
she must learn to trust. Director Duki Dror, himself the child of Iraqi
Jewish refugees who emigrated to Israel, is committed to making the
history of Jews in the Arab world known to a wider audience.
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CHICAGO PREMIERE!
The Women Pioneers !$%$&' ()*+
AMC Northbrook Court, part of our 4th annual evening of Films
By & About Women. Hosted by Hadassah, ORT, Na'Amat, SHALVA
and the Women's Division of Israel Bonds.
50 minutes. 2013.
Director: Michal Aviad.
Genres: Documentary, Memoir.
More than 100 years ago, long before “feminism” became a household
word, well-educated chalutzot (women pioneers) came to Israel
arrived determined to transform their revolutionary ideals into a new
world where women could be as independent as men. A few dozen of
these remarkable women helped establish Kibbutz Ein Harod.
Through amazing archival film footage, photographs and diaries, beautifully
narrated, Michal Oviad brings the their emotional and physical struggles
for equality to life.

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