Some program highlights:<\/p>\n
Thursday, April 17th<\/p>\n
19:30 Blumenthal<\/em> (USA, 96 min, 2013, English with Hebrew subtitles), directed by Seth Fisher. The film will be preceded by the 10 minute short Happy New Year, directed by Simon Dymond, and followed by a Q & A with Director Seth Fisher.<\/p>\n Later that night – Afternoon Delight<\/em>, directed by Jill Soloway at 21:00, and One Small Hitch<\/em>, directed by John Burgess at 22:00.<\/p>\n Friday, April 18th<\/p>\n 12:00 A Panel Discussion on Israeli Films and the International Market 14:00 Orchestra of Exiles<\/em> (USA, 85 min, 2012, English with Hebrew subtitles), directed by Josh Aronson. 22:00 Closed Season<\/em> ( Germany\/Israel, 100 min, 2012, German with Hebrew subtitles), directed by Franziska Schlotterer.<\/p>\n \u201cEven if the truth is ugly it\u2019s better to face it than to hide it. Once you face it you can actually start to free yourself from it,\u201d said director Franziska Schlotterer, in an interview with Midnight East about her debut feature film Closed Season. Read the full review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Saturday, April 19th<\/p>\n 18:00 The Dead and the Living<\/em> (Die Lebenden – Austria\/Germany\/Poland, 112 min, 2012, German and English, with English and Hebrew subtitles), directed by Barbara Albert 21:00 Hello I Must Be Going<\/em> (USA, 95 min, 2012, English with Hebrew subtitles), directed by Todd Louiso
\nSynopsis: Celebrated New York playwright, Harold Blumenthal, has passed away after succumbing to cardiac arrest while laughing at his own joke. Now, Harold\u2019s estranged and jealous brother, Saul, must confront his personal hang-ups to deliver himself from an epic bout of constipation. Meanwhile, Saul\u2019s wife Cheryl and son Ethan must grapple with their own personal obstacles through a set of circumstances so improbably ironic they might as well have been lifted from one of Harold\u2019s plays.<\/p>\n
\nParticipants: Judy Ironside, founder of the UK Jewish Film Festival; Michael Kuhn, producer (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Trainspotting); Stephen Margolis, producer and financier; Guy Avshalom, COO Lionsgate. UK.<\/p>\n
\nSynopsis: The dramatic story of Polish violinist Bronislow Hubermann, who rescued some of the world\u2019s greatest musicians from Nazi Germany, culminating in the formation of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In the early 1930s, Hitler began forcing Jewish musicians out of orchestras across central Europe; never before had so many experienced players been jobless simultaneously. The Nazis unwittingly presented a unique opportunity and with the short window of time still available, Huberman dedicated himself to fulfilling a dream.<\/p>\n![\"Closed](\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/closed-season-Fritz-Albert.jpg\")
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\nSynopsis: Sita (the effervescent Anna Fischer), a hip, scooter-riding young Berliner in search of family secrets and her own identity. Sita\u2019s discovery of an old photograph at her grandfather\u2019s 95th birthday propels her across the continent in an attempt to find out what Grandpa really did in the war. As she confronts the ugliest of truths \u2013 and finds herself falling for an Israeli photographer \u2013 hidden issues of responsibility and guilt erupt into view.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSynopsis: Blythe Danner stars as an over-bearing Jewish mother. Melanie Lynskey is Amy Mitzky, a newly divorced 30-something woman, forced to live with her parents again, and joyfully shaken back to life by Jeremy, the 19 year old son of her parent’s friends, who she’s been asked to show around town. He’s soulful and gorgeous in his dreams of their future together; she’s just learning how to dream again and what her dreams could be.<\/p>\n