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We are now accepting submissions for the 24th Washington Jewish Film Festival. To submit your film, please fill out our submission form.
WJFF SPRING FILM SEASON PASS
The Washington Jewish Film Festival is happy to announce season passes for our year-round program. For only $30 gain access to our amazing line up of documentaries, retrospectives and award winning films. If you attend all screenings for the remainder of the season that is a 60% savings!
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NONO, THE ZIGZAG KID
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 7:30 PM
Dir. Vincent Bal (94min, The Netherlands/Belgium, 2012). Attraction Distribution.
In English, Dutch, and French with English Subtitles
Narrative
His dad is the world’s greatest detective, but his mom is a mystery that Nono needs to solve in a hurry. A hit at the recent Toronto and Berlin film festival, this sharply scripted, action packed adventure gleefully takes on Nono’s world of confusions, fears and fantasies. Based on award-winning novel by Israeli author David Grossman and starring cinema icon Isabella Rossellini.
This is a great film for kids and adults alike – bring the whole family!
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LOVE FREE OR DIE
SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 3:00 PM
Dir. Macky Alston (60min, USA, 2012). ITVS.
Documentary
Free Screening
Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions much of the world cannot reconcile: his love for God and for his partner Mark. It is about church and state, love and marriage, faith and identity — and one man's struggle to dispel the notion that God's love has limits.
Gene Robinson was the first openly gay person to be elected bishop in the high church traditions of Christendom. Bishop Robinson's elevation in the sleepy New Hampshire diocese in 2003 ignited a worldwide firestorm in the Anglican Communion, one that has become so heated that there is still a chance of a schism. One year after being muzzled by the Archbishop of Canterbury, he finds himself speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at Barack Obama's Inauguration. Gene Robinson confronts those who use religion as an instrument of oppression, and claims a place in the church and society, not just for LGBT people, but for everyone.
Co-presented by ITVS Community Cinema Cafe
YOSSI
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 7:30 PM
Dir. Eytan Fox (83min, Israel, 2012). Strand Releasing.
In Hebrew with English Subtitles
Narrative
Eytan Fox returns to the check in on the lead of his tragic romance Yossi & Jagger, with an all-star Israeli cast of Ohad Knoller, Lior Ashkenazi, Oz Zehavi, and Orly Silbersatz Banai in tow.
Ten years have passed and Yossi is living a lonely existence in Tel Aviv, seeking retreat in his work as a doctor. When an emotional meeting unfolds in his consulting room, stirring up long suppressed memories of his relationship with Jagger, Yossi decides to take off on a long overdue holiday. Driving through the desolate streets of southern Israel, stark images of city life eventually give way to rolling road trip beauty and when he chances on a group of young, lively soldiers, he finally wakes up from his decade-long slumber.
Co-presented by The Center for Israel Studies at American University
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DOUBLE TAKE: WOODY ALLEN
JULY 8-21 (Every day except Fridays)
Brush up on your Woody Allen films before the release of his latest, Blue Jasmine, later this summer. Join us for nightly double features of Allen’s beloved classics, presented in 35mm – the way they were meant to be seen.
ANNIE HALL & PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
Monday-Wednesday July 8-10
6:45 pm Annie Hall
8:45 pm Purple Rose of Cairo
Thursday, Saturday, Sunday July 11, 13, 14
7:00 pm Purple Rose of Cairo
8:45 pm Annie Hall
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MANHATTAN & CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
Monday-Wednesday July 15-17
6:45 pm Manhattan
8:45 pm Crimes and Misdemeanors
Thursday, July 18- Woody Allen Trivia Night
6:30 pm Crimes and Misdemeanors
8:20 pm Woody Allen Trivia
9:00 pm Manhattan
Saturday-Sunday July 20-21
6:45 pm Crimes and Misdemeanors
8:45 pm Manhattan
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