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(Film Festival order form page 6)
All films will be shown at the
Dipson Amherst Theatre
3500 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14226
Phone: 716-834-7730 (Theatre) 716-688-4114 ext. 337 (JCC)
Saturday, May 14 8:30 pm Nora’s Will preceded by Advice and Dissent 8
Sunday, May 15 1:30 pm Anita 9
4:00 pm Max Minsky and Me 9
6:00 pm Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg 10
8:00 pm Camera Obscura preceded by Pinchas 11/10
Monday, May 16 1:30 pm Nora’s Will preceded by Advice and Dissent 8
4:00 pm Saviors in the Night 11
6:00 pm Inside Hana’s Suitcase - guest Director Larry Weinstein 10
9:00 pm Holy Rollers 10
Tuesday, May 17 1:30 pm Camera Obscura preceded by Pinchas 11/10
4:00 pm Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story 13
6:00 pm The Matchmaker 13
8:30 pm Fugitive Pieces 14
Wednesday, May 18 1:30 pm The Matchmaker 13
4:00 pm Anita 9
6:00 pm Fugitive Pieces 14
8:00 pm Holy Rollers 10
Thursday, May 19 12:30 pm Inside Hana’s Suitcase 10
2:30 pm Saviors in the Night 11
4:30 pm Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg 10
7:00 pm Closing Night Gala Celebration: 15
begins with kosher snacks and live musical
entertainment by local musicians.
Film: The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground begins around 8:00 pm
followed by more kosher snacks and live music. Celebrate! *
* All inclusive pricing for this special event (see page 5)

2011 Film FesTivAl CommiTTee:
Michael Silverman and Marty Kerker - Program Co-Chairs
Joe Davis - Webmaster
Pat Bossert, Glenn Diamond, Ellen Drexler, Michele Fried,
Marlene Katzel, Janet Kibrick, Arlyne Lepie,
Josephine Kearney, David Williams, Lynne Williams
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Dipson Amherst Theatre / may 14 - 19
3500 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14226 834-7730
For additional information please contact Sandy Saada
at 688-4114, ext. 337 or ssaada@jccbuffalo.org.
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Thank you to everyone in the audience for supporting the 26th Annual
Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival. Your commitment to our
mission ensures the success of our Festival year after year.

Passes may be purchased at either JCC location*, by mail, or at the theater door ½ hour
prior to each film. Individual film tickets must be purchased at the theater door.
individual Film Tickets $8
Purchase at the theater door. No advance sales.
Closing Night Gala Tickets $16 $8 students
Thursday, May 19 7:00 pm
Closing Night Gala is 2 punches on flex pass 1 for student (reservation reqested).
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Flex passes may be shared and can be used for any 6 films.
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The Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival, now in its 26 th season, once again is pleased
to present for the community a diverse offering of high quality international Jewish-themed films.
The festival’s success over the years is due to the dedicated efforts of a volunteer screening committee.
Numerous films have been pre-viewed, critiqued and voted on to bring you a selection of the best
available films. Most of the films are non-commercial and have received awards, but such recognition
alone is not enough to deserve inclusion. We specifically strive for a unique variety that touches
upon many aspects of Jewish life and culture, and will appeal to a broad audience. We know that
those who attend this festival love cinema, and are discriminating in their taste. Therefore, artistic
merit must rank high as a consideration.
Certain familiar themes recur from year to year. These include the Jewish immigrant experience,
Jewish art and music, Jewish coming-of-age stories, and the Holocaust. This year’s selection
offers fresh, unusual and sometimes amusing takes on these themes, while also touching upon less
conventional themes, such as drug smuggling and funeral preparations.
This season our lineup includes films from Argentina, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany,
Greece, Israel, Japan, Mexico and the United States.
The Festival closes on Thursday evening with a gala celebration. As you enter the theatre you’ll
see sights of Israel on the big screen in celebration of Israel Independence Day. There will be
live music by local musicians, kosher hors d’oeuvres, snacks and desserts throughout the evening.
The feature-length lively documentary on the world-famous band, The Klezmatics has been a
crowd pleaser at Festivals around the world. So, plan to stay late and celebrate!
See you at the movies!
Michael Silverman Marty Kerker Sandy Saada
Co-Chairs,
2011 Film Festival Committee JCC Cultural Arts Director

USA / 2002 / 21 minutes / English / Director: Leib Cohen
Saturday, May 14 8:30 pm preceding Nora’s Will
Monday, May 16 1:30 pm preceding Nora’s Will
Want to do away with your wife? Ask a rabbi!
A frustrated businessman, Jeffrey Goldman tries to end his
hopeless marriage to his wife, Ellen, by asking his local
rabbi to place a curse on her. The rabbi refuses, but gives
Goldman peculiar advice on how to do away with her,
setting into motion a series of unexpected events.
A delightful modern-day fable. Featuring Eli Wallach,
John Pankow and Rebecca Pidgeon.
Genre: Comedy Rating: NR
Mexico / 2009 / 92 minutes / Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles /
Director: Mariana Chenillo
Saturday, May 14 8:30 pm preceded by Advice And Dissent
Monday, May 16 1:30 pm preceded by Advice And Dissent
Nora had a plan to die for!
This time Nora had a plan to really annoy her atheist
ex-husband Jose’. She planned to commit suicide (again)
after first preparing a magnificent Passover Seder feast for
the whole family. Jose’ will attend and have no choice but
to take care of her corpse! But there is a flaw in her plan.
A mysterious photograph forgotten under the bed leads to
an unexpected outcome reminding us that the biggest love
stories are sometimes hidden in the smallest places.
Genre: Drama, Comedy Rating: NR
H 95% Rotten Tomatoes rating
H Film Festival Winner - Los Angeles Latino, Mar del Plata International, Moscow, Miami International,
Morella International, Biarritz International and the Festival of Latin American Cinema

Argentina / 2009 / 104 minutes / Spanish with English subtitles / Director: Marcos Carnevale
Sunday, May 15 1:30 pm / Wednesday, May 18 4:00 pm
About human innocence, compassion, and resilience in a troubled world.
Ana Feldman, nicknamed Anita, is a young woman with
Down syndrome living with her devoted mother, Dora.
One morning Anita is left alone, confused and helpless,
when Dora doesn’t show up at a prearranged time. A car
bomb had exploded outside the nearby Argentine Israelite
Mutual Association (JCC). As Anita wanders through the city
looking for her mom, she learns not only to care for herself,
but touches the lives of those around her. A heart-warming
film starring Norma Aleandro (the “Meryl Streep” of
Argentina), and introducing Alejandro Manzo in an extraordinary performance.
Genre: Drama Rating: NR (some strong subtitled language)
H Best Film Award and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival
H Audience Award for Best Film at the Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival
Co-sponsored by Adoption Star, The Jewish Family Service of Buffalo and Erie County
and Yad B’Yad (Hand in Hand)
Germany / 2007 / 94 minutes / German with English subtitles / Director: Anna Justice
Sunday, May 15 4:00 pm
Friendship, family, princes, klutzes, and how to get on a basketball team without even dribbling.
Nelly Sue Edelmeister is a skinny thirteen-year-old Berlin
school girl with a brain the size of the Encyclopaedia
Britannica and a brilliant career in astronomy ahead of her.
But that’s before she develops a hopeless crush on
handsome Prince Edouard from the tiny European country
of Luxembourg. And it’s definitely before she finds out that
her school’s girl’s basketball team gets invited to compete
in Luxembourg, under the patronage of the Prince himself!
Along comes basketball ace Max Minsky, age 15. Max is a
total loser when it comes to school, so he and Nelly cut a deal. Poor Nelly desperately juggles her
school work and Max’s, basketball practice and family time, but her Hebrew studies slip. This spells
big trouble with her Bat Mitzvah coming up! Nelly needs to make an important decision.
Genre: Drama, Comedy Rating: NR
H Cinekid Film Award H Audience Award - Sarejevo Film Festival

USA / 2009 / 92 minutes / English / Director: Aviva Kempner
Sunday, May 15 6:00 pm / Thursday, May 19 4:30 pm
When every American had a Jewish mother…oy vey!
From Aviva Kempner, maker of The Life and Times of Hank
Greenberg, comes this humorous and eye-opening story
of television pioneer Gertrude Berg. Berg was the creator,
principal writer, and star of The Goldbergs, a popular radio
show for 17 years, which became television’s very first
character-driven domestic sitcom in 1949. Berg received
the first Best Actress Emmy in history, and paved the way
for women in the entertainment industry…the Oprah of
her day. Berg’s blend of comedy and social commentary,
with Jewish characters at the center, endeared audiences
and made her an American icon. The film includes
Credit: The National Center for Jewish Film
interviews with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
actor Ed Asner, producers Norman Lear (All in the Family) and Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties), and
NPR correspondent Susan Stamberg.
Genre: Documentary Rating: NR
H Received 92% rating from Rotten Tomatoes
Israel / 2008 / 32 minutes / Hebrew, Russian with English subtitles / Director: Pini Tavger
Sunday, May 15 8:00 pm preceding Camera Obscura
Tuesday, May 17 1:30 pm preceding Camera Obscura
A short walk upstairs can change your perspective on life.
Nine-year old Pinchas and his mother, a non-practicing
Jew, are new immigrants from Russia. His mother barely
makes a living working night shifts, and devotes her
spare time to an affair she has with a married man.
On the third floor lives a religious family. Pinchas is
drawn to the warmth and unity that characterize this
family. He meets a girl his age, and her older brother,
who slowly introduce him to religion.
Genre: Fiction Rating: NR
H Awards in the Tel Aviv International Students Film Festival and Jerusalem Film Festival 2008

Argentina / 2008 / 85 minutes / Spanish with English subtitles / Director: Maria Victoria Menis
Sunday, May 15 8:00 pm preceded by Pinchas
Tuesday, May 17 1:30 pm preceded by Pinchas
The territory of ugliness is a place known only to those who live in it.
At the end of the 19th century, Gertrudis, a shy, introspective
“ugly duckling” in a colony of Argentinean Jews, grows into
her role as a mother and wife to an older, wealthy Jewish
rancher. The years pass and she finds solace in the beauty
of everyday life, turning the tasks of setting the table or
preparing a meal into aesthetic pursuits. One day she meets
a nomadic photographer whose uncompromising vision
allows Gertrudis to see herself for the first time. This lyrical,
inventive award-winning film employs a number of visual
innovations, including original Surrealist-inspired photographs and black-and-white films, archival World
War I photographs, and hand-drawn color animation. Beautifully shot on location, this luminous,
remarkable film captures the rich landscape of Buenos Aires Province.
Genre: Drama, Comedy Rating: NR
H Nominated for 8 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Germany / 2009 / 95 minutes / German, French, English with English subtitles
Director: Ludi Boeken
Monday, May 16 4:00 pm / Thursday, May 19 2:30 pm
The Talmud says: “He who saves a single life saves the world entire”.
The story is based on the memories of Marga Spiegel. In her
narrative, published in 1965, she describes how courageous
farmers in southern Münsterland hid her, her husband
Siegfried, and their little daughter Karin from 1943 until 1945,
thus saving them from deportation to the extermination camps
in the east. It’s a story of survival with a sense for the absurd
and humor of daily life. Without reservation, the farmers offer
the refugees their protection. They are used to weathering
dangerous situations, guided only by their instinct and
centuries-old code of ethics. They risked their own lives, and if necessary, the lives of their families as
well. These hero’s names are immortalized in Yad Vashem.
Genre: Drama, Comedy Rating: NR
H Award Winner - Boston and Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festivals and at Filmfest Washington, D.C.

Canada, Czech Republic / 2009 / English / Director: Larry Weinstein
Monday, May 16 6:00 pm (88 minute version) / Thursday, May 19 12:30 pm
(60 minute version)
Where life lessons on tolerance and understanding are packed.
The delivery of a battered suitcase to Fumiko Ishioka at the
Tokyo Holocaust Museum begins the true-life mystery that
became the subject of Karen Levine’s best-selling book,
Hana’s Suitcase. The suitcase came from the Auschwitz
Museum and had Hana Brady’s name painted on it.
The film follows Fumiko’s search to discover the details of
Hana’s life, which leads to the discovery of her surviving
brother George in Toronto. A superb musical score coupled
with stunningly shot dramatic reenactments, this film is a
film of astonishing power and hope.
Genre: Documentary, Drama Rating: Age 10 and up
H Audience Award - Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival H 86% Rotten Tomatoes rating
Sponsored in part by the Sara and Bill Eisen Memorial Fund of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo
Award winning Director Larry Weinstein will attend the Monday evening screening and host a Q & A
following the film. A member of the HRC will speak on Thursday afternoon.
USA / 2010 / 89 minutes / English / Director: Kevin Asch
Monday, May 16 9:00 pm / Wednesday, May 18 8:00 pm
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) is involved in an unacceptable network of drug smugglers.
“Holy Rollers” is inspired by actual events in the late
nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited to smuggle
ecstasy from Europe into the United States. Sam Gold
(Eisenberg), a young Hasid from an Orthodox Brooklyn
community, is propositioned to transport ‘medicine’ for
Jackie, an Israeli drug dealer, and his girlfriend, Rachel.
The exciting and gritty worlds of Manhattan and Amsterdam
night life, spirals Sam deeper into their detrimental lifestyle,
experimenting with ecstasy and then falling for Rachel.
Sam’s double life begins to rip his family apart and the community becomes suspicious of his illegal
activities. Sam slowly comes to realize the façade behind the easy money and parties.
Genre: Drama Rating: R
H Presented at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

USA / 2008 / 98 minutes / English / Director: Scott Goldstein
Tuesday, May 17 4:00 pm
Unbelievable as fiction, but a true life story.
Convicted gun runner, Las Vegas visionary, crusading
newspaper publisher, target of the Watergate burglars,
hero of Israel’s War of Independence...these are only
some the highlights of Hank Greenspun’s remarkable life.
From his early days working for Bugsy Siegel and his
secret life in the underground Haganah, to his public
battles with Senator Joseph McCarthy, bigoted casino
owners, and the IRS, Hank Greenspun was fearless.
“He had the power to make people and destroy people…
and he did both.”A previously untold story of a genuine
American hero, experience this riveting film narrated by Anthony Hopkins. “Calling this film a
documentary doesn’t do it justice. Moments after the opening credits roll, it turns into an adventure
yarn that could give Indiana Jones a run for his money” - Las Vegas Sun.
Genre: Documentary Rating: NR
Israel / 2010 / 118 minutes / Hebrew with English subtitles / Director: Avi Nesher
Tuesday, May 17 6:00 pm / Wednesday, May 18 1:30 pm
An enchanting coming-of-age story about the manifold incarnations of friendship and love.
Sixteen-year-old Arik is at loose ends one summer when
he gets a job offer from a mysterious old friend of his
father’s named Yankele Bride. A Holocaust survivor,
Yankele makes his living as a matchmaker, uniting luckless
souls. He hires Arik to scout potential clients throughout
the bustling port city. The diverse characters Arik meets
on the job open his eyes to a world of wonder, pain and
longing, offering him glimpses into the depths of human
love. Arik falls in love for the first time, a development that
brings surprising consequences. Set in Haifa in the summer of 1968, The Matchmaker is a tender
story of love, loss and survival. Director Avi Nesher (Turn Left at the End of the World and The Secrets)
plumbs a fascinating juncture in Israeli history, where an embryonic society still reeling from the
memory of trauma is beset by the cultural upheaval of the sixties. Based on the novel “When Heroes
Fly” by award-winning writer Amir Gutfreund (“Our Holocaust”), The Matchmaker interweaves various
personal struggles with humor, empathy, and emotional energy.
Genre: Drama Rating: NR

Canada, Greece / 2008 / 105 minutes / English, Greek, Yiddish, German with English subtitles
Director: Jeremy Podeswa
Tuesday, May 17 8:30 pm / Wednesday, May 18 6:00 pm
A new land, a new life…still, the heart never forgets.
Fugitive Pieces is a powerful, poetic, and emotionallycharged
drama about love, loss and redemption.
Jakob Beer is a nine-year-old boy in 1942 Poland.
Nazi soldiers have murdered his parents and abducted
his teenage sister, Bella. Traumatized by this horrific
event, Jakob sneaks out of his hiding place and
struggles to survive. He is found by Athos Roussos,
a Greek archaeologist working at a Polish dig site in
Biskupin. Moved by the child’s plight, Athos boldly
smuggles Jakob out of Poland and hides him in his home on the island of Zakynthos in Greece,
also occupied by the Germans. After the war, Athos and Jakob emigrate to Canada. Over the course
of his life, Jakob remains haunted by his parents’ death and the question of his sister’s fate.
Through his writing, and then through the discovery of true love, Jakob is ultimately freed from
the legacy of his past. Based on the best-selling novel by award-winning writer Anne Michaels.
Genre: Drama Rating: NR
H Winner Jury Award Best Film, Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer - Newport Beach Film Festival
H Winner Audience Award - Sarasota Film Festival
H Winner Best Actor for Rade Serbedzija - Rome Film Festival

Sights of Israel on the big screen in
celebration of Israel Independence Day
Live music by local
musicians ”House Band”
Kosher hors d’oeuvres, snacks
& desserts throughout the evening
Featured film: at approximately 8:00 pm
The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground
50/50 split raffle drawing, and more!
Part concert, part backstage drama, the revitalization and reinvention of Jewish music
by a Klezmer super group!
Originally formed in 1986 in New York City’s East Village,
the Award-winning Klezmatics continue to push the
boundaries of Jewish music. Their albums and
repertoire include collaborations with Itzhak Perlman,
Chava Alberstein, Theodore Bikel, Nora Guthrie,
playwright Tony Kushner and most recently with koshergospel
sensation Joshua Nelson. We brought Joshua to
Buffalo at the very beginning of his career, remember?
The band has additionally reached millions of television viewers on PBS Great Performances,
Late Night With David Letterman, and BBC’S Rythms Of The World. In 2006, The Klezmatics won
a Grammy Award (World Music) for their first English language LP, “Wonder Wheel,” a collaboration
with the Woody Guthrie family.
The essence of a surviving tradition is its ability to re-examine and reinvent itself. The Klezmatics’
music is a dynamic bridge between the lost Shtetls of Eastern Europe and Jewish-Yiddish culture’s
continuing force today. This film is an intimate exploration of the band’s journey, and captures its
essence for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences alike.
Genre: Documentary Rating: NR
Plan to stay late… and celebrate!
* All inclusive pricing for this special event. Ticket/reservations requested by May 16 (see page 5)

2010 - With gratitude and appreciation we acknowledge last season’s supporters.
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y Israel Horovitz
Directed Saul Elkin at Alleyway Theatre
May 5-May 29, 2011
Lebensraum (living space) by Israel Horovitz, one of America’s
most celebrated contemporary and produced playwrights,
is based on the fanciful and explosive premise that a German
Chancellor might, as an act of redemption, invite six million
Jews to relocate to Germany with promises of citizenship
and employment. This dramatic, daring and darkly comic
piece of theatre takes you from Boston to Bremerhaven,
from Israel to Australia to Berlin. It explores the possibility
of making restitution for the Holocaust. Theatrical and
inventive in its storytelling, with three actors playing over
40 sharply drawn characters, this story of love, economics,
revenge and forgiveness is guaranteed to get you talking.
For tickets call 688-4114, ext. 391, or visit either JCC
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SAVE THE DATE!
The Jewish Community Center presents a weekend of
Jewish Cultural Arts, August 27-28, 2011,
to benefit continued cultural arts programming at the JCC.
The festivities will include Cantors Concert and dedication of the
new theater space, arts, film, music, food, drink and much more!
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AMHERST, NEW YORK 14226
Phone: 838-2233

Buffalo’s Reconstructionist Synagogue
Alex Lazarus-Klein
rabbi
office 716/ 834-0708
fax 716/ 838-2597
lazarusklein@yahoo.com
50 Alberta Drive
Amherst, NY 14226

Payroll & HR Solutions
Howard Silverstein
David Goldberg
Amy Hansen

There’s something for FAMILY JCC!
every member of your at the
“Where Membership Is Open To Everyone”
Adult Aquatics: Cultural Arts:
• Indoor and outdoor pools
• Water fitness classes
• Private or group lessons
MILLERSPORT HWY.
• Bookfair, lecture series
• Film Festivals
• Art classes
• Theater groups
Receive
ONE
FREE MONTH
of membership
IN ADDITION
to the membership promotion of the month.
Present this coupon to receive one additional month of membership.
One coupon per family. New JCC members only. Expiration 12/31/11.
Adult Fitness:
• Unlimited use of fitness center
• 4 Free personal training sessions
• Over 59 free group classes to choose from including
Yoga, Pilates, Cycling, BodyPump and Zumba
• Certified Personal Trainers
• Men’s & women’s changing rooms with sauna & steam
• Family changing rooms with lockers and showers
• Gymnasium with basketball courts
• Babysitting while you work out
• Clean facility
For Children:
• Early Childhood Center for children 18 months-5 years
• After school and school vacation camp programs
• Piano lessons
• Saturday Nights Out (grades k-6)
• Private and group swim classes
• Summer Camp Programs
688-4033
Benderson Family Building
2640 North Forest Road Getzville, NY 14068
www.jccbuffalo.org
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