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