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nuMbered
Director: Dana Doron, uriel Sinai
An estimated 400,000 people were tattooed
with serial numbers at Auschwitz, of whom
only a few thousand survive today. This
intimate and visually rapturous documentary
details the current lives of some of these
survivors, their memories of the camps,
and their relationships with the numbers.
numbered is an emotionally affecting
portrait of memory and history, and their
enduring presence in individual lives.
Hebrew with subtitles. 60 min.
sun 10/14 • 6:15 PM • efnuM1
sun 10/21 • 6:30 PM • efnuM2
DocuFeST coMPeTiTion
sPotliGht Middle east
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veroniCA erA UMA Vez eU, VerônICA
director: Marcelo Gomes
Just out of medical school, Veronica takes
a challenging position at a local public
hospital. Full of doubts and insecurity and
reluctant to give up her sense of freedom,
she finds herself questioning her career,
personal, and romantic choices. When her
beloved father is diagnosed with a lifethreatening
illness, she must face her adult
responsibilities head on. portuguese with
subtitles. 90 min.
Mon 10/15 • 6:00 PM • efonC1
tue 10/16 • 8:45 PM • efonC2
tue 10/23 • 3:45 PM • efonC3
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Director: Maya kenig
In this bittersweet family comedy, shy
teenager Libby moves back to Israel to live
with her hapless father Shaul, unexpectedly
finding herself without a home as war
breaks out around them. Shaul devises
a creative solution: posing as refugees,
they are taken in by a wealthy family in
Jerusalem. Finally in a “normal” household,
Shaul and Libby begin to build their
father-daughter relationship, but their false
identities can’t last forever. Hebrew with
subtitles. 86 min.
Mon 10/15 • 8:15 PM • efoff1
tue 10/16 • 6:15 PM • efoff2
WoRLD cineMA
sPotliGht Middle east
ReeLWoMen
otelo burning
Director: Sara blecher
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In the tumultuous South Africa of the late
1980s, young Otelo looks for freedom
wherever he can find it. When he and his
friends are introduced to surfing, they
swiftly take to the sport, a welcome reprieve
from pressures both societal and parental.
As the group rises in skill and fame, tensions
and egos inevitably develop, further flamed
by Otelo’s romantic interest in his friend’s
sister and the escalating political conflicts
around them. zulu with subtitles. 95 min.
fri 10/12 • 6:15 PM • efote1
sun 10/14 • 1:00 PM • efote2
thu 10/18 • 3:00 PM • efote3
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ReeLWoMen
roMania • franCe
oF snAils And Men
DeSpre OAMenI SI MeLCI
director: tudor Giurgiu
An absurdist drama tinged with dark humor,
Of Snails and Men takes place in the small
Romanian town of Muscel, where a French
company plans to convert the town’s failed
factory into a snail cannery. Knowing
that thousands will be left unemployed,
the union leader concocts an outlandish
scheme to buy back the factory: the workers
will, en masse, travel to Bucharest to earn
money at a sperm bank. romanian, French,
and Spanish with subtitles. 93 min.
sat 10/13 • 8:50 PM • efofs1
sun 10/14 • 3:30 PM • efofs2
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BelGiuM • luxeMBourG
our Children À perDre LA rAISOn
Director: Joachim Lafosse
Inspired by real-life events, Our Children
unfolds the riveting story of Murielle, a
mother caught in a claustrophobic domestic
nightmare. Struggling financially, she and
her family are forced to move in with her
husbands’s authoritarian mentor Dr. Pinget.
The oppressive atmosphere of Pinget’s
home overwhelms Murielle, making her
increasingly desperate and irrational in
this taut psychological drama. French with
subtitles. 111 min.
sun 10/21 • 8:30 PM • efour1
tue 10/23 • 5:30 PM • efour2
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