12:00 - Toronto Jewish Film Festival

FILM LISTFILM LISTTHE FILM CLASSCANADIAN PREMIEREISRAEL 2006, 53 minHebrewDirector: Uri RosenwaksTue. May 8 6:00pm AGFILM FANATICCANADIAN PREMIEREISRAEL 2006, 55 minHebrewDirector: Shlomo HazanSun. May 6 2:30pm AGWhen Uri Rosenwaks came to the Bedouintown of Rahat to teach photography to thewomen of the community, he had no idea thestory he would unearth, and the inspirationhe would become to them. Opening a dialogue,he began to help the women disclosethe tragic history of slavery, abuse andoppression. By giving them a camera, Rosenwakshanded them a tool to fight back.Guest: Rashed El-AbidYehuda Grovais is a young Israeli ultra-OrthodoxJew, who makes films geared for membersof his community, who are prohibitedfrom watching mainstream movies. His filmoutput is astonishing. He has made morethan 50 feature films, with little or no financialsupport, despite never actually havingwatched a feature film other than his own. Anendearing film that proves anyone can makehis dreams come true. Pay attention, becauseYehuda Grovais is ready for his close-up!COMING HOME SAFELYIsrael, 3 minHebrewDirector: Yehuda GrovaisA short film that illustrates the style of ultra-Orthodox Israeli filmmaker Yehuda Grovaisand exemplifies the films he makes.AG AL GREEN THEATRE · BC BLOOR CINEMA · SG SHEPPARD GRANDE · PROGRAMME 21