12:00 - Toronto Jewish Film Festival

FILM LISTFILM LISTTHE FORGOTTEN REFUGEESTORONTO PREMIEREUSA 2006, 49 minDirector: Michael GrynzpanSun. May 6 8:15pm AGFOUR WEEKS IN JUNETORONTO PREMIERESWEDEN 2005, 111 minSwedishDirector: Henry MeyerTue. May 8 7:30pm BCWed. May 9 8:30pm SGThe Forgotten Refugees uses archival footageand informative interviews to explore the historyand destruction of Middle Eastern Jewishcommunities, some of which had existed forover 2,500 years. Employing extensive testimonyof survivors from Egypt, Yemen, Libyaand Iraq, the film recounts the stories – ofjoy and of suffering – that nearly a millionindividuals have carried with them for so long.This film is the first in a Festival spotlight onSephardic Judaism – a rarely told story.Guest: Sarah Taieb-Carlen, from YorkUniversity will introduce the Spotlight onSephardim series.Audiences are in for a tour de force of actingin this moving story of friendship betweentwo women. When young Sandra (rising starTuva Novotny) is sentenced to communityservice in a small town, she becomes an unlikelycompanion and friend to Lily, the widowwho lives below her apartment (in an awardwinningperformance by Danish grande dameof cinema, Ghita Norby).Generously sponsored by:The Spotlight on Sephardim Series ismade possible by the generous support of:Marsha BronfmanAG AL GREEN THEATRE · BC BLOOR CINEMA · SG SHEPPARD GRANDE · PROGRAMME 23