12:00 - Toronto Jewish Film Festival

FILM LISTFILM LISTHANUSZKATORONTO PREMIEREISRAEL 2006, 69 minHebrew, PolishDirector: Nurit KedarWed. May 9 5:00pm BCHATS OF JERUSALEMISRAEL 2005, 52 minDirector: Nati AdlerSun. May 6 4:00pm AGSet in 1942, in Nazi occupied Poland, Hanuszkais the semi-autobiographical story of a12-year-old Jewish girl living on false identitypapers, who is brought into the Ursula NunsConvent, to spend the war years in relativesafety. Years later, Hanuszka reconnects withthe priest who was her mentor and inspiration– none other than Pope John Paul II.Generously sponsored by:The ShaRna FoundationNati Adler captures the colour and uniqueflavour of Jerusalem’s Old City in this engaginglook at the spiritual head coverings of theworld’s religions. There is the fascinating andmysterious story behind the distinctive furshtreimels worn by ultra-Orthodox Jews, theorigin and meaning of hats worn by Armenianmonks and Russian Orthodox clergy, the differentstyles of keffiya of the Palestinians, notto mention the variety of ways women covertheir hair. The filmmaker wonders whetherwe’d be able to tell people apart in the MiddleEast without their symbolic hats.THE LACE PEDDLERTORONTO PREMIERETURKEY 2005, 15 minTurkish, LadinoDirector: Eytan IpekerIn this elegantly conceived short from Turkey,an aging Jewish lace peddler struggles toadapt amidst the changing times of Istanbulin the 1950s.To contact the director of this film visit tjff.comAG AL GREEN THEATRE · BC BLOOR CINEMA · SG SHEPPARD GRANDE · PROGRAMME 27