World Premiere - New Restoration Bar Mitzvah 1935 YIDDISH MUSICAL MELODRAMA July 2009 Jerusalem International Film Festival DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE (PDF) Starring Boris Thomashefsky in his Only Film Performance The premiere of BAR MITZVAH will be the 19th consecutive year that NCJF has brought a film from its collection to the Jerusalem International Film Festival. BAR MITZVAH is the 38th Yiddish feature film restored by NCJF. ALL RESTORED YIDDISH FILMS Being Jewish in France UPCOMING SCREENINGS July 24-30, 2009 Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (PDF) August 7-9, 2009 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (PDF) May 2009 Film Society of Lincoln Center Walter Reade Theater, New York City Limited Theatrical Run Over 2500 Tickets Sold OFFICIAL SELECTION: TOURNÉES FESTIVAL 2009-10 One of twenty films selected & recommended to programmers by the French Embassy & French American Cultural Exchange for film festivals of contemporary French cinema on American college campuses. The Village Voice, J. Hoberman (5/13/09) Time Out New York, David Fear (5/13/09) New York Times, Neil Genzlinger (5/13/09) “[CRITICS’ PICK – FOUR STARS] ESSENTIAL VIEWING... Combining testimonials, newsreel footage and snippets of cinematic representations from Renoir to Marcel Ophuls, Jeuland has concocted something close to a final word on the subject.” - David Fear, Time Out New York New Releases 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HIM DEAR MR. WALDMAN DREYFUS REVISITED THE HOUSE ON AUGUST STREET THE LAST JEWS OF LIBYA MULTIPLY BY SIX MILLION SETTLEMENT Browse All New Releases   Recent Special Events NCJF Annual Film Festival: Jewishfilm.2009   North American Premiere of The Jester PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009 PRESS RELEASE (PDF)   5 NCJF Films Screen at New York Jewish Film Festival 2009 THE JESTER BEING JEWISH IN FRANCE JEWISH LUCK YOSL CUTLER AND HIS PUPPETS THE RETURN OF NATHAN BECKER   NCJF in the News Edward Zwick's Short List: The Films of Axel Corti (print version only) Feb 2, 2009 Defiance director Zwick says of these films: "Closely observed, beautifully acted, utterly unsentimental yet profoundly moving". "Jewish Guys Get an Image Makeover" By Lewis Beale Los Angeles Times, Jan 4, 2009 NCJF's Lisa Rivo quoted "On the Horizon": New York Jewish Film Festival New Yorker, Jan 5, 2009 2 of 3 films cited are from NCJF   Featured DVDs/ Programming Ideas For Rosh Hashanah: Paul Mazursky's Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy   The Axel Corti Collection   Six Docs for the Sixieth DOWNLOAD PDF ALTALENA DREAMERS AND BUILDERS FOUR FRIENDS LIVING FOR TOMORROW RAIN 1949 WHAT I SAW IN HEBRON

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