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FILMS FOR 20- & 30-SOMETHINGS AT THE BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Festival is November 4-15
BREAKING UPWARDS
Thursday, November 12, 9:15 pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Director: Daryl Wein | USA | 2009 | 88 min. | In English
In Person: Writers and Producers Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones
Actors Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones play themselves in this spunky, heartfelt New York story about autonomy, dependence, connection, and originality. Not yet ready for a complete break-up, they schedule “on” and “off” days with one another. The twists and turns of Zoe and Daryl’s relationship rival those of Woody Allen’s most memorable characters.
Community Partner: Independent Film Festival of Boston
HEY HEY IT’S ESTHER BLUEBURGER
Thursday, November 12, 9:00 pm, Kendall Square Cinema
Saturday, November 14, 9:15 pm, Arlington Capitol Theatre
MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE
Director: Cathy Randall | Australia | 2008 | 103 min. | In English
Writer/director Cathy Randall’s debut feature, Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger, is an engaging, quirky coming-of-age comedy that explores what it’s really like to be an outsider in your own world. Life changes when Esther meets Sunni and she learns that it’s OK to be different, and that being true to yourself is more important than fitting in! Note: This film contains some sexual content.
LETTERS TO JENNY
CARTAS PARA JENNY
Saturday, November 14, 7:00 pm, Arlington Capitol Theatre
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 pm, Hollywood Hits, Danvers
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
Director: Diego Musiak | Argentina, Spain, Israel | 2007 | 100 min. | In Spanish with subtitles
Jenny faces the hurdles of adolescence without her mother, who died young. Jenny’s mother, anticipating her own death, prepared three letters for Jenny – letters that will help her through an unplanned pregnancy and a trip from her home in Argentina to Israel, where she uncovers a long-held family secret, and the difference between infatuation and love.
Sponsored by: The Benjamin Olanoff Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the North Shore (November 18)
Community Partner: Jewish Federation of the North Shore (November 18)
MARY AND MAX
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre
MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE
Director: Adam Elliot | Australia | 2009 | 92 min. | In English
Toni Collette provides the voice of Mary and Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays Max in this comical claymation feature film that spans 20 years and 2 continents. Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely 8-year-old living near Melbourne, Australia, and Max Horovitz, an obese, eccentric, caring 44-year-old Jewish New Yorker with Asperser’s Syndrome, are unlikely but unforgettable pen pals.
ALSO SCREENING
Go to www.bjff.org for screening times
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, JAFFA, OFF AND RUNNING, SHORTS PROGRAM, and ZRUBAVEL
$12 general admission, $10 for seniors, students, Boston Jewish Film Festival, CCT, MFA, ICA, and WGBH members, except where noted GROUP SALES (20+) $8 each. Contact Janet Altman at outreach@bjff.org GO ONLINE FOR THE COMPLETE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.bjff.org info@bjff.org GesherCity serves as the bridge to Boston's Jewish community for young adults, ages 21-35.
FILMS FOR 20- & 30-SOMETHINGS AT THE BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Festival is November 4-15
BREAKING UPWARDS
Thursday, November 12, 9:15 pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Director: Daryl Wein | USA | 2009 | 88 min. | In English
In Person: Writers and Producers Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones
Actors Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones play themselves in this spunky, heartfelt New York story about autonomy, dependence, connection, and originality. Not yet ready for a complete break-up, they schedule “on” and “off” days with one another. The twists and turns of Zoe and Daryl’s relationship rival those of Woody Allen’s most memorable characters.
Community Partner: Independent Film Festival of Boston
HEY HEY IT’S ESTHER BLUEBURGER
Thursday, November 12, 9:00 pm, Kendall Square Cinema
Saturday, November 14, 9:15 pm, Arlington Capitol Theatre
MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE
Director: Cathy Randall | Australia | 2008 | 103 min. | In English
Writer/director Cathy Randall’s debut feature, Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger, is an engaging, quirky coming-of-age comedy that explores what it’s really like to be an outsider in your own world. Life changes when Esther meets Sunni and she learns that it’s OK to be different, and that being true to yourself is more important than fitting in! Note: This film contains some sexual content.
LETTERS TO JENNY
CARTAS PARA JENNY
Saturday, November 14, 7:00 pm, Arlington Capitol Theatre
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 pm, Hollywood Hits, Danvers
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
Director: Diego Musiak | Argentina, Spain, Israel | 2007 | 100 min. | In Spanish with subtitles
Jenny faces the hurdles of adolescence without her mother, who died young. Jenny’s mother, anticipating her own death, prepared three letters for Jenny – letters that will help her through an unplanned pregnancy and a trip from her home in Argentina to Israel, where she uncovers a long-held family secret, and the difference between infatuation and love.
Sponsored by: The Benjamin Olanoff Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the North Shore (November 18)
Community Partner: Jewish Federation of the North Shore (November 18)
MARY AND MAX
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre
MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE
Director: Adam Elliot | Australia | 2009 | 92 min. | In English
Toni Collette provides the voice of Mary and Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays Max in this comical claymation feature film that spans 20 years and 2 continents. Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely 8-year-old living near Melbourne, Australia, and Max Horovitz, an obese, eccentric, caring 44-year-old Jewish New Yorker with Asperser’s Syndrome, are unlikely but unforgettable pen pals.
ALSO SCREENING
Go to www.bjff.org for screening times
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, JAFFA, OFF AND RUNNING, SHORTS PROGRAM, and ZRUBAVEL
$12 general admission, $10 for seniors, students, Boston Jewish Film Festival, CCT, MFA, ICA, and WGBH members, except where noted GROUP SALES (20+) $8 each. Contact Janet Altman at outreach@bjff.org GO ONLINE FOR THE COMPLETE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.bjff.org info@bjff.org GesherCity serves as the bridge to Boston's Jewish community for young adults, ages 21-35.
FILMS FOR 20- & 30-SOMETHINGS AT THE BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Festival is November 4-15
BREAKING UPWARDS
Thursday, November 12, 9:15 pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Director: Daryl Wein | USA | 2009 | 88 min. | In English
In Person: Writers and Producers Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones
Actors Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones play themselves in this spunky, heartfelt New York story about autonomy, dependence, connection, and originality. Not yet ready for a complete break-up, they schedule “on” and “off” days with one another. The twists and turns of Zoe and Daryl’s relationship rival those of Woody Allen’s most memorable characters.
Community Partner: Independent Film Festival of Boston
HEY HEY IT’S ESTHER BLUEBURGER
Thursday, November 12, 9:00 pm, Kendall Square Cinema
Saturday, November 14, 9:15 pm, Arlington Capitol Theatre
MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE
Director: Cathy Randall | Australia | 2008 | 103 min. | In English
Writer/director Cathy Randall’s debut feature, Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger, is an engaging, quirky coming-of-age comedy that explores what it’s really like to be an outsider in your own world. Life changes when Esther meets Sunni and she learns that it’s OK to be different, and that being true to yourself is more important than fitting in! Note: This film contains some sexual content.
LETTERS TO JENNY
CARTAS PARA JENNY
Saturday, November 14, 7:00 pm, Arlington Capitol Theatre
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 pm, Hollywood Hits, Danvers
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
Director: Diego Musiak | Argentina, Spain, Israel | 2007 | 100 min. | In Spanish with subtitles
Jenny faces the hurdles of adolescence without her mother, who died young. Jenny’s mother, anticipating her own death, prepared three letters for Jenny – letters that will help her through an unplanned pregnancy and a trip from her home in Argentina to Israel, where she uncovers a long-held family secret, and the difference between infatuation and love.
Sponsored by: The Benjamin Olanoff Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the North Shore (November 18)
Community Partner: Jewish Federation of the North Shore (November 18)
MARY AND MAX
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre
MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE
Director: Adam Elliot | Australia | 2009 | 92 min. | In English
Toni Collette provides the voice of Mary and Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays Max in this comical claymation feature film that spans 20 years and 2 continents. Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely 8-year-old living near Melbourne, Australia, and Max Horovitz, an obese, eccentric, caring 44-year-old Jewish New Yorker with Asperser’s Syndrome, are unlikely but unforgettable pen pals.
ALSO SCREENING
Go to www.bjff.org for screening times
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, JAFFA, OFF AND RUNNING, SHORTS PROGRAM, and ZRUBAVEL
$12 general admission, $10 for seniors, students, Boston Jewish Film Festival, CCT, MFA, ICA, and WGBH members, except where noted GROUP SALES (20+) $8 each. Contact Janet Altman at outreach@bjff.org GO ONLINE FOR THE COMPLETE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.bjff.org info@bjff.org GesherCity serves as the bridge to Boston's Jewish community for young adults, ages 21-35.
FILMS FOR 20- & 30-SOMETHINGS AT THE BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Festival is November 4-15
BREAKING UPWARDS
Thursday, November 12, 9:15 pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Director: Daryl Wein | USA | 2009 | 88 min. | In English
In Person: Writers and Producers Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones
Actors Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones play themselves in this spunky, heartfelt New York story about autonomy, dependence, connection, and originality. Not yet ready for a complete break-up, they schedule “on” and “off” days with one another. The twists and turns of Zoe and Daryl’s relationship rival those of Woody Allen’s most memorable characters.
Community Partner: Independent Film Festival of Boston
HEY HEY IT’S ESTHER BLUEBURGER
Thursday, November 12, 9:00 pm, Kendall Square Cinema
Saturday, November 14, 9:15 pm, Arlington Capitol Theatre
MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE
Director: Cathy Randall | Australia | 2008 | 103 min. | In English
Writer/director Cathy Randall’s debut feature, Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger, is an engaging, quirky coming-of-age comedy that explores what it’s really like to be an outsider in your own world. Life changes when Esther meets Sunni and she learns that it’s OK to be different, and that being true to yourself is more important than fitting in! Note: This film contains some sexual content.
LETTERS TO JENNY
CARTAS PARA JENNY
Saturday, November 14, 7:00 pm, Arlington Capitol Theatre
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 pm, Hollywood Hits, Danvers
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
Director: Diego Musiak | Argentina, Spain, Israel | 2007 | 100 min. | In Spanish with subtitles
Jenny faces the hurdles of adolescence without her mother, who died young. Jenny’s mother, anticipating her own death, prepared three letters for Jenny – letters that will help her through an unplanned pregnancy and a trip from her home in Argentina to Israel, where she uncovers a long-held family secret, and the difference between infatuation and love.
Sponsored by: The Benjamin Olanoff Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the North Shore (November 18)
Community Partner: Jewish Federation of the North Shore (November 18)
MARY AND MAX
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre
MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE
Director: Adam Elliot | Australia | 2009 | 92 min. | In English
Toni Collette provides the voice of Mary and Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays Max in this comical claymation feature film that spans 20 years and 2 continents. Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely 8-year-old living near Melbourne, Australia, and Max Horovitz, an obese, eccentric, caring 44-year-old Jewish New Yorker with Asperser’s Syndrome, are unlikely but unforgettable pen pals.
ALSO SCREENING
Go to www.bjff.org for screening times
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, JAFFA, OFF AND RUNNING, SHORTS PROGRAM, and ZRUBAVEL
$12 general admission, $10 for seniors, students, Boston Jewish Film Festival, CCT, MFA, ICA, and WGBH members, except where noted GROUP SALES (20+) $8 each. Contact Janet Altman at outreach@bjff.org GO ONLINE FOR THE COMPLETE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.bjff.org info@bjff.org GesherCity serves as the bridge to Boston's Jewish community for young adults, ages 21-35.
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