FilmFest
Thank You!
Our 2009 Mandel JCC Leonard Krieger Cleveland Jewish FilmFest was an outstanding success. Nearly 3000 of moviegoers enjoyed themselves at the 2009 FilmFest. To those of you who supported our efforts by attending, we thank you. Thanks also to our dedicated and passionate FilmFestival Committee who spent countless hours viewing and critiquing films. We also thank our many sponsors for their invaluable support.
If you love film as we do, we hope you'll join us for the 2010 Cleveland Jewish FilmFest. Please continue to visit this page for FilmFest updates.
For more information contact Deborah Bobrow at (216) 831-0700, ext 1378 or dbobrow@mandeljcc.org
A Mandel JCC Special FilmFest Screening Event:
FOUR SEASONS LODGE
2008, 97 minutes
English, Yiddish with subtitles
Directed by: Andrew Jacobs
A remarkable group of friends come together for one final summer in the Catskill Mountains – they’re Holocaust Survivors with a captivating joie de vivre and a bracing sense of humor. Four Seasons Lodge is an inspiring film that captures the Lodgers’ intoxicating passion for living.
Date/Time: Sunday, January 31 • 1 pm
Location: The Mandel JCC Stonehill Auditorium
Tickets:
$6 Members
$8 Non-members
"Holy Land Hardball"...Baseball in Israel? Vy Not?
2008, 84 minutes, English, Spanish, Hebrew with subtitles
Directed by: Erik Kesten & Brett Rapkin
You don't have to be Jewish or understand a box score to embrace the crowd-pleasing national-pastime documentary "Holy Land Hardball." Variety.com
Be sure and attend this very funny and heart warming baseball film that documents one man's incredible efforts to bring America's favorite pastime to Israel. It features one of Shaker's own aspiring professional ball players- Nate Fish.
Date/Time: Sunday, February 7 • 1 pm
Location: The Mandel JCC Stonehill Auditorium
Tickets:
$6 Members
$8 Non-members
View the line-up from our past FilmFests:
A special thank you to our 2009 FilmFest committee:
Norm Friedman, Chair
Edna Akrish, Jules Belkin, Eleanor Mallet Bergholz, Marilyn Cagin, Bonnie Cole, Jan & Bob Ginsberg, Brenda Goldberg, Fran Goldlust, Judy & Andrew Green, Erica Hartman Horvitz, Bill Joseph, Mira Korach, Donna Chernin Kurit, Heather Ross Lowenstein, Peta Moskowitz, Michael Peterman, Mila & Simon Rekhson, Sally Sears, Katie Shames, Roz Sukenik, Trudy Wiesenberger, Darrell Young, Deborah Bobrow,Special Projects Assoc.
