Saturday | 28.12.24

Time Items
All day
 
11am
11:00
Concerto: Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen
5pm
17:00
The Books He Didn’t Burn
6pm
18:30
How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer
18:30
The Two Mariettes
7pm
19:00
JJFF Opening Event: The Brutalist
19:30
Marathon Mom + conversation
8pm
20:30
Most People Die on Sundays
20:45
Kafka
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Monthly Screenings

Jaques Ehrlich: A Tribute

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Jaques Ehrlich: A Tribute

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בסינמטק

Three Days and a Child

Dir.: Uri Zohar
| 90 minutes

A young man babysits for the young son of his former girlfriend for a period of three days, during which time he finds himself struggling with his ambivalent feelings towards the child.

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Sallah

Dir.: Ephraim Kishon
| 105 minutes

Nominated for an Academy Award, this musical satire became a film classic in Israel. It is the story of a new immigrant from Morocco, who comes face to face with bureaucratic inefficiency and political corruption.

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The Pill

Dir.: David Perlov
| 92 minutes

A middle-aged man is determined to make his younger brother, a not very successful pop singer, settle down and raise a family. One day their home is invaded by a rebellious young songwriter, followed by a pharmacist father, who has a special tranquilizer which he has invented.

But Where Is Daniel Vax?

But Where Is Daniel Vax?

Dir.: Avraham Heffner
| 95 minutes

An Israeli returns after several years in America and begins to seek out his old classmates to find out what became of them, in particular the boy who had been the most popular in those days. 

A Thousand Little Kisses

A Thousand Little Kisses

Dir.: Mira Recanati
| 96 minutes

A mother and daughter are on a collision course following the discovery of a secret affair the late family patriarch had had. The two women, each in their own way, must fight to get over a painful past if they are to start afresh and blaze their own trail.

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The Documentary Trilogy

Dir.: Haim Gouri, Jacques Erlich, David Bergman
| 200 minutes

The Trilogy – The 81st Blow, Flames in the Ashes, and The Last Sea – about the Holocaust feature no narration or commentary. Instead, the testimonies of victims and perpetrators are paired with authentic black-and-white footage, along with songs and melodies from the era.