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Joseph Cedar: A Tribute

A program dedicated to one of the most important Israeli director of the past 15 years

Time of Favor

Dir.: Joseph Cedar
| 90 minutes

Menahem thinks he can please everyone – his army commanders, his charismatic rabbi and his girlfriend Michal, the Rabbi’s cynical daughter. Just as he thinks his balancing act has succeeded, everything collapses, and Menahem realizes that he can only count on himself.

Beaufort

Dir.: Joseph Cedar
| 120 minutes

The story of a small unit of I.D.F. fighters manning the Beaufort military base in Lebanon in the last months before the Israeli withdrawal. The film follows the last commander of the mythological base who turned off the lights of the place. 

Footnote

Dir.: Joseph Cedar
| 100 minutes

The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in the Department of Talmud at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Israel Prize is the jewel that brings these two to a final, bitter confrontation.

Campfire

Dir.: Joseph Cedar
| 95 minutes

Rachel, a 42-year-old widow and mother of two teenage daughters, is determined to gain membership in a new settlement in Samaria, but the acceptance committee prefers “complete families"....

Remembering Lia / Preview Screening

Following the screening, a conversation with director Joseph Cedar

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Dir.: Joseph Cedar
| 118 minutes

Norman Oppenheimer was a small time operator until he befriended a young Israeli politician. When the politician becomes an influential world leader, Norman’s life dramatically changes. Joseph Cedar’s new film is a touching drama-comedy.