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Friday, October 30 at 12 PM Any parent with a child serving in the military during times of conflict can be expected to experience anxiety and even a sense of dread over their loved one’s safety. In Israel, where military service is mandatory, this excruciating experience is ubiquitous. Filmmaker Eyal Halfon was inspired to create a film that reflected his paternal protective instinct when his eldest son joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In this quiet fable, a father drops his son off at a…
Oct 21-24 Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie is inspired by Rushdie’s memoir “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.” The film explores Rushdie’s recovery in the broadest sense. Through Rushdie’s wife Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ personal footage, which has never been seen by the public, the doc follows the writer during his physical recovery as well as the recovery of his spirit and hope for the future. (Alex Gibney, 2026, USA, 1:47, NR)
Oct 21-24 Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. Winner of the Directing Award at Sundance. (Josef Kubota Wladyka, 2026, USA/Japan, 2:02, R)
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Boedecker Theater
12:00 PM – 1:45 PM
An accidental French Army deserter’s harebrained scheme to save himself leads to a series of misadventures that turn ever darker. In this serio-comic farce, a bumbling French buffoon pretends to be Jewish to escape Nazi- occupied France. But as he throws his lot in with a group of Jews desperate to reach the Free Zone, he is forced to confront his own prejudices as well as his moral cowardice, eventually stumbling upon his own innate sense of decency. Using humor to confront the harsh realities…
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Boedecker Theater
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The enduring strength of a French Moroccan mother’s love makes her a zealous advocate for her disabled son in this high-spirited story of determination and faith. Recently selected by Jewish film festival directors across the world as their favorite film of the year, this heartwarming French drama also won more audience awards than any other title this year. Based on a true story that begins in 1960s Paris and spans decades of challenges and miracles, this big-hearted, exuberant crowd-pleaser wa…
