Other Festivals
Pich decides to display his love for his girlfriend Malka by getting a heart tattoo with her name in it. He heads over to her house to surprise her, but walks in to find her having sex with another man. Heartbroken, and feeling rather dumb for getting a tattoo, Pich heads to the local bar. That evening he meets a girl, also named Malka, and the two strike up a conversation. Pich is instantly in love again, but will Malka ever feel the same way about him? Skin Deep takes the simple idea of a man searching for love, and...
Meet Regina Karolinski and Bella Katz, two octogenarian best buds who happen to be the subject of the documentary Oma and Bella. The film follows them in their daily lives, as they hang out, cook traditional Jewish food, spend time with friends, and reminisce. Being Holocaust survivors, Regina and Bella both have stories worth hearing. There are so few survivors still left, and their first-hand accounts are irreplaceable. However, Regina and Bella talk about much more throughout the film: their husbands, their families, their friendship, and of course, food, which is what has truly bonded them over so many decades...
Koch is a documentary about the political career of one of the most famous mayors of New York City, Edward Irving Koch. It charts his unlikely rise to the top of the political heap, the constant skirmishes he fought once there, his political downfall, and his life after being king of New York. Koch is a portrait of a controversial and often contradictory man, both intensely private and fiercely political, but more than that it is a fascinating glimpse into one of the most tumultuous years of New York City in the 20th century, a city at the height of...
In 1976 an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the German Revolutionary Cells and flown to Entebbe in Uganda. The hijackers separated the 100-odd Israelis and Jews, holding them at the airport for seven days before they were freed by a daring counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces. In the fray, Jonathan Khayat’s 20-year-old uncle Jean-Jeacques Mimouni was killed, transforming his family forever. In the midst of all the celebrating surrounding the liberation of the hostages, the Mimouni family felt...
Mili and Noam are out for a romantic pedal boat ride on the lake when they encounter a few hiccups that might throw a wrench into any date. Mili’s cat falls into the water and goes missing, the nefarious owner of the boat rental business is dumping toxic waste into the water and is out to track down the key to his buried safe full of money, a key which Mili and Noam inadvertently lost and oh yeah, the toxic waste had apparently turned local cats into feral aquatic killing machines. This truly strange ode to ’80s-era trash horror cinema...
Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion is about an eleven-year-old boy on a mission to uncover the mystery surrounding his grand-cousin, Cecilia’s death. Victor’s family has recently moved into his great uncle’s mansion, and when his parents leave Victor under the watch of his sisters, Victor has a chance to do a little too much exploring. Victor finds Cecilia’s diary of drawings that he must decode to learn her secret. Unfortunately, Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion leaves a lot to be desired. I mean, it’s OKAY. But for a movie about an old mansion with secret passageways, one-sided mirrors,...
Miffy and her friends are off to the zoo with Mother and Father Bunny. When they arrive, Mother and Father send them on a treasure hunt by giving them five clues. By looking for a colour, a shape, a movement, a number, and a sound, Miffy and her friends learn to work together so they can claim the treasure at the end of their search. Trying to review Miffy the Movie is a bit of a challenge since this is a film aimed specifically at an audience who can’t read or write very well yet. It’s colourful, full of catchy...
Danny (David Shaul) is a maintenance worker at an army base, always living in the shadow of his war hero father. During Passover, his high school crush Maya (Orna Shifris) arrives to distribute a new vaccine to the troops. Instead of preventing disease, the vaccine turns everyone at the army base into zombies. Now it’s up to Danny to save the day, especially since Maya believes he is part of the special forces. The zombie genre continues to shamble on, despite the fact that many of the films produced are far below good quality. Poisoned thankfully joins the ranks of...
Dakaria and Silvania Tepes are not like other kids. In fact, they’re not like other humans. Born of a human mother and a vampire father, they’e half daywalker and half creature of the night. This wasn’t such a problem when they were living in Transylvania, but now that they’ve moved to their Mother’s home town in Germany, living their lives as half-and-half is getting a bit tricky to handle. Silvania longs to be able to hang out at the pool and sunbathe with the cute boy she meets on the first day of school, and Dakaria wishes she could sleep...
The Diary of Summer tells the story of a mischievous young boy named Xiaoping, consistently getting himself into trouble at school. From early in the film, Xiaoping is put at odds with Xiaohu, a petite, meticulously hard-working pupil and monitor of their class. They are opposites in nearly every way. As the story unfolds Xiaopang is caught lying on a homework assignment, and his teacher devises a unique punishment ordering him to complete ten good deeds over the summer holiday. He must complete the task under Xiaohu’s watchful eye, and record them in a diary. Oddball comedic pairings are not a...
When their tribe is punished by Sedna, goddess of the sea and marine animals, who takes all the animals away, three young members of an Arctic tundra Inuit tribe are selected to go in search of the mythical land of Sarila. Constantly plagued by obstacles from the tribe’s evil shaman Croolik, the three must stick together to achieve their goal and save their tribe from starvation. The Legend of Sarila is an interesting and engaging story that kids will definitely connect to. While a strong community exists at the village, the fact that they are willing to trust three young...
Nono Feierberg is the 13-year-old son of one of the world’s most famous police inspectors. Growing up motherless, Nono just wants to follow in his father’s footsteps, but recent shenanigans have left him on a train to stay with his strange uncle. While on the train, Nono receives a mysterious letter, instructing him of a secret mission. In hopes of adventure, escaping his uncle, and some answers, Nono accepts the mission, which is guided by master criminal, Felix. With only a few days before his bar mitzvah, Nono is determined to find out who he really is. Based on a...
