Sunday, October 28
SECOND ANNUAL FILM SHORTS FESTIVAL
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Jewish Heritage Museum
310 Mounts Corner Drive Freehold
RSVP: 732-252-6990
Admission: $10 non-members, $8 members, students free.
With shorts ranging from vintage to contemporary, serious as well as comedic, the screening will
be followed by a discussion led by Seymour Levin.
The shorts to be presented include:
AICHENU
Misha Zubarev | 5 min | Israel | 2017
A heated discussion at an isolated bus stop between two strangers - Amir, a secular former soldier and Yosef,
an Orthodox man - leads to a journey of self-discovery and an unforgettable turn of events.
WINTON MONTAGE
Various | 20 min | USA | 2018
A montage celebrating the life of Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE, a British humanitarian who organized
the rescue of 669, mostly Jewish children, from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World
War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport.
WHAT ABOUT ME?
Etgar Keret and Shira Gefen | 4 min | Israel | 2008
Absurdity ensues as a man with a banana-laden donkey attempts to cross a checkpoint in the middle of the Israeli desert.
THE NUMBER ON GREAT-GRANDPA’S ARM
Amy Schatz | 19 min | USA | 2018
Elliott asks his great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, sparking a conversation
about Jack’s life: childhood memories of Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz, and a new life in America.
WITH A LITTLE PATIENCE
László Nemes | 13 min | Hungary | 2007
László Nemes fixes his camera on the evocatively stoic face of a young office clerk, capturing every
nuance as she scrupulously goes about her day, leading to a solemn revelation just outside, where a man waits for her.
THE FINAL SHOW
Dana Nachman | 9 min | USA | 2016
A woman who lived a long life full of love and loss has to decide, based on all she has learned, who to take along to eternity.
TORAH TREASURES AND CURIOUS TORAH
Paula Weiman-Kelman | 25 min | Israel | 2015
Jo Milgrom, artist/feminist/Jewish thinker, scavenges Jerusalem dumpsters for choice junk that she
combines with worn out ritual objects rescued from synagogues and funeral homes.
The film is a rich portrait of the artist’s world.
GEFILTE FISH
Shelly Kling-Yosef | 21 min | Israel | 2008
In Gali’s family tradition, every bride must prepare gefilte fish for the wedding party, to guarantee a successful
marriage. When Gali's mother and grandmother give her a live carp to cook,
Gali is torn between her need for tradition and her sympathy for the fish.