Israel on Film – Israel Film Festival 2012 (Part 3 of 3)

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” title=”the President Peres event” target=”_blank”> the President Peres event we were handed a snazzy newsletter program that highlighted the playlist of films that were going to screen at either the Laemmle’s Music Hall in Beverly Hills or the Laemmle’s Fallbrook 7 in West Hills the end of March.

As I perused the selection, I found the programming to be diverse, which is a good thing.  You can’t speak of Israel and not be diverse, so it makes sense that the films would reflect this diversity. 

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World Class Kids (dir. Netta Loevy) – “An Arab, a Jew, a Chinese, and a Philippino walk to school…” – sounds like the beginning of a joke, but that’s not the case.  This film follows a Tel Aviv class throughout one school-year, dung the Gaza War.  With poignant intuition and uninhibited directness, the children point out basic conflicts in Israeli society, deal with painful identity issues, and experience the first cracks in the childhood naivety.  (2011, 54 min) West Coast Premiere, Documentary

Plays at the Music Hall Sunday, March 18 (2:30PM), Sunday, March 25 (2:30PM) and Tuesday, March 27 (7:30PM)

[[[Opening Night Film]]] Restoration (dir. Yossi Madmoni) – Winner of 11 Ophir Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, Restoration traces the shifting bonds between Yaakov, his son Noah and Anton, the secretive new assistant, as Yaakov and Anton restore a 100 year-old Steinway piano. Major award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and Jerusalem Film Festival.  (2011, 105 min.) Q+A with Producer Chaim Sharir, Los Angeles Premiere. Feature Film

Plays at the Fallbrook Saturday, March 17 (7:30PM)

Don’t forget to check out the Student Short Films playing at this year’s Israel Film Festival, as well.

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