Dear Mr Waldman

Michtavim Le America 

Director : Hanan Peled

Israel 2006 86 mins

Ten year old Hilik wants more than anything to make his parents happy in an attempt to compensate for their suffering in the Holocaust.

Encounter Point

Director : Ronit Avni & Julia Bacha

USA 2006 85 mins

Focuses on the attempts by bereaved people from both sides of the Israeli Palestinian conflict to meet, talk and find new ways of living together.

Enemies, A Love Story

Director : Paul Mazursky

USA 1989 119 mins

This dark comedy, adapted from Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel, charts the exploits of four Holocaust survivors in 1940s New York.

From One Language to Another

Director : Nurith Aviv

Germany/Belgium/Israel/France 2004 55 minutes

Gorgeous!

Comme t'y es belle! 

Director : Lisa Alessandrin

France/Belgium/Luxembourg/UK 2006 84 mins

A Sephardic comedy about affluent and beautiful women in Paris, described as “Sex and the City French style”

Grandpa Speak to Me in Russian

Director : Louis Lentin

Ireland 2006 55 mins

In this moving docudrama Lentin reconstructs the life of his paternal grandfather, Kalman Solomon Lentin who came to live with his family in Ireland in 1936.

Heartbeat Detector

La Question Humaine 

Director : Nicolas Klotz

France 2007 141 mins

The events and psychological underpinnings of World War II resonate in the most intriguing manner in the intense cinematic voyage of a psychologist in present day Paris.

Heir to an Execution

Director : Ivy Meeropol

USA 2004 99 mins

A fascinating, insider’s view of America’s most controversial execution and a fierce and compassionate reclamation of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as people.

His Wife's Lover

Director : Sidney M Goldin

USA 1931 80 mins

Billed as the ‘first Jewish musical comedy talking picture’.

Industry Event: The Future for Independent Cinema

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A look at new ways forward for independent cinema including niche markets and alternative ways to distribute and exhibit films.