The Rape of Europa

Director : Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham

USA 2006 117 mins

An epic journey through seven countries documenting the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe’s art treasures during World War II.

The Vanishing Street

Director : Robert Vas

UK 1962 20 mins

Documenting the disappearance of part of London’s East End, The Vanishing Street is also a record of a typical Jewish community

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Ano em que meus pais sairam de ferias 

Director : Cao Hamburger

Brazil 2007 103 mins

When twelve-year-old Mauro's parents need to go on the run they drop him off at the home of his orthodox Jewish grandfather in Sao Paolo.

Veils

Director : Dan Susman

UK 2007 10 mins

Veils is a story about a Jewish girl and a Palestinian guy on their wedding day.

Yentl

Director : Barbra Streisand

USA 1983 132 mins

Adapted from Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story and subsequent Broadway play, the plot concerns an Eastern European girl in 1904 who flouts tradition by discussing Jewish law.

Yippee! A Journey to Jewish Joy

Director : Paul Mazursky

USA 2006 74 mins

Paul Mazursky abandons Beverly Hills to go (almost) down and out in Uman, a small Ukrainian town visited each year by 25,000 male Hassidic Jews on pilgrimage.

Zelig

Director : Woody Allen

USA 1983 79 mins

Don’t miss this timely chance to catch Woody Allen’s 1983 ‘mockumentary’ with a festival audience.