LJFF 2011
LONDON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 19-20, 2011
13th Festival Season
Saturday November 19 Wolf Performance Hall
7:30 pm: ‘100 VOICES: A Journey Home’: follows a group of North American cantors on a trip to Poland, the birthplace of cantorial music. The documentary chronicles the cantors’ experiences performing at Warsaw’s National Opera House and the city’s Nozyk Synagogue, the only one to survive World War II. The group also makes a trip to Auschwitz to pay tribute to more than 1,300 cantors murdered in the Holocaust.
Sunday November 20 Rainbow Cinemas
2:00 pm: ‘GEI ONI’ (Valley of Fortitude): In the late 19th century, a young Russian woman arrives in Palestine with her uncle, infant daughter, and mentally unstable brother, after losing the rest of her family in a pogrom. This visually stunning film describes both a personal love story, and the challenges faced by idealistic Jewish settlers in a hostile environment. Based on the best selling novel by Shulamit Lapid.
Sunday November 20 Wolf Performance Hall
6:00 pm: Join us for a Reception celebrating thirteen successful festival seasons
7:30 pm: ‘PRECIOUS LIFE’: This documentary explores the challenges being faced by ordinary people on both sides of the Israeli-Gaza conflict. An infant from the Gaza strip has a potentially fatal genetic disorder, and is treated over the period of a year by Israeli doctors. The problems that arise during this time are a microcosm of larger political issues, but the film is ultimately an argument for peace.
Festival Series: $25
Single tickets: Saturday night, Sunday 2pm, $7.50/film
Sunday night reception and film: $15
Tickets will be available November 1, at Chapters (Masonville), London Jewish Community Centre, and Temple Israel office
