Festival
Boston Jewish Film Festival
Miscellaneous venues
in the Boston area
November 5 – 17, 2014
A wide ranging exposition of feature-length and short films on Jewish themes, extending from light to serious fare.
Movies
Whiplash
Film (2014)
Written and directed by Damien Chazelle
A brutally severe music teacher in a jazz academy works over a promising young drummer.
Tracks
Film (2013)
Directed by John Curran
Screenplay by Marion Nelson
based on a memoir by
Robyn Davidson
With Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver
Based on a true story, a moving account of a woman who walks across the Australian outback accompanied by her dog and four camels.
The Green Prince
Film (2014)
Directed by Nadav Schirman
Based on the memoir
Son of Hamas (2010)
by Mosab Hassan Yousef
With Mosab Hassan Yousef,
Gonen Ben Itzhak
A moving documentary about the relationship between an operative in the Israeli Secret Service (the Shin Bet), and the so-called Green Prince, the son of a Hamas leader in the West Bank.
This Is Where I Leave You
Film (2014)
Directed by Shawn Levy
With Jason Bateman, Tina Fey,
Jane Fonda, Adam Driver
An unexpectedly funny film about a Jewish family which comes together to sit shiva, to spend a week in mourning at home.