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MIDWEST PREMIERE

The Mossad and the CIA team up to save the world from an international terror organization. When an American tech-billionaire is kidnapped in Jerusalem, the CIA decides not to depend on Israel any longer and sends its own agent for...

CHICAGO PREMIERE

The incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and, in doing so, becomes...

MIDWEST PREMIERE

Everything seemed perfect for the first 10 hours of Mara’s life. Then, without warning, she was rushed to pediatric intensive care. Mara’s unstable condition remained a mystery for much of her childhood – she was unable to walk or...

WORLD PREMIERE

The film looks at the rise of anti-Semitism today, through the eyes of some of those most affected in the U.S., France, the UK and Hungary. The increasing violence within each of these four countries when reviewed holistically paints a...

Barry Avrich’s gripping documentary tells the fascinating story of Ben Ferencz—the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor and lifelong advocate of “law not war.” After witnessing Nazi concentration camps shortly after liberation, Ferencz became lead prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case at Nuremberg,...

MIDWEST PREMIERE

Set against the enchanting backdrop of 1960s Brooklyn, this is the story of a young man who is caught between pursuing his dream and staying devoted to his Syrian Jewish family, which is afflicted with mental illness.

ENCORE PRESENTATION

Tovah Feldshuh recreates her award-winning performance as Golda Meir. The film is a rare, multi-camera shoot from the play’s original run. Winner of 20 “Audience Favorite Awards” at all 20 of its competitive Festivals to date, including Boston, L.A.,...

ENCORE PRESENTATION

Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel follows a team of current and former Jewish Major League Baseball players on their first trip to Israel and their journey to capture Israel’s first baseball championship.

MIDWEST PREMIERE

Directed by John Curtin and featuring Alan Dershowitz, the film looks at the stunning accomplishments of Jews and raises a question no film has dared ask before. How do they do it? Some of the world’s most prominent thinkers...

40-year-old writer returns to his family home where he was raised after half a lifetime away. He faces his father, Abraham (Harvey Keitel), and brother, Jacob, who stayed, inherited their family bakery and married the woman they both loved.

MIDWEST PREMIERE

Léon Blum, the Jewish French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister, stands at the heart of a new film. Janot Reichenbach (Elsa Zylberstein) fell in love with Blum (Hippolyte Girardot) when she was only sixteen. Years later, when they...

WORLD PREMIERE

The film looks at the rise of anti-Semitism today, through the eyes of some of those most affected in the U.S., France, the UK and Hungary. The increasing violence within each of these four countries when reviewed holistically paints a...

U.S. PREMIERE

The Crossing tells the story of adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. In December, 1942, Gerda and Otto’s parents are arrested, leaving the siblings on...