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Thurs 12/3   Fri 12/4   Sat 12/5   Sun 12/6   Mon 12/7  Tue 12/8
Wed 12/9   Thurs 12/10   Fri 12/11   Sat 12/12   Sun 12/13


Thursday, December 3
Sponsored by the Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation

Opening Night Film & Anniversary Party  
A MATTER OF SIZE

  7:30 pm Embassy of France

 

Friday, December 4

A MATTER OF SIZE 1:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

 

Saturday, December 5
Sponsored by Melinda Bieber & Norman Pozez

MY MOTHER'S COURAGE with THE LEGEND OF MRS. GOLDMAN AND THE ALMIGHTY GOD  6:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
     
CAMERA OBSCURA 7:00 pm AFI Silver Theatre
     
AJAMI - SOLD OUT 8:15 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
     
CYCLES 9:30 pm  AFI Silver Theatre
     
SURROGATE with LOST PARADISE 10:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

 

Sunday, December 6
Sponsored by Barbara & Michael Smilow

LOVE AND RELIGION: THE CHALLENGE OF INTERFAITH RELATIONSHIPS 10:30 am Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
     
WILL EISNER: PORTRAIT OF A SEQUENTIAL ARTIST 12:15 pm AFI Silver Theatre
     
THE WORST COMPANY IN THE WORLD with QUENTIN AND FERDINAND 1:45 pm  Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 
     
THE NAME MY MOTHER GAVE ME and BLACK OVER WHITE 2:00 pm  Embassy of Ethiopia
     

2009 WJFF VISIONARY AWARD HONORING FILMMAKER MICHAEL VERHOEVEN with screening of NASTY GIRL

 3:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 
     
BROKEN PROMISE 5:45 pm  AFI Silver Theatre
     
FILMED BY YITZHAK and THE GREEN DUMPSTER MYSTERY 6:15 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 
     
AJAMI 8:15 pm  AFI Silver Theatre
     
LOST ISLANDS  8:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 

 

Monday, December 7
Sponsored by Washington Jewish Week

IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL VERHOEVEN Noon Goethe-Institut Washington
     
HUMAN FAILURE 6:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 
     
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN 7:00 pm AFI Silver Theatre
     
SRUGIM 8:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 
     
MARY AND MAX 9:00 pm AFI Silver Theatre

 

Tuesday, December 8
Sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

FROM SWASTIKA TO JIM CROW Noon Goethe-Institut Washington
     
IN SEARCH OF THE BENE ISRAEL and RAFTING TO BOMBAY 6:15 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater  
     
BROTHERS 7:00 pm Embassy of Switzerland
     
LOST ISLANDS 7:30 pm Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
     
SHORTS PROGRAM 1 - TAKE FIVE: QUEER SHORTS, GOOD STORIES 8:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater  

 

Wednesday, December 9
Sponsored by the Embassy of Israel

RAFTING TO BOMBAY Noon Goethe-Institut Washington
     
DIVIDED WE FALL 1:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater  
     
BRAIN STORM with CAPTURE THE MOMENT  6:15 pm  Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater   
     
MARCEL REICH-RANICKI - THE AUTHOR OF HIMSELF  6:30 pm  AFI Silver Theatre
     
FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS with 10 WEITZMAN STREET  7:30 pm Embassy of France
     
FOR MAKING ME A WOMAN  8:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

 

Thursday, December 10
Sponsored by the David Bruce Smith Family Foundation

STRANGE FRUIT Noon Goethe-Institut Washington
     
THE TALE OF NICOLAI AND THE LAW OF RETURN with HOME 6:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
     
BROTHERS  6:00 pm Avalon Theatre
     
STUMBLING STONE with THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE   7:00 pm Goethe-Institut Washington
     
JUMP  7:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
     
HELLO GOODBYE 8:30 pm Avalon Theatre

 

Friday, December 11

BLACK OVER WHITE  Noon Goethe-Institut Washington
     
THE IMPORTED BRIDEGROOM 1:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theatre

 

Saturday, December 12
Sponsored by Louie & Ralph Dweck

THE WEDDING SONG 6:15 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
     
JUMP  7:30 pm AFI Silver Theatre
     
ANITA  8:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater
     
SHORTS PROGRAM 2 - IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT: TURNING POINTS IN SHORT  10:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 

 

Sunday, December 13
Sponsored by CrossCurrents Foundation

THE EARTH CRIES OUT 11:30 am Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 
     
THE JESTER  11:30 am  Avalon Theatre
     
ROOM AND A HALF  1:45 pm Avalon Theatre
     
18 KM with THE RED TOY  2:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 
     
HEART OF STONE  4:00 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater 
     
THE WEDDING SONG  5:00 pm Avalon Theatre
     

Closing Night Film and Chanukkah Party  THE GIFT TO STALIN

 7:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

 


THANK YOU TO OUR FESTIVAL CO-SPONSORS

       
...AND EVENING SPONSORS
■ CHARLOTTE AND JACOB LEHRMAN FOUNDATION ■ CROSSCURRENTS FOUNDATION
■ MELINDA BIEBER AND NORMAN POZEZ ■ LOUIE AND RALPH DWECK
■ BARBARA AND MICHAEL SMILOW ■ DAVID BRUCE SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION
■ ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES/ACADEMY FOUNDATION  

        

Presented annually by the Washington DC Jewish Community Center's Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts

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Josh Gardner
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