toronto jewish film festival

ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES

ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES

Saturday, July 15th – 9:30pm – Distillery District After surviving World War II, American war-hero Colonel Richard Cantwell begins his journey in a new post-war era. Internally, he is plagued by the horrors he witnessed and the friends he lost. After being recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, the colonel makes his way to Venice […]

A QUESTION OF KARMA

A QUESTION OF KARMA

Saturday, July 16th – 9pm – Distillery District Giacomo is the heir of an industrial dynasty, but he is more interested in his multiple passions than in managing the company. His life was marked by the death of his father when he was just a child. The encounter with a French eccentric esotericist will change […]

INSIDE RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP

INSIDE RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP

Saturday, July 16th – 5pm – Harbourfront 231 Queen’s Quay West Francesca Molteni’s latest documentary film about Italian architect Renzo Piano gives the audience exclusive access to one of the world’s most influential and important architectural firms. Through a succession of meetings, phone calls and project reviews inside the Renzo Piano Building Workshop audiences get […]

NEIGHBOURS

NEIGHBOURS

Inspired by his memories of growing up in a Kurdish village on the Syrian-Turkish border, director Mano Khalil highlights the plight of the Kurdish people through the eyes of a sensitive child. Sero’s carefree childhood comes to an end on the first day of school when the new Syrian teacher forbids him from speaking Kurdish. […]

Tribute to ‘The Boys’ Wayne & Shuster

Tribute to ‘The Boys’ Wayne & Shuster

by alan gordon They called them The Boys in the halls of the CBC. Wayne and Shuster were in their 60’s but still they were called The Boys. And for years The Boys turned out four hours a year of highly produced, tightly written wonderfully funny comedy specials and they were popular. Their CBC Sunday […]

Toronto Jewish Film Festival

Toronto Jewish Film Festival

Starting May 5, the 24th edition of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival will feature 4 World Premieres, 11 North American and 31 Canadian Premieres, while 12 films will be seen in Toronto for the first time. The 24th TJFF boasts an impressive feature film slate, including: Atomic Falafel, which has been called an Israeli Dr. […]

TJFF Chai Tea & A Movie – WEDDING DOLL

Screenings – Sunday January 17 @ 1pm & 4pm @ Empress Walk Theatres (Yonge & Sheppard) TORONTO – The 2015/2016 Toronto Jewish Film Festival’s Chai Tea & A Movie screening series continues with Nitzan Gilady’s moving drama Wedding Doll. A hit at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film also won Best Israeli Debut […]

TJFF 15 – TO LIFE / À la Vie

First Festival Screening – Friday, May 1 @ 1pm A tender and funny drama set in the sunny sixties about the reunion of Hélène, Lili and Rose, three Jewish survivors who haven’t seen each other since Auschwitz. They reconnect during a warm summer in a seaside town in the north of France. In telling his […]

TJFF 15 – THE POLGAR VARIANT

First Festival Screening – Friday, May 1 @ 3:30pm In Budapest during the 1970s, Lazlo Polgar decided to test his theory that “geniuses are made, not born” by raising his three daughters, Susan, Sofi and Judit, to be chess champions. Isolated from the world outside their apartment, the girls spent all their time studying and […]

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