Robinson Gala Awards Evening

Enjoy the Pittsburgh premiere of six short films as the culmination of the first-ever Robinson International Short Film Competition. Significant cash prizes will be awarded to the top three films.  Over two dozen films from around the world were submitted to the competition organized to honor the memory of Sanford (Shad) N. Robinson, Sr.

The evening will feature the film and award presentations followed by a reception. Tickets are $10. Full-time students with valid ID are $5. Presented by JFilm: The Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum, a project of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
For more information, call (412) 992-5203.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 7:30pm
SouthSide Works Cinema, Pittsburgh

General Admission: $10
Full-time Students: $5 with valid ID
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	Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean Director: Curt Fissel, 2010, USA, 39:54 minutes Jewish, Christian and Muslim Ugandan coffee farmers formed a cooperative to build economic prosperity and peace in the lingering wake of Idi Amin’s regime of terror and intolerance. The cooperative partnered with a Fair Trade US buyer, producing early monetary success and reinforcement of a global message that “peace works.”
	Grandpa Looked Like William Powell Director: David B. Levy, 2010, USA, 4:20 minutes Sometimes a memento only reminds you how little you know someone. Such a thing happened to me when I came to possess my Grandpa Herman's high school autograph book from 1924.
	in bed at 10 p.m. Director: Asaph Polonsky, 2010, Israel, 15 minutes Rachel and Motti, both in their 70s, are lovers. When Rachel learns the new rule – when his wife calls twice he must come home -- she finally realizes that she will always be a lower priority.
	Seltzer Works Director: Jessica Edwards, 2010, USA, 7 minutes In the early 1900s, thousands of seltzer deliverymen criss-crossed the nation, schlepping heavy glass bottles full of fizzy water to millions of thirsty customers. Today, with only a handful of deliverymen left in the country, the siphon machines at Gomberg Seltzer Works don't turn like they used to. But there are still bubbles being made by third generation seltzer filler Kenny Gomberg. In the short documentary SELTZER WORKS, the last bottler in Brooklyn fends off the supermarket seltzer take-over and honors this simple drink's place in history.
	Woody/before/Allen Director: Masha Vasyukova, 2011, Russia/USA/France, 13:17 minutes An adventurous meditation on past and present, of two former Konigsbergs - a man and a city that no longer use the same name: one, a city which was renamed Kaliningrad, another, a renowned film director who changed his name to Woody Allen. To commemorate the bizarre connection between these two former Konigsbergs, filmmaker Masha Vasyukova makes it her mission to put a statue in Kaliningrad in honor of Woody Allen.