JFilm and the Three Rivers Film Festival present Nicky's Family

JFilm and Three Rivers Film Festival
present

 

Nicky's Family
Director: Matej Minac
Country: Czech Republic

Miss this Audience Award winning film at the 2012 JFilm Festival?
Now's your chance to see it!

Nicholas Winton is an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. Now 102 years old, he did not speak about these events for more than half a century. His exploits would've been forgotten if his wife, 50 years later, hadn't found a suitcase in the attic, full of documents and transport plans. Dozens of Winton's “children” have been found and many have gone on to achieve great things themselves. The filmmaker set out to ensure this little-known story was not lost to time, as well as bringing to light the phenomenon that has emerged since. Winton's courageous acts continue to influence people and motivate them to do good. (2011; 96 min)

Thursday, November 15, 7 p.m.
Regent Square Theater

Tickets: $10

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JFilm, TRFF and PLGF present Let My People Go!

JFilm, Three Rivers Film Festival, and
Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Film Society
present

 

Let My People Go!
Country: France
Director: Mikael Buch
This hilarious fusion of gay romantic comedy, Jewish family drama, and French bedroom farce follows the travails and daydreams of the lovelorn Reuben. He's a French-Jewish gay mailman living in fairytale Finland (where he got his MA in “Comparative Sauna Cultures”) with his gorgeous Nordic boyfriend. But just before Passover, a series of mishaps and quarrels exile the heartbroken Reuben back to Paris and his zany family. His ditzy mom is played by Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown). Truffaut regular Jean-François Stévenin plays his lothario father. Managing to celebrate and upend Jewish and gay stereotypes, it's a deeply heartwarming, fabulously kitschy and hysterically funny movie. (2012; 86 min)
 
Two Shows:
Sunday, November 4, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, November 6, 9 p.m.

Regent Square Theater
Tickets: $10


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Mary Lou

Mary Lou

Wednesday, October 17th at 7pm
Harris Theater

150 Minutes (with additional 15 minute intermission)
Director: Eytan Fox

First aired as a four-part series on Israeli television, this 2009 film has often been compared favorably to the hit American TV show "Glee". The engaging story centers on a young gay man named Meir, who is searching for his mother who disappeared on his tenth birthday. To deal with the traumatic loss, he lies to everyone (including himself) that she has taken the stage name Mary Lou and is the back-up singer to real-life Israeli pop star Svika Pick. As an adult, he decides to finally reunite with his mom and sets off for Tel Aviv where his life takes some very surprising turns.

The film is screened in Hebrew with English subtitles.

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Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions

JFilm and the Design Center present:

Tuesday, October 16
Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions
SouthSide Works Cinema – 7 p.m.


“Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions” is an award-winning documentary from Israeli director Duki Dror that illuminates the life of German Jewish Expressionist architect Erich Mendelsohn. A contemporary of Walter Gropius and Miese van der Rohe, Mendelsohn’s career followed the jagged trajectory of many German Jewish émigrés fleeing Nazism. Throughout his life he would continue to start over in a foreign land—working first in England, then Israel, and finally, America. The Einstein Tower, an early work, is one of the most important expressions of modern architecture. The film deftly juxtaposes Mendelsohn’s original designs and love letters written to his wife Luise with contemporary images, weaving together reflections from architects and locals who use these unique buildings today. “Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions” is a testament to the integrity and timelessness of one architect’s visionary design.

In German and Hebrew with subtitles. (70 minutes)

Q&A with Kai Gutschow, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, and a vegetarian reception follow the film.

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$10 general admission; $5 students

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