The 32nd New York Jewish Film Festival 2023 screens the Jewish experience from around the world.
32nd New York Jewish Film Festival 2023
The 32nd New York Jewish Film Festival 2023, coproduced with the Jewish Museum, screens 29 Jewish films from around the world; at Film at Lincoln Center in the Walter Reade Theater; from January 12-23, 2023. 🇺🇸 🇬🇹 | 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 | 🇿🇦 | 🇮🇱
The opening film is the New York Premiere of “America” (2022) by Ofir Raul Graizer (The Cakemaker). A Chicago swimming coach returns home to Israel and and is confronted by sexual identity and personal trauma. It’s in the Walter Reade Theater at Film at Lincoln Center; on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 8:15pm. In Hebrew with English subtitles. $15. filmlinc.org 🇮🇱
“I am Not” (2022) by Tomer Heymann is a documentary about a boarding school student’s adoption in Guatemala, a false Asperger’s diagnosis, and a trip to his birth country. It screens in the Walter Reade Theater at Film at Lincoln Center on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 5:30pm. Director Q&A. In Hebrew, English and Spanish with subtitles. $15. filmlinc.org 🇬🇹
The centerpiece film is the world premiere of “Charlotte Salomon: Life and the Maiden” (2022) by Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin. Salomon was a prolific Berlin multimedia artist who was ahead of her time. She was murdered in Auschwitz at age 26. It screens in the Walter Reade Theater at Film at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 12pm & 6pm. The co-directors will do Q&A. In French with subtitles. From $15. filmlinc.org 🇫🇷
The closing film is “Alegría” (2021) by Violeta Salama. A single mom who disowns her Jewish heritage returns to the Spanish African enclave Melilla, for her niece’s Orthodox wedding. The comic drama about women breaking free from patriarchal traditions screens in the Walter Reade Theater at Film at Lincoln Center on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:30pm & 8:30pm. Director Q&As. In Spanish and Chelja with subtitles. $15. filmlinc.org 🇪🇸
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