SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 • SUNDAY, AUGUST 9
The first and largest Jewish Film Festival in the world returns to the Rafael for three days of highlights. The festival takes place July 24 to August 10 at venues in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Palo Alto, in addition to San Rafael.
To purchase tickets, and for further information on the films, visit www.sfjff.org or call 415.621.0523.
Rafael passes, CFI Fast Passes or members’ discounts are not valid for these screenings. The Rafael will not sell advance tickets; any tickets remaining on day of show.
SFJFF35 MARIN PASS
Get into every screening at the Rafael between August 7-9 for $120 !
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SCREENINGS AT THE RAFAEL
EVERY FACE HAS A NAME
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 • 2:30
This beautiful documentary ponders identity and survival. Concentration camp survivors watch film footage of their arrival into the port of Malmo, Sweden and relive the euphoria of liberation. 75 min.
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THE ARMOR OF LIGHT
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 • 4:20
In her breathtaking directorial debut, Abigail Disney follows evangelical minister Rob Schenck, an anti-abortion activist—and former Jew—as he examines whether it is possible to be pro-gun and pro-life. 87 min.
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MR. KAPLAN
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 • 6:20
In this charming mystery/adventure from Uruguay, ailing Jacob Kaplan is determined to capture a person he believes to be an escaped Nazi. 98 min.
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A LA VIE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 • 8:30
Three women, Auschwitz survivors, are reunited at a French seaside resort at the start of the 1960s. 104 min.
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RAISE THE ROOF
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 • 12:30
This documentary tracks the labor and love in memorializing the now-vanished resplendent synagogues from 18-century Poland. 85 min.
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EAST JERUSALEM, WEST JERUSALEM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 • 2:30
The fascinating documentary Little White Lie by Lacy Schwartz pulls back the curtain on matters of race and family secrets, while the darkly comic web series Little Horribles follows foibles of a self-indulgent lesbian. Program 72 min.
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VILLA TOUMA
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 • 4:20
This darkly comic drama focuses on three unmarried Christian sisters isolating themselves on a West Bank estate. 85 min.
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THE ART DEALER
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 • 6:20
This atmospheric and suspenseful tale follows a woman’s journey to recover family paintings stolen by Nazis. 95 min.
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MY SHORTEST LOVE AFFAIR
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 • 8:30
Two Parisian forty-somethings reunite after 20 years, but this is not a conventional ode to the City of Light and love. 78 min.
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THE MUSES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
Preceded by YIDLIFE CRISIS: BREAKING THE FAT
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 • 12:05
This documentary profiles the women who inspired the Nobel laureate and famous Yiddish writer. 77 min.
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ONCE IN A LIFETIME
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 • 2:00
In this French drama, a teacher challenges her students, many of whom are Muslim, to enter a contest about the Shoah, with unexpected results. 105 min.
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THE GO-GO BOYS: THE INSIDE STORY OF CANNON FILMS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 • 4:20
This enjoyable documentary focuses on Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who founded the fabled Cannon Films. 89 min.
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DOUGH
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 • 6:20
A kosher baker (Jonathan Pryce) and his Muslim apprentice form an unlikely friendship over some cannabis-infused challah. 94 min.
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PAPA WAS NOT A ROLLING STONE
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 • 8:30
Sylvie Ohayon’s autobiographical coming-of-age tale portrays Jewish and Arab teenagers fighting for better lives in the Paris suburbs. 99 min.
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