High School Film Festival

Homecoming (2011)
Orna Ben Dor and Noa Maiman, Directors
Monday, March 26, 2012
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Where does identity come from? What connects you to your homeland? Homecoming follows three non-Jewish teenagers born in Israel to immigrant workers as they visit their respective parents’ homelands in the Congo, Peru and the Philippines. Away from Israel and meeting their extended families for the first time, the teens are confronted with questions about their identities.

Steal a Pencil for Me (2007)
Michèle Ohayon, Director/Producer
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

This compelling documentary feature film by Academy Award nominee Michèle Ohayon is set in 1943 Nazi-occupied Holland. At a birthday party Jack first meets Ina—a 20-year-old beauty who instantly steals his heart. But Jack’s pursuit of love is complicated; he is poor, married to Manja, and soon deported to a concentration camp. When Jack, Manja and Ina find themselves living in the same barracks, Jack and Ina resort to writing secret love letters, which sustain them throughout the horrible circumstances of the war.

Louder than a Bomb (2010)
Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel, Directors
Thursday, March 29, 2012
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

This film is about passion, competition, teamwork and trust as well as the joy of being young and the pain of growing up. It’s about speaking out, making noise, and finding your voice. The film chronicles the stories of four teams as they prepare for and compete in the world’s largest youth poetry slam competition. How and why they do it—and the community they create along the way—is at the heart of this inspiring film.