Mon, Jan 20

1 – 2:30 PM

Mrs. G

New York Jewish Film Festival

The Gottex swimwear empire was founded by legendary designer, Holocaust survivor, and larger-than-life character Lea Gottlieb. Her unyielding vision and complex relationships with her daughters are on display in this inspiring documentary. Screening with Gurit Kadman.

Film

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Master Class with Yaron Zilberman

New York Jewish Film Festival

Join Yaron Zilberman, writer and director of NYJFF selection Incitement, for a master class on screenwriting and directing. In addition to Incitement, Israel’s submission for the 2020 Academy Awards, Zilberman is the award-winning writer-director-producer of A Late Quartet and Watermarks.

Talk

3:45 – 5:45 PM

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

New York Jewish Film Festival

This stunning drama, based on the best-selling novel by Judith Kerr, tells the story of a 9-year-old girl and her family’s jarring dislocation, experienced by so many German Jews who fled the country before the war.

Film

5:30 – 7:30 PM

Incitement

New York Jewish Film Festival

This gripping historical drama, Israel’s submission for the 2020 Academy Awards, follows the radicalization of Israeli ultranationalist Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Film

9:15 – 10:45 PM

The Day After I’m Gone

New York Jewish Film Festival

When the adolescent daughter of a prominent Tel Aviv veterinarian expresses a wish to end her life, father and child embark on a journey of mutual discovery in this tender debut feature.

Film