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NEW FILMS RELEASED IN 5769

JAN’S ANNUAL CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL REPORTS

 

JAN’S ARCHIVE OF JEWISH-THEMED FILMS ON DVD:
(Note: Most of these films are available from Amazon, Netflix, etc, on DVD, but some are only available from specialty sources like the National Center for Jewish Film, some are only available on VHS, & some may only be available from libraries if they’re currently out-of-print.)

FILM TITLE RELEASED WHO WHERE
ANNE B. REAL 2003 Goyim USA
ARAB LABOR 2006 Goyim Israel
THE ASHKENAZIM 2005 Ashkenazim Israel
AVIVA MY LOVE 2006 Mizrachim Israel
BEAUFORT 2007 Kol Yisrael Israel
BERGA: SOLDIERS OF ANOTHER WAR 2003 Ashkenazim Germany
BRICK LANE 2007 Goyim England
BROKEN WINGS 2002 Ashkenazim Israel
CAMPFIRE 2004 Kol Yisrael Israel
DANCING ALFONSO 2007 Sephardim Israel
DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT 2006 Goyim USA
DEAR MR. WALDMAN 2006 Ashkenazim Israel
DIVAN 2004 Ashkenazim Ukraine
ELEGY 2008 Ashkenazim USA
ENEMIES: A LOVE STORY 1989 Ashkenazim USA
ETZ O PALESTINE 1962 Kol Yisrael Israel
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED 2005 Ashkenazim Eastern Europe
EXODUS 1960 Ashkenazim Israel
FAMILY LAW 2006 Ashkenazim  Argentina
FIVE DAYS 2005 Kol Yisrael Israel
FUGITIVE PIECES 2007 Ashkenazim Canada
GARDEN STATE 2004 Ashkenazim USA
HEIR TO AN EXECUTION 2004 Ashkenazim USA
HIDING & SEEKING 2004 Ashkenazim Poland
THE IMPOSSIBLE SPY 1987 Kol Yisrael Israel
ISAAC IN AMERICA 1986 Ashkenazim USA
JANEM JANEM 2006 Kol Yisrael Israel
JOY 2005 Kol Yisrael Israel
KIBBUTZ 2005 Ashkenazim Israel
A KISS TO THIS LAND 1995 Ashkenazim Mexico
LADY KUL EL-ARAB 2006 Goyim Israel
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 2002 Goyim Palestine
LA PETITE JERUSALEM 2006 Sephardim France
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANK GREENBERG 1998 Ashkenazim USA
LIKE A BRIDE 1994 Kol Yisrael Mexico
LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER 2007 Ashkenazim Israel
LITTLE HEROES 2006 Kol Yisrael Israel
LOST EMBRACE 2004 Ashkenazim Argentina
THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN 1979 Ashkenazim Poland
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2004)  2004 Sephardim Italy
MISS ENTEBBE 2003 Kol Yisrael Israel
MONSIEUR IBRAHIM 2003 Ashkenazim France
MUNICH 2005 Ashkenazim Israel
MY GRANDFATHER’S HOUSE 2004 Ashkenazim Lithuania
NINA’S TRAGEDIES 2003 Mizrachim Israel
NO LONGER 17 2003 Ashkenazim Israel
PALINDROMES 2004 Ashkenazim USA
PAPER CLIPS 2004 Goyim USA
THE PRODUCERS 2005 Ashkenazim USA
ROSENSTRASSE 2003 Ashkenazim Germany
SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993 Ashkenazim Poland
THE SCHWARTZ DYNASTY 2005 Kol Yisrael Israel
THE SECRETS 2007 Kol Yisrael Israel
SIXTY SIX 2008 Ashkenazim England
STRANGERS 2007 Kol Yisrael Israel
TIED HANDS 2006 Ashkenazim Israel
TIME OF FAVOR 2000 Kol Yisrael Israel
TURN LEFT AT THE END OF THE WORLD 2003 Kol Yisrael Israel
TWO LIVES PLUS ONE 2007 Ashkenazim France
WALTZ WITH BASHIR 2008 Kol Yisrael Israel
WATERMARKS 2004 Ashkenazim Austria
WAVES OF FREEDOM 2008 Ashkenazim USA
WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 1995 Ashkenazim USA