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WEST COAST PREMIERE When violinist Simon Daoud is hired to teach the violin to a class of unruly junior high school students in an immigrant suburb of Paris, his first instinct is to run back to his rarefied world of classical string quartets.  His mission to teach these twelve loudmouths to perform the violin parts in Rimsky-Korsakov’s  Cheherazade at the Paris Philharmonic at the end of the school year seems beyond impossible.  Yet as he gets to know the kids…

CALIFORNIA PREMIERE "THE COMING BACK OUT BALL MOVIE" is an observational feature documentary that follows a group of older LGBTIQ+ people, who have been invited to attend a Ball celebrating their gender and sexual identity.  Faced with the complexities of ageing and isolation, these extraordinary people seize each day with determination and humor.  In a time that is rapidly changing for the LGBTIQ+ community around the world, we witness some of our cast experiencing acceptance and love for the very…

So it happens that Tammy (Nitza Saul), a 64 year old widow who constantly deals with the memory of her loving late husband, meets Beno (Yehuda Barken), a 70 year old sarcastic lone wolf widower - and the two fall in love. From their first unfortunate encounter, when Tammy hits Beno with her car, Tammy and Beno experience all sorts of emotional, funny struggles. They get closer, break up, get back together and fight again, until ultimately their love wins out. Shlomo Bar-Aba gives…

A well-respected politician and local farmer, Franz Murer is put on trial in Graz, Austria for his alleged war crimes in the Lithuanian ghetto, Vilnius, earning him the nickname “The Butcher of Vilnius.” The director, Christian Frosch, recreates riveting testimonies and courtroom drama based on original records from the 1963 ten-day trial of Austrian former SS officer Franz Murer. Genre:  Drama Running Time:  110 min Languages:  German, Yiddish, Hebrew 3 Wins, 6 Nominations