good morning and welcome to "mosaic." i'm rabbi eric weiss and honored to be your host this morning. we're about to start a wonderful conversation about this year's jewish film festival. i'd like to introduce you to lexi labon the executive director of the jewish film institute and the film institute's program director jay rosenblatt. >> thanks for having us. >> it's so wonderful to have you every year, so let's just jump in and say what's new with the film festival and you have a new name the jewish film institute. >> yes, we have a new name. for many, many years, we've been doing much more than our signature annual summer film festival. we do a lot of year-round programs, we do online global

exhibitions. and we really felt that in celebration of our 35th an verse industry year, it was time for a little -- anniversary year, it was time for a little reinjection. it's now the umbrella name for the media arts organization that brings it to san francisco. >> so 35 years,. what are some of the sub themes. i know every year you have a freedom of expression award far director. so fill us in -- for a director. so fill us in. >> this is actually arame wonderful year for our 35th anniversary and we have some new things. one of our new things is we've added the new local spotlight. and unbelievably, the star of the local spotlight is the -- one of the co-founders of the jewish film festival janice plot kin is coming with her new film that she spruced called -- produced called "plastic man." and jerry barish was one of the

first donors to the jewish film festival. of barish bail bonds who also makes wonderful art out of plastic. that's something new that's happening this year. >> beautiful. and every year you have -- you're around the bay area but i think this year you've added a different location in the bay area? >> well, we did. so we have a new oakland venue. and it's really beautiful. it's the lake side theater which overlooks the beautiful lake merritt. and we've added an oakland opening night which will be a great film. peggy guggenheim art addict and it features peggy who had a wonderful collection of modern art. and she was also very eccentric and forward thinking woman of her day. and so we'll be doing that on august 7th at the lakeside theater in oakland along with a new party in the reception area overlooking lake merritt.

>> otherwise, you're in palo alto at cine arts, in san francisco at the castro. >> yeah. and we're at -- in marin at the rafael. we're at the california theater in berkeley. >> so -- and remind us again the dates. >> we kick off on thursday, july 23rd. and our closing night at the castro is sunday, august 2nd. and then we're out in marin, berkeley and oakland through august 9th. >> wonderful. so we're going to end this particular segment with one of the clips from one of the films. but before we get there, can you just talk a little bit about how do you decide the themes? how do you decide what films to present to the public. >> well, you know, our first criteria is the quality of the work that's coming in each year. and through that process, themes start emerging. and this year we have several

kind of spotlights. we have a spotlight on judith hellbend the documentary filmmaker. we have a -- also a kind of a side bar that deals with conflict films which we'll talk about a little bit later. some films get submitted without a box and other ones we pursue. we go to different festivals throughout the year. sun dance, berlin, tribeck coo this year and we find films and we track filmmakers through their careers. so we know what filmmakers that we've shown and we know what they're working on and we see how they're doing and try to get a hand -- you know an early look at work. >> so we're going to bump out of this segment with a clip from a film called "doe." set it up with that particular clip. >> this is a really delightful film. it's the opening night film at

the castro on the 23rd of july. it starts jonathan price. who many people will probably remember from the film "brazil." he's also right now one of the stars of "game of thrones." and he plays the jewish baker in england whose business is kind of going down. and he takes an apprentice into his bakery. and the apprentice accidentally spills some substance -- marijuana -- into the dough. and the business really takes off. >> so let's look at a clip of "doe."

>> ', there you are -- oh, there you are. today, you bake. >> i don't have more flour. >> just keep kneading it. >> hey, hey, don't bash it. don't be rough. just firm but gentle. firm and that's it. look. try this. now press. that's it. baking is an art. you have to learn the feel. and touch. the smell. go on, go on. that's it. get going. that will do it. >> okay? yeah. >> yep. >> what do i do at the end? >> that's it. just punch it together. your first one. is that it? >> my first one.

welcome back to "mosaic." we're not middle of are -- in the middle of a wonderful conversation about this year's jewish film festival with the jewish film institute's executive director lexi leban and its program director jay rosenblatt. some conversation about what some of the sub themes are for the film festival this year. >> part of the mission is to really inspire dialogue about today's most relevant issues and always relevant in the jewish community is the israeli/palestinian conflict. we have a side bar this year called bridges and barriers, they frame the conflict. and eight films are a part of this side bar. so people can see the films throughout the festival. and then on sunday, the 31st of july -- no sorry i think it's saturday. yeah. the first of august. we have a panel discussion

featuring three of the filmmakers. and the panel discussion is going to be moderated by janine zacharia who is a middle east analyst. she'll be doing a panel discussion at the castro and people can come with their questions for the filmmakersment part of the spotlight is a film called censored voices. about the veterans of the 1967 war. amos oz recorded audio conversations with some of the veterans immediately following the war and this film features the older men now listening to their young voices talking about their experiences. and reflecting. >> this is the war that we commonly now refer to in the history books as the six day war. in june. >> yes. yes. >> and so what clip are we going to look at? >> yeah, so this clip is east jerusalem west jerusalem. this is the closing night film and also part of this

spotlight. and it's a great music film about david broza the israeli singer who brings them together, musicians, to record a cd together. and so steve earl the american folk singer comes to help with the efforts. and i think this clip is when he arrives in israel. >> let's take a look at east jerusalem/west jerusalem. >> i had heard that he was talking about this record. he had been talking about this for a long time. >> it was always fascinated with the israeli and palestine -- >> i've never been to jerusalem. it was a chance to go to jerusalem and i -- i wrote jerusalem ♪ i believe in one fine day for all the children of abraham ♪

♪ they lay down -- [ inaudible ] >> sing it the way you want to sing it. >> beautiful, you know the film festival is so powerful in the way it educates the community using an art form to issues that are potent and complex and in some ways use the art form as a way to actually let people talk about the depth and breadth of these really, really important issues. in this case what's happening in the middle east. i know also in that vein that every year you have a freedom of expression award for a director who has contributed from that art form to those kinds of issues in the world. and so what's -- what's new with this year's freedom of expression award? >> well, this year we're -- we have many films directed by women, women in the director's

chair. both are centerpiece films are directed by women. one is by abigail does me, she's a very -- disney. she's very famous and made a film called the armor of light. that deals with the issue of gun violence and we also have our centerpiece narrative film. it's called "my shortest love affair" by karen albew. >> centerpiece, what do you mean in the context of that? >> it's kind of midway through the castro run. and it kind of highlights two films, a documentary and a narrative that we want to call attention to. and then freedom of expression which you brought up, we're very honored this year to give the award to the actress and director lee grant. who many people will remember from the film "shampoo." she won an academy award. that was with warren beatty and she plays one of the women that he gets involved with.

and she also was in "payton place." she was also in "detective story," in the heat of the night. and she was blacklisted in the '50s for ten years she didn't work. and later in her career, she became one of the first women directors and she directed a film that we're highlighting because it's the 35th anniversary of that film as well as our festival. and that film is called "tell me a riddle" and it stars melvin log wills. lee grant -- douglas. we're having that and lee grant is going to sign copies of her memoir and she'll be on stage and in conversation with one of the producers of "tell me a riddle." >> maybe we can talk about the educational aspects. it's interesting that melvin

douglas' wife helen at one point ran against -- at that point in time richard nixon in southern california for congress and was -- was that election that particular time was caught in the contemporary world of blacklisting and it would be very interesting. join us in just a moment when we come back here to "mosaic."

♪ you're crazy. >> what about those numbers? >> my name is martin key min ski. i'm originally from warsaw. this semester in my university i had a project to do with

designing a synagogue and mosque. i went to the site of the jewish polish story museum and there was a huge banner saying help us build a timber roof of the synagogue. i just pressed that and from that moment, i knew that i have to come here. hard work is the thing that joins us -- makes us feel like kind of big family actually. i also have this feeling that you know, in a few years, this roof will be in a jewish story museum. well, let's say in 10, 15 years i will hopefully have kids. come with them along the museum and show them look that part was made by daddy and that will also be like kind of awesome for me because you know i have this feeling that i actually created part of history. >> beautiful, we just saw a wonderful film clip from "raise

the roof." >> that's one of the most beautifully shot films in the program this year. and of course the music is also fabulous. this is carrie and yori woe lynn ski's film. featuring rick and laura brown who are professors of architecture and art and design who actually go to poland and work with over 300 students from all over the world to reconstruct the roof of one of the synagogues that was destroyed during world war ii in poland. all of the synagogues were destroyed by the nazis and this was an effort to really preserve history. and one of the amazing things about the documentation of this effort is that all of the techniques and tools that they ewed to rebuild the synagogue roof are the old school techniques and tools that would have been used at the time that they built it. so they create all of their own

dyes, they hand paint sections of the roof. it's just a really beautiful film. and both directors and the subjects of the film will be here and this is going to be our palo alto opening night film. it's going to play in san francisco as well. but this will be the opening night for palo alto on july 26th. >> so you know, again, the art form is so powerful and in this case it's a documentary. do you know by chance in this particular case -- did the project guide the formulation of the documentary itself? or was it the other way around? in other words, this is a project that could have happened and never been filmed? and been isolated to this experience of those kids, those families in poland but because somewhere along the line it became a documentary, we have it for the entire world. so do you -- it's kind of a chicken and the egg question but do you know. >> i think the project started first, it was not made for the

film. it was the other way around and luckily the filmmakers had amazing access, it's a very, very inpyring film. it's -- inspiring film. it's one of several films related to the holocaust this year. this is the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. and we have several screenings that kind of commemorate that and one in particular is a one- time only screening. and we're -- it's an incredible film. it is called "german concentration camps factual survey." it was supposed to be released in 1946 and hundred to the german -- shown to the germans to see what happened. but it was shelved right before it was to be released because they felt at the time that the anglo german relationships were more important to kind of put that in the past. and not dredge it up. but this is a film that alfred

hitchcock actually consulted and edited on and what they did is the british imperial war museum put together the film in its original form. the last reel was reconstructed if notes. and -- from notes. and so it's the first time this film is being screened. it's a very harrowing film. it's very disturbing film and extremely important film. >> when will it will screened? >> this is going to be on sunday, july 25th right? yeah -- >> i think so. >> 6th -- uh-huh in san francisco. >> san francisco at the castro. >> there will also be followup discussion at the congregation for people who want to talk about it afterwards. >> oh good and people can get that information on the catalog and the website. we're going to take another quick break and come back here on "mosaic" to continue our conversation about the jewish film festival.

welcome back to "mosaic." i'm rabbi eric weiss, we're in the middle of a wonderful conversation about the jewish film festival. about to end that conversation actually with lexi leban the executive director of the jewish film festival and jay rosenblatt is program director. so lexi, fill us in as we conclude our conversation with whatever else is left for us to understand about the film festival. >> yeah. well. so comedy and lighter side. this is also a part of the festival experience. and we've got some great anymore. s that feature -- films that feature "new york times." so we have -- new york themes. so we have famous nathan's about the hot dogs. you can take a trip to coney island with us. the filmmaker lloyd handworker will be hereaways. it's a really -- here with us, it's a really great window into the family business. an incredible event for berkeley big night. we're showing a film about new

yorker cartoonists. so for those people that enter the contest every week with their captions for new yorker cartoons, this is not to be missed. it's called "very semi serious" by leah walcott and it's going to be berkeley big night at the california. and we'll have one of the cartoonists bek, bruce eric kaplan there with us. and he'll be signing his book his new memoir "i was a child at the berkeley big night party" which is happening at the brower center and it's very light and wonderful and really features some of the most creative minds of the new yorker cartoon clan. >> that's wonderful. and so for folks who want to get tickets this year, they go to the website? >> yeah, at -- or you can call our box office if you want to talk to a live person. at 621023. >> and folks can get individual tickets or get a season pass. >> there's a lot of passes now.

we have a palo alto pass. a marin pass. we have an all festival pass. we've got a young adult pass which is the best deal. it's called our next wave pass. it's $35. and it gets you into all regularly priced screenings if you're 35 and under. and we also have a take action day pass. which is a day of social justice films at the castro on friday, july 31st. >> wonderful. so jay we're about to end believe it or not but we're going to end with one last clip. why don't you set us up? >> okay, this is one of the higher profile films. it's called "when i live my life over again" and showing only once at the castro. the director bob edwards will be joining us and it stars christopher walken. it has a great young actress named amber heard. and all oliver plotz.

it's kind of a story between an aging crooner played by christopher walken and his young singing daughter and their kind of father daughter relationship. >> here we go, let's take a look. >> yo! everybody downstairs chop chop. >> you all right? >> gatter round. >> what's going on? >> i have news. the top guys at jupiter are the master of when i life my life. -- live my life. they think it's going to be big and they got me a gig, test run live and special guest for an act called the flaming lips. >> wait. you're opening for the flamable lips? >> has -- flaming lips? >> that's huge. >> that's ridiculous. >> they're terrific. i love them. >> flaming hips -- >> for starters it's called the flaming lips. >> flaming lips. >> do you know this band at all? >> no. >> okay let me fill you in. the flaming limbs, their -- lips, their fans are not your

fans. if they're asking you to open up for them it's a goof. >> jude, beware the green eyed monster. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]

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