2008 Schedule

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Advance ticket sales are closed for films screening Saturday, March 1 through Monday, March 3.

There are very limited tickets for Noodle, both showings (Saturday and Sunday) of Beaufort, Little Heroes, The Champagne Spy and Aviva My Love. You may come to the box office at the CineArts in Pleasant Hill. We will only know whether there are tickets for sale for these films five minutes prior to the start time.

There are tickets available for all of the other films. Please call us beginning on Monday, March 3 at 8:00 a.m. for tickets to films screened Tuesday, March 4 through Friday (March 7). Our phone number if 510.839.2900 extension 256. You may also go to the Box Office at each theatre (Contra Costa JCC, CineArts in Pleasant Hill or the Vine Cinema in Livermore) to purchase tickets. We begin to sell tickets 45 minutes prior to start time.

Thank You!

Thursday, March 6


Love, Israeli Style: Selected Shorts From The Ma'Ale Film School
10:00 a.m., Contra Costa JCC
Israel, 60 minutes, Hebrew with subtitles

East Bay Premiere! The Ma'ale School of Television, Film and the Arts in Jerusalem is the only institution of its kind in the world. Founded in 1989, its goal is to train film and television professionals deeply rooted in religious faith. The school aims to build bridges that will break down clichés in the perception of religion. We will see shorts created by young filmmakers who bring an authentic voice to the multi-cultural mosaic that is Israeli society.

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My Brother's Wedding
USA, 36 minutes, Hebrew with subtitles

When Boston director Daniel Akiba's brother Jonah traveled to Israel, the last thing his family expected was that he would become fervently religious. In an effort to better understand his brother's new life, Akiba documented his family's trip to Israel seven years later to attend Jonah's wedding. Along the way he explores how his brother's embrace of Orthodox Judaism affected them all.



Inside Out
4:30 p.m., Cinearts
South Africa, 2000, 98 minutes, English

Guess who is directing the Christmas pageant? In this romantic comedy-drama, Hazel Levine, an extroverted Jewish actress from Johannesburg, is stranded in a small South African town. Soon, she finds herself drafted to direct the annual Nativity play, falls in love with a ruggedly handsome Boer sheep farmer, and is forced to deal with the petty intrigues of the townsfolk when she wants to involve the Black community in the pageant. Inside Out is a must-see and considered one of the most delightful films we've shown in the past thirteen years!



My Father, My Lord
7:30 p.m., Cinearts
Israel, 2007, 73 minutes, Hebrew with subtitles

East Bay Premiere! Winner of Tribeca Film Festival 2007 Top Award. This astonishing film is a journey to the innermost world of the zealous believer. Living with his wife and son in the ultra-orthodox community of Jerusalem, Rabbi Abraham (Assi Dayan in a brilliant performance) devotes his life to the study of Jewish Law, trying to impart his beliefs to his young son. But Abraham's guidance can count for only so much in the scheme of the universe. On a summer vacation to the Dead Sea, his faith is put to the test.



Aviva My Love
7:30 p.m., Vine Cinema
Israel, 2006, 107 minutes, Hebrew with subtitles

Winner of six Israel Academy Awards (including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Script), this film is a definite crowd pleaser. Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in Tiberias, dreams about becoming a published author. When she meets Oded, a well-established novelist, he leads her to believe that he will help her achieve her ambition. However, he has other plans for her literary talents.

Underwritten by Jo-Ann and Arnold Jacobson, M.D.