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Last Flight Home follows Air Florida founder Eli Timoner’s last weeks of life. (still from film) The Vancouver International Film Festival opens Sept. 29, and this year’s festival will be impressive, if the releases reviewed by the Independent are any…
Image from 1341 Frames of Love and War, a photo by Micha Bar-Am. Photographer Micha Bar-Am, now 92, is considered perhaps the foremost visual chronicler of Israeli history. In 1341 Frames of Love and War, filmmaker Ran Tal creates what…
A still from the film The Forger, starring Louis Hofmann. The 41st Vancouver International Film Festival takes place Sept. 29-Oct. 9, 2022. This year, the Jewish Independent is the media sponsor of The Forger (directed by Maggie Peren, Germany/Luxembourg), so we’re doing…
The documentary How Saba Kept Singing had its world première last weekend as part of HotDocs. It can be accessed online until May 7. The film starts with David Wisnia preparing for his return to Auschwitz-Birkenau after 70 years. Traveling…
Left to right, Ori Laizerouvich, Israel Atias, Daniel Gad and Omer Perelman Striks co-star in The New Black. (photo from ChaiFlicks) I have to improve either my Hebrew comprehension or my English speedreading skills before April 12. The second season…
A still from Ahed’s Knee, which screens at Vancity Theatre March 25, 26 and 28. The movie – which won the Jury Prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival – is about a celebrated Israeli filmmaker named Y, who arrives…
A still from Amanda Kinsey’s documentary Jews of the Wild West, a series of vignettes that shines a light on a noteworthy and usually overlooked history. The Wild West, Jews in Germany and a surprisingly vivacious Israeli seniors home feature…
Jason Sherman wanders through an Israeli pine forest in search of his tree. (photo by John Minh Tran) My Tree, a film by Jason Sherman on his moral dilemma over having had a tree planted in his name in a…
A still of one of the humorous (and relatable) moments in Image of Victory, which is part of this year’s Vancouver Jewish Film Festival. The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival opening night film is the epic Image of Victory, directed by…
A still from the documentary Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen. The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival runs March 3-13, and features more than 30 films, all of which will be available online for the duration of the festival. As always,…
