Schedule
8:00 pm | Filmmuseum Potsdam
FESTIVAL OPENING
With Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Kunst, Brandenburg Minister for Scientific Research and Culture, moderated by Knut Elstermann
Im Himmel, unter der Erde
(In Heaven, Underground)
Deutschland 2011, Documentary, German, directed by Britta Wauer, 90”
Guests: Britta Wauer, Moderation: Knut Elstermann
Read more: | Trailer6:00 pm | Filmmuseum Potsdam
From the Archives
Historical Tangents, Hidden Scenes
8:00 pm | Filmmuseum Potsdam
European premiere
100 VOICES- A JOURNEY HOME
USA 2010, Documentary, directed by Matthew Asner, Danny Gold, 91"
“Six years of the Shoah can’t destroy a thousand years of Jewish culture,” says one of the American cantors on a musical pilgrimage to the birthplace of cantorial singing in Poland.
Introduction: Dr. Jascha Nemtsov, Akademischer Studienleiter am Kantorenseminar des Abraham Geiger Kollegs
Read more: | Trailer6:00 pm | Filmmuseum Potsdam
THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Israel/France/Germany 2010, Hebrew with German subtitles, directed by Eran Riklis, 103"
Read more: | Trailer8:00 pm | Filmmuseum Potsdam
Mein Bester Feind
(My Best Enemy)
Austria 2011, German (no subtitles), Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger, with Moritz Bleibtreu, George Friedrich and Udo Samel, 106"
Read more: | Trailer11:00 am | Filmmuseum Potsdam
Der Passagier - Welcome to Germany
England/Switzerland/Germany 1988, German only, directed by Thomas Brasch, 102"
Introduced by co-star Katharina Talbach
7:00 pm | Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
Jewish Film Festival Gala Screening
With this year's festival patrons:
Matthias Platzeck, Minister-President of Brandenburg, Iris Berben, Actress and
President of the German Film Academy, and Dr. Dieter Graumann, President of the
Central Council of Jews in Germany
The event will be moderated by Tina Mendelsohn of Kulturzeit, 3sat (TV)
WAGNER & ME
England (BBC Documentary) 2010, English with German subtitles, directed by Patrick McGrady, 89”
5:15 pm | Kino Arsenal
opening night with MIRA STROIKA
“Take two cups of Edith Piaf, one half cup Eartha Kitt, a sprinkle of Betty Boop plus a serious portion of that je ne sais quoi that enthralls audiences, and you have what I see as one of New York's most exciting new cabaret singers: Mira Stroika.”
—Richard Z. Chesnoff (Huffington Post)
German Premiere
PROTEKTOR
Czech Republic 2009, Czech, German with English subtitles, directed by Marek Najbrt, 100"
Read more: | Trailer
6:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
European premiere
GEI ONI (Valley of Fortitude)
Israel 2010, directed by Dan Wolman, Hebrew, Russian & Yiddish with English subtitles, 105"
Festival Guest: director Dan Wolman
Read more: | Trailer8:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
BERLIN premiere
The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground
USA/Poland/Germany/Hungary/Israel, 2010, English & Yiddish (with subtitles), Produced and directed by Erik Greenberg Anjou, 105”
Read more: | Trailer6:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams
Israel/Germany, Documentary, 2009, directed by Masha und Yonathan Zur, Hebrew & English with German subtitles, 86”
Rarely do the personal and political merge with such eloquence as in the literature of prize-winning Israeli author Amos Oz, whose books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
Guests: Masha and Yonathan Zur
Read more: | Trailer8:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
The Human Resources Manager
Israel/France/Germany 2010, Hebrew with German subtitles, directed by Eran Riklis, 103"
Read more: | Trailer6:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
Being Jewish in France / Comme un Juif en France
6:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
German premiere
THE OFFICE
HaMisrad, TV Sitcom, Israel 2010, directed by Eitan Tzur
Season 1: Episodes 1,2,12 (German subtitles) 6:00 PM
Discussion with screenplay writer Uzi Weil and author Sylke Tempel following screening
8:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
THE OFFICE
Season 1: Episodes 4,5 (English subtitles) 8:00 PM
Followed by discussion with screenwriter Uzi Weil and Sylke Tempel
(in English)
6:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
German Premiere
One of seven
Israel 2010, Documentary, Hebrew and French with English subtitles, directed and produced by Goel Pinto, 50"
MY CHAMPION
Israel 2010, Hebrew, English with Eng. subtitles, directed and produced by Ari Davidovich and Gideon Boaz, 50"
Read more: | Trailer8:30 pm | Kino Arsenal
The TAILOR
USA 2011, directed by Gordon Grinberg, 6”
The Infidel
England 2010, English only, directed by Josh Appignanesi, 105“
Read more: | Trailer
SOLD OUT
6:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Eichmann Trial
Eichmanns Ende
(Eichmann's End)
German TV Docu-drama, 2010, German, directed by Raymond Ley, 90"
8:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
Intimate Grammar
6:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Eichmann Trial
The Hangman
Israel 2010, Documentary, Hebrew with English subtitles, directed by Netalie Braun, 60”
Guest: Netalie BraunRead more: | Trailer
8:00 pm | Kino Arsenal
STRANGERS NO MORE
Israel 2010, Documentary, Hebrew, English, directed and Produced by Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon, 39”
PRECIOUS LIFE
Israel 2010, Documentary, Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles, directed by Shlomi Eldar, 86"
Read more: | Trailer

