Jewish Film Festival schedule

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San Francisco, Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St.

• July 24 8 p.m. “Strangers”

• July 26 11:45 a.m. “Max Minsky and Me”;

1:45 p.m. “Saved By Deportation: An Unknown Odyssey of Polish Jews” with “Der Soldat”;

4:30 p.m. “Black Over White” with “Bridge Over the Wadi” (followed by Q&A with filmmakers); 7:30 p.m. “Sixty Six”; 10 p.m. “Anvil! The Story

of Anvil”

• July 27 11:30 a.m. “Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah”; 2 p.m. “Dancing Alfonso” with “Out of Focus” (followed by Q&A with filmmakers); 4:45 p.m. “Volevo Solo Vivere” (“I Only Wanted to Live”) (followed by conversation); 7:45 p.m. “Love Comes Lately” (followed by conversation with director); 10:15 p.m. “Two Lives Plus One”

• July 28 1:30 p.m. “Three Times Divorced” with “The Film Class”; 4:30 p.m. “At Home in Utopia” with “My Olympic Summer”; 7 p.m. “Miss Universe 1929 — Lisl Goldarbeiter, a Queen in Wien” (followed by Q&A with director); 9:30 p.m. “The Secrets”

• July 29 1:15 p.m. “The Danube Exodus” with “The Maelstrom”; 4:30 p.m. “Stefan Braun” with “Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story”; 7 p.m. “Jerusalem is Proud to Present” (followed by LGBT discussion with director); 9:45 p.m. “Bil’in Habibti” (“Bilin My Love”)

• July 30 2 p.m. “Tulip Time — The Rise and Fall of the Trio Lescano” with “Every Day the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans”; 4 p.m. “To See if I’m Smiling” with “Facing the Wind”; 6:30 p.m. “Facing Windows”; 9:30 p.m. “Arab Labor” (episodes 1, 2 and 3)

• July 31 12:30 p.m. “Perlasca, an Italian Hero”; 3:15 p.m. “Praying In Her Own Voice” with “Four Questions for a Rabbi”; 6 p.m. “Tehilim”; 8:30 p.m. “Emotional Arithmetic”

JCCSF, 3200 California St.

• Aug. 2 12:30 p.m. “Operation Mural Casablanca 1961” with “Baghdad Twist”; 2:30 p.m. “A Fool’s Dream” with “Georgia My Love”; 5 p.m. “In the Family”; 7 p.m. “Tel Aviv by Girls”; 9:30 p.m. “Flipping Out”

n Aug. 3 11:30 a.m. “Spell Your Name”; 1:30 p.m. “Arab Labor” (episodes 1, 2 and 3); 4 p.m. “Arab Labor” (episodes 4, 5 and 6); 6:30 p.m. “Arab Labor” (episodes 7, 8 and 9); 9 p.m. “The Quest for the Missing Piece” with “Mom, I Didn’t Kill Your Daughter”

• Aug. 9 3:30 p.m. “The Old Stores” with “Alice and I” and “Interschriber”; 5:30 p.m. “In Treatment”; 8:45 p.m. “Stalags — Holocaust and Pornography in Israel” with “It Kinda Scares Me”

• Aug. 10 11:30 a.m. “Being Jewish in France”; 3:15 p.m. “Ashkenaz” with “In Search of the Bene Israel”; 6 p.m. “Eyes Wide Open” (followed by discussion with director) with “My Father’s Palestinian Slave”; 9:15 p.m. “A Hebrew Lesson”

Berkeley • Roda Theatre (at Berkeley Repertory Theatre) 2015 Addison St.

n Aug. 2 11:30 a.m. “Bridge Over the Wadi” with “Black Over White”; 2 p.m. “The Quest for the Missing Piece” with “Mom, I Didn’t Kill Your Daughter”; 4:15 p.m. “Bil’in Habibti” (“Bilin My Love”); 6:45 p.m. “Love Comes Lately”; 9:15 p.m. “Emotional Arithmetic”

• Aug. 3 11 a.m. “Dancing Alfonso” with “Out of Focus”; 1:15 p.m. “Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh ” with “Every Day the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans”; 4:15 p.m. “Praying In Her Own Voice” with “Four Questions for a Rabbi” (followed by panel discussion with director); 7:15 p.m. “At Home in Utopia” with “My Olympic Summer”; 9:30 p.m. “Flipping Out”

• Aug. 4 2 p.m. “Stefan Braun” with “Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story”; 4:30 p.m. “Volevo Solo Vivere” (“I Only Wanted to Live”); 7 p.m. “Facing Windows”; 9:45 p.m. “Arab Labor” (episodes 1, 4, 5)

• Aug. 5 2 p.m. “Saved By Deportation: An Unknown Odyssey of Polish” with “Der Soldat”; 4:30 p.m. “Jerusalem Is Proud to Present”; 6:30 p.m. “The Secrets”; 9 p.m. “Tel Aviv by Girls”

• Aug. 6 2:30 p.m. “The Old Stores” with “Alice and I” and “Interschriber”; 4:30 p.m. “Miss Universe 1929 — Lisl Goldarbeiter, a Queen in Wien”; 6:15 p.m. “Perlasca, an Italian Hero”; 9:30 p.m. “Stalags — Holocaust and Pornography in Israel” with “It Kinda Scares Me”

• Aug. 7 1:30 p.m. “The Maelstrom: A Family Chronicle” with “The Danube Exodus”; 4 p.m. “Three Times Divorced” with “The Film Class”; 7 p.m. “To See if I’m Smiling” with “Facing the Wind”; 9:30 p.m. “Jews in Shorts”

• Aug. 9 11:30 a.m. “Description of a Struggle” with “Description of a Memory”; 2:20 p.m. “My Father’s Palestinian Slave” with “Eyes Wide Open” (followed by discussion with director); 5:45 p.m. “In the Family”; 8:15 p.m. “Strangers”; 10:15 p.m. “Anvil! The Story of Anvil”

Palo Alto • CineArts @ Palo Alto Square, 3000 El Camino Real,

Bldg. No. 6

n Aug. 2 11:45 a.m. “A Hebrew Lesson”; 2:30 p.m. “At Home in Utopia” with “My Olympic Summer”; 4:30 p.m. “Praying In Her Own Voice” with “Four Questions for a Rabbi”; 6:45 p.m. “Strangers”; 8:45 p.m. “Two Lives Plus One”

• Aug. 3 11:30 a.m. “Miss Universe 1929 — Lisl Goldarbeiter, a Queen in Wien”; 1:15 p.m. “Three Times Divorced” with “The Film Class”; 4:15 p.m. “Volevo Solo Vivere” (“I Only Wanted to Live); 6:15 p.m. “Tehilim”; 8:45 p.m. “Tel Aviv by Girls”

• Aug. 4 1 p.m. “We Were Exodus”; 3:15 p.m. “Being Jewish in France”; 7 p.m. “Love Comes Lately”; 9 p.m. “In Treatment”

• Aug. 5 2 p.m. “Spell Your Name”; 4:15 p.m. “To See if I’m Smiling” with “Facing the Wind”; 6:45 p.m. “Emotional Arithmetic”; 9 p.m. “Black Over White” with “Bridge Over the Wadi”

• Aug. 6 2 p.m. “Operation Mural Casablanca 1961” with “Baghdad Twist”; 4 p.m. “Out of Focus” with “Dancing Alfonso”; 6:30 p.m. “Arab Labor” (episodes 1, 4 and 5); 8:45 p.m. “Jerusalem is Proud to Present”

• Aug. 7 2 p.m. “Saved by Deportation: An Unknown Odyssey of Polish Jews” with “Der Soldat”; 4:15 p.m. “In the Family”; 6:45 p.m. “Max Minsky and Me”; 9 p.m. “The Secrets”

San Rafael • Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St.

• Aug. 9 12 p.m. “Bil’in Habibti” (“Bilin My Love”);

2 p.m. “Miss Universe 1929 — Lisl Goldarbeiter, a Queen in Wien”; 4 p.m. “Bridge Over the Wadi” with “Black Over White”; 6:45 p.m. “Love Comes Lately”; 8:50 p.m. “Sixty Six”

• Aug. 10 12 p.m. “Volevo Solo Vivere” (“I Only Wanted to Live”); 2 p.m. “In the Family” (followed by panel discussion with director); 5 p.m. “Stalags — Holocaust and Pornography in Israel” with “It Kinda Scares Me”; 7:30 p.m. “Strangers”; 9:30 p.m. “Two Lives Plus One”

• Aug. 11 6:15 p.m. “Tehilim”; 8:45 p.m. “Emotional Arithmetic”

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