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THURSDAY NOVEMBER
20 at 8 - 11PM
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Closing
Night Gala in the Sky
Cafe
Sponsored by the Kim Schultze
of Coldwell Banker and V2
Vodka
The reception is free with a movie
admission to The Secrets or Whirlwind
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER
20 at 7:30 PM
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Night Film –
The Secrets
(Avi Nesher,
Israel/France, 2007, 120 min)
 An intense and complex friendship between two young women studying at a women’s
religious seminary in Safed, the birthplace of Kabbala. Naomi (Ania
Bukstein), a brilliant pious girl whose father is a powerful ultra-orthodox
rabbi, finds herself in a crisis when her mother dies and decides to postpone
her arranged marriage to her father’s prodigy, Michael. Naomi heads for
Safed out of her devotion to religious study. The seminary is presided over by
a stern seminary mistress, who desperately wants to further the cause of women’s
education and equality. At first, Naomi and Michelle (Michal Shtamler),
whose wealthy family has sent her to Safed in hopes that she will become more
devout, dislike each other profoundly, but they begin to bond after Michelle
develops an obsessive interest in Anouk (Fanny Ardant),
a beautiful, mysterious older woman living nearby. Anouk is ill, may or may not
be Jewish, and may have committed a crime of passion, all of which make her a
romantic figure to the two girls. Based on her understanding of kabbalah, Naomi
devises a series of ‘tikunim’ or rituals, which will somehow ‘purify’ Anouk
and purge her of her sins. Anouk enthusiastically participates in these rituals,
which stretch the borders of normative Jewish law and so must be kept secret
from the seminary mistress. Eventually this journey into the forbidden also leads
to a growing attraction between the two girls. Naomi sees their attraction as
a way for her to break free from her family, while Michelle, who has enjoyed
less stability in her life, is torn between her love for her friend and an attraction
to the happy-go-lucky Yankele, a klezmer musician she meets by chance. Winner
of Best Feature at Jackson Hole Film Festival
Official
website
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Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during theater hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006. No refunds.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER
20 at 9:30PM
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In Person: Filmmakers Richard LeMay
and Jason Brown
 Whirlwind
(Richard
LeMay, USA, 2008, 99 min)
Set in New York City, the story centers on
a tight knit group of gay men. At first they
appear to have it all - they are funny, good
looking and successful. But soon a handsome
stranger enters into their group and everything
changes. Drake is young, hot and charming,
but he has ulterior motives. What starts
with Drake adding excitement to the routine
of this circle of friends quickly begins
to spiral out of control. Both touching and
funny, this story follows the wake on one
person's deliberate attempt to destroy the
relationship of five men; all the while letting
his own friendships unravel around him. From
director Richard Lemay (200 American)
and written by Emmy Award winning writer
Jason Brown and starring some of the most
talented actors in New York, A surprisingly
subtle and honest depiction of thirty something
gay men and the crossroads they must face. Winner
of Best Feature Award at Atlanta Out on Film
Festival
Official
website | Watch
trailer
 Preceded by Laundromat (Edward
Gunawan & David Maurice Gil, USA, 2007,
12 min)
A romantic drama-edy that follows a young
gay couple, which after a chance encounter
with an older man, realize that the little
things mean nothing and everything when it
comes to love.
Official
website
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Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during theater hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006. No refunds.
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