Winner, San Francisco Film Critics Jury Prize and Audience Award at Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Set in a small Kurdish village in northeastern Syria in the 1980s, and inspired by his personal story, director Mano Khalil’s stunning film focuses on six-year-old Sero, whose vivid recollections transport us to a beautiful world full of pain. Sero’s carefree childhood ends on the first day of school, when the dogmatic teacher forbids students from speaking Kurdish and teaches that Jews are the enemy, a concept at odds with the boy’s warm relationship with his neighbors. As the story is told through Sero’s eyes, the teacher’s attempts at indoctrination often seem more absurd than dangerous and give the film a gentle, satiric edge.
Neighbours
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This series is sponsored by:
John and Linda Ehrlich
Susan Katz and Seth Truwit
George and Judy Marchese
Roberta and Joseph Rosenblum
Elisabeth and Gary Schonfeld
Anonymous
Nadia and Bob Bernstein
Bonnie Gale
Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP
AJC Westchester/Fairfield receives generous support from the following donors which helps to make this sponsorship possible:
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Stephne and Kerrin Behrend
Froma and Andrew Benerofe
Dorian Goldman and Marvin Israelow
Katja Goldman and Michael Sonnenfeldt
Susan and Dr. Elliott Rose
Harriet and Leonard Schleifer
Elisabeth and Gary Schonfeld
Patrons
Susan and Mark Alcott
Bet Torah
Gail A. Binderman
Paula Blumenfeld and Joseph Gantz
George Bruckman
Nina Freedman and Michael Rosenbaum
Debra and Jeffrey Geller
Ruth S. Greer
Lynn and Jules Kroll
Denise and David Levine
The Leroy Family
Amy and Frank Linde
Cheryl Brandes Pine and Lloyd Pine
Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, Inc.
Yvonne and Leslie Pollack Foundation, Inc.
Heidi and Richard Rieger
Judy and Steven Rieger
Evelyn and Brian Rosen
Beverly and Michael Rosenbaum
Linda and Dr. Norton Rosensweig
Deborah and Stephen Schwartz
Susan and Joel Schwartz
Janice and Ira Starr
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Neighbours
Tickets: $12 (members), $17 (nonmembers)
“A cinematically stunning, deeply unsettling film that is at once brutal and satiric, and at moments even magical"
This film is part of the Jewish Film Festival 2022 series.
This series is sponsored by:
John and Linda Ehrlich
Susan Katz and Seth Truwit
George and Judy Marchese
Roberta and Joseph Rosenblum
Elisabeth and Gary Schonfeld
Anonymous
Nadia and Bob Bernstein
Bonnie Gale
Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP
AJC Westchester/Fairfield receives generous support from the following donors which helps to make this sponsorship possible:
Sponsors
Anonymous
Stephne and Kerrin Behrend
Froma and Andrew Benerofe
Dorian Goldman and Marvin Israelow
Katja Goldman and Michael Sonnenfeldt
Susan and Dr. Elliott Rose
Harriet and Leonard Schleifer
Elisabeth and Gary Schonfeld
Patrons
Susan and Mark Alcott
Bet Torah
Gail A. Binderman
Paula Blumenfeld and Joseph Gantz
George Bruckman
Nina Freedman and Michael Rosenbaum
Debra and Jeffrey Geller
Ruth S. Greer
Lynn and Jules Kroll
Denise and David Levine
The Leroy Family
Amy and Frank Linde
Cheryl Brandes Pine and Lloyd Pine
Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, Inc.
Yvonne and Leslie Pollack Foundation, Inc.
Heidi and Richard Rieger
Judy and Steven Rieger
Evelyn and Brian Rosen
Beverly and Michael Rosenbaum
Linda and Dr. Norton Rosensweig
Deborah and Stephen Schwartz
Susan and Joel Schwartz
Janice and Ira Starr
With support from:
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