Shorts Program
New York Jewish Film Festival 2018
January 10 - 23, 2018
Six shorts from around the world run the gamut from documentary artist portraits to character dramas to experimental narratives.
Q&A with directors Bas Berkhout (The Story of Jon Burgerman); Margaux Fitoussi & Mo Scarpelli (El Hara); Pearl Gluck (Summer); Leonhard Hofmann (Shlomi and Mazy); and Frank Stiefel (Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405)
The Story of Jon Burgerman
Bas Berkhout, USA/UK, 2017, 6 min.
A whimsical artist explores how his family history affects his creative inspiration. World Premiere
El Becerro Pintado
David Pantaléon, Spain, 2017, 10 min
In this experimental short, the biblical story of the golden calf is transported to rural Spain. U.S. Premiere
El Hara
Margaux Fitoussi and Mo Scarpelli, Tunisia/France, 2017, 16 min
El Hara is a vivid, mesmerizing portrait of the old Jewish ghetto in Tunis. New York Premiere
Summer
Pearl Gluck, USA, 2017, 18 min
Young, Orthodox Jewish girls explore their burgeoning sexuality amidst the strict rules of their sleep-away camp. World Premiere
Shlomi and Mazy
Leonhard Hofmann, Germany 2016, 17 min
In this tender documentary portrait, an Israeli opera singer living in Berlin struggles to balance his career with his true passion: performing in drag as his alter ego, Mazy Mazeltov. U.S. Premiere
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Frank Stiefel, USA, 2016, 40 min
This warm portrait explores sculptor and visual artist Mindy Alper’s journey through extreme depression to a place of love and openness via her creative process and transformative relationship with her art teachers and therapist. New York Premiere
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