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SUMMARY:Film Fest: An Evening of Shorts
DESCRIPTION:We Have Sinned Before You\n2024 | 20 min | Israel | Hebrew\nOn Yom Kippur\, a family’s annual unplugged tradition takes an unexpected turn when a forgiveness game exposes buried secrets and long-simmering tensions\, transforming a day of atonement into a revealing and emotionally charged reckoning. \nGuygu\n2025 | 7 min | Israel | Hebrew\nGugyu is a haunting\, imaginative portrait of Guy\, an anime-loving young man kidnapped on October 7. Blending verified footage with dreamlike fantasy\, the film navigates between brutal reality and the inner world that endures in captivity. \nDays Between Rest\n2025 | 11 min | Uganda | English\, Hebrew\nThe film follows Rachel Namudosi\, a third-generation Ugandan Jew and Grammy-nominated Abayudaya singer\, as she balances family\, faith and music—sharing a resilient story of identity\, inclusion and hope within her community. \nShoah\, Bernard Orès\n2023 | 14 min | Polish\, French\, German\, Ukrainian\nDuring WWII\, in the ghetto of Przemysl\, Poland\, Bernard and two comrades hide in a bunker dug under the roadway to escape deportation. \nThe Sacred Society\n2025 | 12 min | USA | English\nEmploying a visually stunning sand animation technique\, the film recreates a tahara\, the ritual cleansing of a body before burial\, while exploring the universal questions surrounding death. Chevra Kadisha members reveal the deep spiritual meaning and comfort in this ancient practice. \nThe Client\n2023 | 17 min | Israel | Hebrew\, Arabic\nKarin\, a human rights lawyer\, unexpectedly finds herself spending her day babysitting Nasrin\, the 12-year-old daughter of her Palestinian client. This film explores themes of human connection and conflict in a brief\, poignant narrative. \nYiddish Mean Girls\n2022 | 3 min | USA | Yiddish\n“That’s so fetch!” This sharp\, playful short features off-Broadway performers from the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene putting a Jewish\, Yiddish-inflected spin on Mean Girls\, blending humor and performance to celebrate contemporary Jewish creativity and women-led storytelling. \nLiorah\n2020 | 5 min | UK | English\nThe film is a visually poetic documentary that draws us into the world of artist Liorah Tchiprout. Her art\, quietly radical\, explores themes of identity and belonging—her shelter amid a cultural landscape increasingly hostile to Jews. \nSponsored by Friends of Lisa Sheinbaum \nCommunity Partner: American Jewish Committee \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.erjcchouston.org/event/film-fest-an-evening-of-shorts/
LOCATION:Evelyn Rubenstein JCC\, 5601 S. Braeswood\, Houston\, TX\, 77096\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Jewish Life & Learning
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