Houston Jewish Film Festival: Friday Night Lights

Friday, March 28 | 7:00 PM | Maggiano’s Little Italy | 2019 Post Oak Blvd 
Experience Shabbat in a sophisticated setting featuring a three-course dinner, paired with two short films.

Sponsored in memory of Susan Farb Morris

Advanced registration required 

In The Garden of Tulips 
Drama | Directed by Julia Elihu | 2023 | USA | Persian with English subtitles | 14 minutes

Persian-Jewish teenager Caroline takes a final car ride with her father through the Iranian countryside before she is smuggled out of the country.

The Last Cowboy in Salford  
Drama | Directed by Jake Lancaster 2023 | UK | English | 14 minutes

Jewish teenager Jonny Richman is convinced he is a real modern-day cowboy, much to his parent’s frustration. A darkly comic neo-Western set in Manchester, England.

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