Kolkata International Short and Documentary Film FestivalShort film makers’ association of Eastern India and Nandan present Kolkata International Short and Documentary Film Festival. This festival will be held from 24th to 28th May 2015 from 02:00PM to 08:30PM.
As part of the festival, 7 films made by students of the famous Israeli film school Ma'aleh will be screened.
The Ma'aleh School of Television, Film & the Arts is situated in the heart of Jerusalem. It is the only film school in the world devoted to exploring the intersection of Judaism and modern life. Ma'aleh films are screened regularly at film festivals world-wide and consistently win top awards.
LIST OF THE FILMS
1. A VISIT TO MY PARENTS, 2014, documentary
2. A WALLED GARDEN, 15’, 2013, documentary
3. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN, 25’, 2013, documentary
4. The Strength to Tell, documentary
5. Union Street, documentary
6. WHITE MIST, 14’, 2013, documentary
7. YOUR SWEET LIGHT, 43’, 2013, documentary
A VISIT TO MY PARENTS
2014 Documentary
Subtitles in
English
An evil spirit descends on my small, warm family. My father became a religious Jew. My mother converted to Christianity. My sister is married to a non-Jew and my father rejects her and the family.
I fled from the horror and came to Israel.
After my divorce, I decided to deal with my traumatic past, to return to Russia, to mend the shattered pieces of my family. Will I succeed in recovering a belief in love?
Behind the Scenes:
A WALLED GARDEN
2013 Documentary
15 min.
Subtitles in
English
Efrat, a religious woman who grew up in the secular world, is married to a young rabbi and raising three small daughters. Curiosity draws her to the walled garden of the St. Clare monastery in Jerusalem, where befriends a number of the nuns there and tries to get a sense of the women they are under their severe black and white dress, their faith and their life's mission.
Then, a dramatic and unforeseen event changes Efrat's life irreversibly. After a year of absence she returns to the monastery, hungry for the spiritual calm she sought there in the first place.
A gentle story of women reaching out to one another across an almost unbridgeable gap of age, history, culture and religion.
Screenings & Prizes
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Summer 2015
Behind the Scenes:
I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN
2013 Documentary
25 min.
Subtitles in
English
Grandma Rebecca is forced to leave her home and memories and move in with her children and grandchildren.
The separation from her home and her life is unbearably hard.
Her family guides her with love and sensitivity to a new future that also has room for her memories.
Behind the Scenes:
WHITE MIST
2013 Documentary
14 min.
Subtitles in
English
Screenings & Prizes
Awards
Second prize for Best Short Film at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, California, 2015
Fifth place CILECT competition, 2014
Festivals
Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, 2015
San Diego Jewish Film Festival, California, 2015
Miami Jewish Film Festival, 2015
YOUR SWEET LIGHT
2013 Documentary
43 min.
Subtitles in
English
A young couple from Tekoa establishes a Jewish home in India for backpackers. The camera follows the dramatic turns in their relationship that result their work. It is an intense film about ideology and family unity.
Screenings & Prizes
Best Documentary , Ma'ale Graduate Ceremony 2013