Event

Opening Day DOUBLE Feature

Attend BOTH 2017 JFF Opening Day Films and SAVE!!

ON THE MAP
4:00
Israel
English/Hebrew with English Subtitles
Director: Dani Menkin
Documentary: 85 Minutes

Miracle on Hardwood After beating a dynamic Soviet basketball team, Israeli team captain, Tal Brody, exclaimed in American-accented Hebrew, We are on the Map, we are staying on the Map, not only in sports, but in everything. That phrase and the Maccabi Tel Aviv team, a combination of NBA also-rans and Israeli players, rallied a nation in its David-and-Goliath pursuit of the 1977 European Championship. Featuring interviews with the athletes who made history, here is the pulse-pounding action of a high-stakes game combined with an incendiary political situation.

FANNYS JOURNEY
7:00pm
Belgium
French with English Subtitles
Director: Lola Doillon
DocuDrama: 94 Minutes

Suspenseful, compelling, moving1943. Here is the true story of exceptional bravery and survival against overwhelming odds. As war is raging in Europe, 13-year-old Fanny and her two younger sisters are sent by their parents to a foster home for Jewish children in the French countryside. As the Germans advance, Fanny unexpectedly finds herself in charge of a group of 11 young children. Now she must do the impossible and lead her little group to the Swiss border in order to save all their lives.