Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Torn

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA / English / 75 minutes After the October 7 attacks, artists Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid launched the “Kidnapped from Israel” grassroots poster campaign in NY to raise awareness about the hostages taken by Hamas. Torn explores the motivations of activists putting up and tearing down the posters, revealing the complexities of ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Colleyville

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA / English / 80 minutes On January 15, 2022, an ordinary Shabbat morning at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, turned into a harrowing hostage crisis involving Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others. Colleyville is a gripping real-life drama showcasing the resilience of the hostages and community while highlighting the complexities of ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: The Ancient Law-Silent Film with Live Klezmer Music

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Silent Film/Drama / Germany / German with English subtitles / 128 minutes This beautifully restored 1923 silent masterpiece tells the poignant story of a rabbi’s son who leaves his Polish shtetl to pursue acting in Vienna. The film is accompanied by a live musical score composed and performed by klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and silent ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Matchmaking 2

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Romantic Comedy / Israel / Hebrew with English Subtitles / 110 minutes Israel’s biggest box office hit of the year, Matchmaking 2 , is the feel- good, long-awaited sequel to the beloved 2022 rom-com starring some of Israel’s brightest young talents. This tender, side-splitting celebration of clashing traditions and big-hearted characters follows a love-struck bachelor ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: For the Living

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA /English / 117 minutes In 1945, 10-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski made a 60-mile journey by foot from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Krakow in search of his family. Decades later, 250 cyclists retrace his path in a mission called Ride for the Living. This powerful documentary draws parallels between his experience and the cyclists’ ...

Theater Kid featuring Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Seller in conversation with Douglas Sills

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Seller in conversation with Tony Award-nominee Douglas Sills (Broadway's The Scarlet Pimpernel and HBO's The Gilded Age) A coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our time, Jeffrey Seller, one of the masterminds behind the Tony Award-winning musicals Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights , and Hamilton. _Theater ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Shari & Lamb Chop – Dementia Friendly Showing

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA / English / 92 minutes Before Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, there was Shari Lewis and her beloved puppets including Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, and Charlie Horse. This heartwarming bio-doc blends archival footage, TV clips, and interviews, celebrating Shari Lewis’s visionary spirit and offering a nostalgic journey that reconnects us with our ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Shari & Lamb Chop

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA / English / 92 minutes Before Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, there was Shari Lewis and her beloved puppets including Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, and Charlie Horse. This heartwarming bio-doc blends archival footage, TV clips, and interviews, celebrating Shari Lewis’s visionary spirit and offering a nostalgic journey that reconnects us with our ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: The Ring

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Drama / Israel, Hungary / Hebrew and Hungarian with English subtitles / 120 minutes Arnon Noble, a devout man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor, embarks on a journey to Hungary with his estranged daughter to seek a legendary ring that once saved her life. Written by and starring Ophir Award-winning ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Bad Shabbos with Comedy Short Sauna Dreams

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Comedy / USA / English / 84 minutes David and his fiancée Meg attend a Shabbat dinner at his mother’s house to introduce her Catholic parents to his Jewish family. When a turn of events leads to a frantic cover-up, the evening spirals into darkly comedic chaos. Uproariously funny with a cast featuring Emmy-winner Kyra ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Midas Man

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Biopic / UK / English / 112 minutes Witness the rise of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who catapulted The Beatles from a scrappy Liverpool band into global rock legends. The film details Epstein’s belief in The Beatles and the sacrifices he made to help them achieve fame. Midas Man features a star-making turn by ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Technion 10 Squared

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / Israel / English and Hebrew with English subtitles / 77 minutes The story of this institution's hundred years on Mount Carmel provides a fascinating prism through which to describe the history of the State of Israel. Panel discussion with special guest speaker Prof. Peretz Lavie, Past President, Technion, Haifa, Israel. Presented by ...