This march, forget Netflix! The best movie picks will be on the big screen
Film buffs, start your engines and clear your March calendars for the Jewish Federation-supported Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia. For 24 years, the Israeli Film Festival has provided a window for Greater Philadelphians into the nuances of Israeli life and culture. This year, the annual showcase of the best in Israeli films brings you 14 movies worth talking about, including action-packed thrillers, eye-opening documentaries, touching dramas and tender love stories. Highlights include:
- “Incitement”: Opening weekend kicks off with this award-winner chronicling the life of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin. A New York Times Critics’ Pick, this tense historical drama depicts how a man can come to believe that murder is justifiable.
- “Chained”: The second film in director Yaron Shani’s “Love Trilogy,” this award-winning drama centers around a policeman’s struggle to impose order on the outside world while also keeping his loved ones from pulling away.
- “Love in Suspenders”: A lighthearted rom-com about widowed “late-in-lifers” finding out that a world of possibility still awaits them.
The Israeli Film Festival runs March 7-29, 2020, with screenings and actor/director talkbacks at locations throughout Philadelphia. For the full schedule and to buy tickets, click here.