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SUMMARY:11th Annual MSU Israeli Film Festival 
DESCRIPTION:
 Marc Bernstein, film festival coordinator\n
 Co-sponsored 
 by African Studies Center; Asian Studies 
 Center; Center for Gender in Global Context; 
 College of Arts and Letters; Department 
 of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and 
 African Languages; Department of Religious 
 Studies; Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities; 
 Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation; 
 Hadassah Lansing; James Madison College; 
 Lynn and Elliot Spoon; MSU Hillel Jewish Student 
 Center; Muslim Studies Program; Peace and 
 Justice Studies; and University Activities 
 Board.\n
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 Line-up for Sunday's movies:\n
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 1:00 
 pm	 "Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem" (2014), 
 directed by Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz \n
 (Drama, 
 115 minutes)\n
 A "gett" is the document 
 that, according to Jewish law, a husband--at 
 his discretion--presents to his wife in order 
 to effect their divorce. A recalcitrant husband 
 can refuse to grant a gett, thereby preventing 
 the wife from marrying another man. 
 In this powerhouse courtroom drama, Viviane is 
 desperately seeking to finalize a divorce 
 by taking her husband to the religious court, 
 but finds herself effectively put 
 on trial by her country's religious marriage 
 laws. 2015 Academy Awards--Best Foreign Language 
 Film Nominee, 2015 Golden Globe Awards nominee; 
 Official Selection Cannes Film 
 Festival 2014--Directors' Fortnight Feature Competition; 
 Winner, 2014 Israeli Film Academy 
 Award for Best Film. \n
 Discussant: Dr. Noga 
 Morag-Levine, Professor of Law & George Roumell 
 Faculty Scholar, MSU College of Law. \n
 \n
 3:30 
 pm	"Paris on the Water" (2014), directed 
 by Hadas Ayalon \n
 (Drama, 29 minutes)\n
 The story 
 of a passionate woman, Batya, formerly a 
 glamorous film star, who is forced to confront 
 her age, her husband, and the reality of her 
 life. After years of failure at landing a role, 
 she finally receives a part in a movie, 
 but something happens the morning of the audition 
 that forces her to reexamine her priorities 
 in life. Winner, Student Academy Award for 
 Best Foreign Film; Best Short Film, Israeli 
 Academy Awards; Best Up-and-Coming Director, 
 San Marino Festival. \n
 Discussant: Dr. Yore 
 Kedem, Assistant Professor of Hebrew, MSU. \n
 \n
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 4:30 pm	"Next to Her" (2014), directed by 
 Asaf Korman \n
 (Drama, 90 minutes)\n
 Twenty-seven 
 year old Chelli is raising her mentally disabled 
 sister Gabby all by herself. When the 
 social worker finds out that Chelli has 
 to leave her sister alone in the house while 
 at work, she forced her to place Gabby in a 
 day-care center. The void left by her sister's 
 absence makes room for a man in Chelli's life. 
 That man, Zohar, tears another crack in 
 the symbiotic relationship of the two sisters. 
 Israeli Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, 
 nominated for Best Film, Best Director, 
 Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best 
 Screenplay, Best Cinematography; Grand Prize, 
 Eurasian International Film Festival. \n
 Discussant: 
 Dr. Yuval Benziman, Israel Institute 
 and Serling Visiting Israeli Scholar at MSU.\n
 \n
 6:00-7:00 
 pm  	Free dinner catered by Woody's 
 for those attending the films\n
 \n
 7:00 pm	"African 
 Exodus" (2014), directed by Brad Rothschild 
 \n
 (Documentary, 71 minutes)\n
 Seeking 
 safety and asylum, some 60,000 Africans have 
 fled to Israel over the past decade. The film 
 explores how Israel, a tiny country established 
 as a haven for Jews from around the world, 
 has no adequate policy, infrastructure, or 
 political will to handle this influx of non-Jewish 
 refugees. In talks with immigration experts 
 and UN officials, as well as leaders of 
 Israeli NGOs, the film explores the different 
 approaches being taken to deal with this new 
 and unexpected wave of migration and suggests 
 solutions to head off a full-fledged humanitarian 
 crisis.\n
 Discussant: Director Brad Rothschild 
 will introduce his film and lead discussion 
 afterward. (NOTE: On Monday, October 19, 
 at 3:00 pm, Brad will take part in a panel 
 discussion on this refugee situation in Israel.)\n
 \n\n
 Price: free and open to the public\n
 Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://events.msu.edu/jewishstudies/\n
 Contact name: Jewish Studies\n
 Contact phone: (517) 432-3493\n
 Contact email: jewishst@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Wells Hall B-122
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