The ninth edition of the Jewish Film Festival, titled Family in Focus, opens on October 14 with the Dutch premiere of the moving film adaptation of the bestseller 'Her Name Was Sarah' by author Tatiana de Rosnay. The author will be in attendance.

From October 14 to 17, 2010, films by Jewish filmmakers and/or films with a Jewish theme will be screened at Pathe Tuschinski. The festival will be opened by Jac. Goderie.

The Jewish Film Festival offers a unique opportunity to see films that have often not been screened in the Netherlands before and that provide a colorful picture of Jewish family life in all its aspects.

'Her Name Was Sarah' tells the story of ten-year-old Sarah, who is arrested along with her parents on the night of July 16, 1942, and taken to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris, the place where thousands of Jews are gathered for deportation. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, is assigned to write an article about this raid. She searches through archives and discovers Sarah's file.

A selection of the other films being shown:
In '9 Years Later', a woman (born to a Jewish mother and a Muslim father) is followed in her persistent struggle to have her son grow up at home. The beautiful and surprising 'Everything Is Illuminated', based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer, depicts a grandson's search for his ancestors. And 'La vie devant soi', the moving film starring the unforgettable actress Simone Signoret, shows what the loss of family can lead to.

For the first time this year, the festival is being held in the country's most festive theater: Pathe Tuschinski in Amsterdam. This Jugendstil cinema, as magnificent as it is memorable, was commissioned by the Polish-Dutch Jewish Abraham Icek Tuschinski and opened its doors in 1921. During the Second World War, the cinema fell into the hands of the Nazis and was given the non-Jewish name Tivoli. Tuschinski was deported to Poland via transit camp Westerbork in 1942 and murdered in Auschwitz. Being allowed to hold the Jewish Film Festival here is nevertheless a respectful tribute.

Tickets: www.joodsfilmfestival.nl and www.pathe.nl/jff

Location
Reguliersbreestraat 26-34, Amsterdam



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