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Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival New Filmmakers Weekend

Sat., May 1-Mon., May 3, $5-$12, The Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, pjff.org


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Published: Apr 28, 2010

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The New Filmmakers Weekend rounds out the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival and marks the largest collection of films in PJFF's history. HAG: The Story of the Hasidic Actors' Guild uses mock interviews and staged scenes to document director Yisrael Lifschutz's real-life experiences as a consultant to films with Hasidic characters. Philly resident Nicole Opper's documentary Off and Running, which won the jury prize for best documentary at last year's QFest and was a finalist for audience favorite at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, follows Avery (pictured), a black teenage adoptee of two Jewish lesbians as she begins exploring her black roots. In Yoram Sachs' Nymphs in the Mist, a guy nursing a recent heartbreak decides to make a film about the experience, hoping to meet some hot Tel Aviv babes in the process. The directors of all eight films will be on hand to talk about their work.

Sat., May 1-Mon., May 3, $5-$12, The Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, pjff.org