Join Shir Hadash at the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema! This year, we are going to see three short films at 5:30 on Sunday, November 1:

● “Aya”: Directors: Oded Binnun and Mihal Breziz. With Sarah Adler and Ulrich Thomson. What if you were waiting for someone at the airport, and instead picked up a stranger? Funny, charming and bubbling below the surface with the excitement that comes of unexpected possibilities.
● “Dear God”: Directors: Guy Nativ (Magic Men) and Erez Tadmor (A Matter of Size). With Reymonde Amsallem and Lior Ashkenazi. In this sweet, romantic homage to Jerusalem and to love, a security guard at the Western Wall watches a beautiful woman leaving notes between the stones. Taking the idea of doing God’s work to heart, he decides to read her notes and fulfill her wishes
● “Welcome and Our Condolences”: Leon Prudovsky. With Ola Schur Selectar and Irit Kaplan. It’s 1991 in this hilariously clever mocumentary. Twelve-year-old Misha and his family are part of a massive Jewish immigration from the USSR to Israel, and he’s filming the whole thing—including the bureaucratic nightmare that unfolds when his great aunt dies right before they deplane.
 

After the film, we are splitting the check at Stir Crazy at Northbrook Court  at 7 p.m. for dinner, drinks, and/or dessert–your choice. It will be a great chance to eat and discuss the short films.
 

We have a block of 20 tickets reserved; please sign up through the Shir Hadash website. Tickets are $12 a person. Last year's tickets went very quickly so be sure to sign up soon! TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT, BUT YOU CAN STILL PURCHASE THEM AT WWW.ISRAELIFILMCHI.ORG. RSVP FOR DESSERT TO REBECCA RICE AT r.rice1@comcast.net