Film Festival: 999: The Forgotten Girls

Amherst Dipson Theater 3500 Main Street, Buffalo

(Documentary) U.S. 2024 86 min. R Directors: Heather Dune Macadam, Beatriz Calleja 999: The Forgotten Girls of the Holocaust reveals the untold story of 999 unmarried, young Slovak Jewish women initially registered for government service in a purported shoe factory, only to be tragically sent to Auschwitz. Who were these young women? Why were they chosen? How did a handful survive over three years in the death camps? Survivors reveal the truth of this almost completely ignored piece of women's history, the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Film Festival: Torah Tropical

Amherst Dipson Theater 3500 Main Street, Buffalo

(Documentary) Columbia 2024 100 min. NR Spanish/Hebrew Director: Gloria Nancy Monsalve This insightful documentary follows an Orthodox Jewish family’s difficult quest to leave Colombia, a country where Jews are rare, and immigrate to Israel to make aliyah. Featuring stunning visuals of a mikvah ceremony and unexpected moments of humor, this documentary takes viewers inside one family’s harrowing life path. Ultimately, this immigration story is about personal growth and spiritual resilience. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Film Festival: The Glory Of Life

Amherst Dipson Theater 3500 Main Street, Buffalo

(Drama/Romance) Austria, Germany 2024 98 min. PG German Directors: Judith Kaufmann, Georg Maas It’s 1923 and while Franz Kafka doesn’t know it yet, it’s nearly his last year on earth. His struggle with tuberculosis has led him to a convalescent care facility on the Baltic Coast and serendipitously to Dora Diamant. A worldly and wise writer, she is working in a Jewish community nearby when their paths cross, and their great love story takes off. Through the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka’s life becomes his happiest. Beautifully filmed in Berlin and the Baltic. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Film Festival: Between The Temples

Amherst Dipson Theater 3500 Main Street, Buffalo

(Comedy)   U.S.  2024  111 min.     R Director:  Nathan Silver Ben (Jason Schwartzman) is a forty-something cantor losing his voice and possibly his faith. Struggling to meet the expectations of his rabbi, congregation, and not one but two Jewish mothers, Ben finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as an adult bat mitzvah student. A warm and anxious comedy that explores the complexities of belief, connection, and what it means to be a real mensch. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS