8th Annual CineFest
The Third Half
Baltimore Premiere
Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 7:30pm
Macedonia/Czech 2012; Drama; Director: Darko Mitrevski
Language: Macedonian with English subtitles, 113 min.
This is the World War II story of the Macedonia Football Club and their German-Jewish coach Rudolph Spitz. Determined to build the best football club in the country, Dimitry, the club’s manager, hires the German coach, Rudolph Spitz, to galvanize his ragtag team. When the first Nazi tanks roll through the city, Dimitry has to choose between his love for his team and his loyalty to the New Order.
Harbour of Hope
Maryland Premiere
Sunday, November 2, 2014, 3:00pm
Sweden/Poland 2011; Documentary; Director: Mangus Gertten
Language: Swedish with English subtitles, 76 min.
Harbour of Hope is a heartbreaking but life-affirming documentary about the beyond belief life stories of three Holocaust survivors. In 1945, Irene, Ewa and Joe were among the nearly 30,000 survivors that were rescued from German concentration camps and sent to the peaceful harbor town of Malmö, Sweden. Here they started life again.
Last Dance
Maryland Premiere
Thursday, November 6, 2014, 7:30pm
Australia 2012; Drama; Director: David Pulbrook
Language: English, 90 min.
When Holocaust survivor Ulah Lippmann (Julia Blake) hears of a terrorist attack in her Melbourne neighborhood, she has no idea she’ll soon find herself held hostage by a Muslim radical on the run after the bombing. Desperately wounded, Sadiq Mohammed sees Ulah’s flat as a place to hide while he plans his next move. And so begins a terrifying ordeal that will force Ulah and Sadiq to confront their own pasts.
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