Film Festival Encores March 5
You can spend all day Sunday watching some of the favorite movies from the recently completed 17th festival.
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has scheduled five features and two shorts for its Day of Encores on Sunday, March 5, at the Georgia Theatre Co. Merchants Walk Cinema in East Cobb.
The day starts with “Aida’s Secrets,” the winner of the jury prize for best documentary feature, at 11 a.m.
At 12:45 p.m., the audience award winner for best short film, Oscar-nominated documentary “Joe’s Violin,” and the jury prize winner for best short film, “The Last Blintz,” are shown together.
“Fanny’s Journey,” which the jury and the festival audiences chose as the best narrative film, screens at 2:10 p.m.
Another film recognized by audiences and the jury, “The Freedom to Marry,” shows at 4:10 p.m. The documentary about the struggle to legalize same-sex marriage won the audience award for best documentary feature and the jury’s Human Rights Prize.
At 6:05 p.m., the rock music documentary “Bang! The Bert Berns Story” is being shown, and “Harmonia,” a modern Israeli retelling of the story of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, closes the day with a screening at 8:05 p.m.
Tickets are $13 for each show and are available by visiting ajff.org or by calling 678-701-6104.
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