Film/Video
sat. 2-sun. 10

Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival - The 22nd presentation of award-winning features and documentaries is the second oldest, continuously running annual festival of its kind in America. The program includes a multicultural mosaic of Jewish life from Tel Aviv to Paris. The films probe the mysteries behind stolen artworks, secret codes and hidden identities. Themes ponder conflicts with historical enemies, social displacement and forbidden love. Above all, this year's films invite you to engage in the ongoing debate over Jewish identity and "What is a Jew?" Venues include Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre (639 Main St., Buffalo), Dipson Amherst Theatre (3500 Main St., Buffalo) and Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo). Titles include: "Three Mothers" (2006, Dina Zvi-Riklis), "West Bank Story" (2005, Ari Sandel), "The Tribe" (2006, Tiffany Schlain), " Paper Dolls" (2006, Tomer Heymann), "Silence" (1998, Orly Yadin and Sylvie Bringas), "Out Of Sight" (2005, Daniel Syrkin), "La Petite Jerusalem" (2005, Karin Albou), "Live And Become" (2005, Radu Mihaileanu), "Whisky" (2004, Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll), "Out Of Faith" (2006, Lisa Leeman), "The Tollbooth" (2004, Debra Kirsc hner), "It's About Time" (2001, Elona Ariel and Ayelet Menachemi), "Diameter of the Bomb" (2005, Andrew Quigley and Steven Silver), "Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School" (2005, Irena Fayngold), "Entrusted" (2004, Giacomo Battiato) and "The Rape of Europa" (2006, Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen and Nicole Newnham). Check out www.bijff.com for the schedule and venues.