We are pleased to bring you the Best of the Fest from this season’s San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
About Return From the Other Planet:
A few months after his release from Auschwitz and still in his striped jacket, Yechiel De-Nur sat down and started writing. After two weeks, he was reborn as Ka-Tzetnik, or “the man from the camps.” While the books that he wrote were translated into 32 languages and sold millions, the author himself hid behind the pseudonym. It wasn’t until the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961 that his true identity was revealed during his revelatory testimony where he described Auschwitz as “the other planet:” a place outside of human judgment. Years later, undergoing an experimental LSD treatment for trauma, he revisits his experience, imagining himself as an SS officer, and that changes everything. In this affecting documentary, the life of the mysterious and elusive author and his views on human behavior are examined in depth.
Looking for dinner and a movie?
Join us at 5:30 for an optional dinner, themed to each movie. For this film, we will be serving up a classic Israeli style meal. Please select the dinner and a movie option at checkout.
Every ticket comes with free concessions!
Next Film:
• Thursday, March 6th: All About the Lovkoviches
In this heartwarming and sinking comedy, Tamás, an aging boxing coach’s, beloved wife, Zsuzsa dies unexpectedly, he begrungingly agrees to sit Shiva with his estranged son, as long as he brings his grandson, Ariel with him. The film takes us on the journey of wacky and heartbreaking family dynanics.
ABOUT THE SF JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL:
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the first and largest Jewish film festival in the world. Presenting innovative film each summer in the Bay Area, the festival promotes awareness, appreciation and pride in the diversity of the Jewish people. Festival programs are meant to create community and strengthen consciousness of Jewish identity, history and culture; provide a dynamic and inclusive forum for exploration of and dialogue about the Jewish experience; and encourage independent filmmakers working with Jewish themes.
The Jewish Film Institute (JFI) is the premier curatorial voice for Jewish film and media around the world. Founded in 1980 as the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF), the world’s first and most revered event for independent, Jewish-themed storytelling, JFI’s programs illuminate the full diversity of Jewish experiences.