Virtual Passover Film Festival

We’re proud to partner with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan to bring a Passover Film Festival to your homes April 14-24! For ten nights, watch engaging movies across a variety of topics and genres that welcome everyone to add a new dimension to their Passover celebrations.

Choose from any of the eight films or watch them all! When purchasing the tickets, use the discount code cq2022 for 20% off for the Commonpoint Queens community.

Films include:

Leaving Paradise – Cleo fulfilled his dream: to leave the big city with his wife and fifteen children, to establish a family commune on a farm in Brazil. Exploring their family-roots leads the children to discover their surprising heritage, which undermines the existence of the communal paradise. Click here to watch a conversation with the filmmaker.

My Hero Brother – A group of remarkable young people with Down syndrome embark on a demanding trek through the Indian Himalayas, accompanied by their siblings. Click here to watch a conversation with the filmmaker.

Rabenu (Our Rabbi) – I’m a Wonder Man – In a special and surprising cinematic language, Rabenu – I’m a Wonder Man, delves into the biggest spiritual movement in Judaism today, and brings the magic of one of Judaism’s most mysterious Hassidic rabbis, Rebbe Nachman of Breslow, to the screen. Click here to watch a conversation with the filmmaker.

Redemption – Menachem, a former frontman for a rock band, is now religious, and a father to a six-year-old. When his daughter is diagnosed with cancer, he must find a creative solution to fund the expensive treatments. He reunites his band for one last tour. Click here to watch a conversation with the filmmaker.

Shadow in Bagdad – A young Iraqi journalist sets out to write about Linda Abdul Aziz, who escaped to Israel in the early 70’s and whose father, a prominent lawyer, had been kidnapped in Baghdad. Click here to watch a conversation with the filmmaker.

The Other Story – Two rebellious young women – one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and spiritual freedom – cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences. Click here to watch a conversation with the filmmaker.

There Are No Lions in Tel Aviv – The story of the chief Rabbi of Copenhagen’s Jewish community, who would come to be known as Rabbi Doolittle. Click here to watch a conversation with the filmmaker.

Yerusalem, The Incredible Story of European Jewry – Yerusalem, a new feature documentary (based on the Israeli documentary series) brings to life the story of a long, dramatic and tumultuous journey as the Jewish Ethiopian community, also known as “Beta-Israel”, finally find their way back to the heart of the Jewish people after centuries – Jerusalem. Click here to watch a conversation with the filmmaker.

For more information, contact Sivan Ben-Aderet at [email protected].