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Japan, Japan at Frameline
 
Japan Japan admirably crams more male nudity and cinema theory into its first sixty seconds than any film in Frameline history. But it is more than just porn and philosophy; Japan Japan is a very modern coming-ofage story with universal appeal. It is a film about growing up and moving on, and it takes place within that familiar moment between youth and adulthood when lots of nothing happens, and you spend too much time waiting for the phone to ring and change your world. Imri, a young, handsome ex-soldier from the Israeli countryside, now lives in Tel Aviv with plans to move to Japan. In a lackadaisical purgatory, he hangs out with his roommate, does a poor job at work and looks for love and sex often unsure of the difference.
Like many guys in their early twenties, Imri is dealing with adult challenges while behaving in a juvenile manner, just waiting for that defining event that will make him a man. With a playful, improvised style and constantly changing genres much like its slacker hero. Japan Japan is at times a documentary, a music video, a porn film, a travelogue and even a trailer for itself. Yet the world of Japan Japan's Tel Aviv is so familiar that it could be right here in San Francisco.
Co-presented by Jewish Community Center of the East Bay
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Tuesday, June 24, 9:30 PM
Castro Theatre |
National Queer Arts Festival
This year's Festival theme, Fringes, Margins & Borders, explores how queer artists fight against being marginalized by their own communities within and outside of the Queer community and battle to take center stage while still retaining an edgy queer identity. Topics tackled range from illness & disability, immigration & migration, ethnicity, the prison system, mixed-race issues & trans inclusion. The programs are intense, thoughtful, moving and sometimes hilarious. This year’s NQAF features over seventy-five new performances, exhibits, readings and cabaret programs.
Co-presented by Jewish Community Center of the East Bay
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To See if I'm Smiling and Facing the Wind
at the SF Jewish Film Festival
Two compelling documentaries capturing Israel’s complex reality. To See If I’m Smiling tells the powerful stories of six Israeli women soldiers who did their army service in combat units in the occupied territories. Facing the Wind is the story of 13-year-old Oran, who lost his eyesight and five members of his family in a terrorist attack. Despite his blindness, Oran is going to make his dream come true and keep on sailing.
Co-presented by Jewish Community Center of the East Bay and Jewish Voice for Peace
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PicnicFest
The Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay’s Young Leadership Division invites your organization to have an informational tent at PicnicFest 2008, on Sunday, September 7th. Join over 1,000 East Bay Jews (singles, couples, and young families) for an afternoon of music, entertainment, food, drink, fun and games. Spread the word about your organization to the East Bay Jewish community, and help us make this event one of outreach and education with your organization’s tent. In exchange for your help in publicizing PicnicFest, we offer your organization participation and visibility at PicnicFest 2008.
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