HJFF: An Evening of Comedies

Featuring film historian, Eric Goldman, providing introductions and
context to each short, along with a stand-up comedian.YidLife Crisis: Anticementish
Directed by Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman
Canada, 2019, 7 minutes
Language
Yiddish with English subtitles
Genre
Comedy

While revisiting their childhood suburban landscape, Chaimie & Leizer are thrust into lively debate coming from both left and right sides of the cheese bagel.

Jerome’s Bouquet
Directed by Chris Calkins and Bebe Neuwirth
USA, 2013, 17 minutes
Language
English
Genre
Comedy

82 year-old Elena Klein, a retired New York florist, can’t stop arranging…only now it’s not flowers she’s arranging, but people’s lives.

Gefilte Fish
Directed by Shelly Kling-Yosef
Israel, 2008, 10 minutes
Language
Hebrew with English subtitles
Genre
Comedy

A story of a young woman torn between her pre-wedding family tradition to kill and prepare gefilte fish and her sympathy for the live fish swimming in her bath.

Granny Knows Best
Directed by Stephan Nielsen
UK, 2017, 7 minutes
Language
English
Genre
Comedy

Tinder-obsessed Stephan Nielsen meets with his 92-year-old grandmother and her boyfriend to discuss love, sex and loyalty.

YidLife Crisis: The Double Date
Directed by Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman
Canada, 2019, 7 minutes
Language
Yiddish with English subtitles
Genre
Comedy

A blind date for Leizer with the perfect woman turns into a battle of nebbish proportions.

Underwritten by Mitzi Shure & Jerry Wische 

Community Partner: AIPAC