The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education is proud to present the 2024 Portland Jewish Film Festival.
The Artist’s Daughter : Long estranged from her father, an esteemed Israeli painter, the filmmaker visits an exhibition of his most stirring and revealing self-portraits in Tel Aviv. Hoping that the exhibition will deepen her understanding of him as a person and as an artist—and that it will serve as the catalyst that reignites the connection between them—she endeavors to capture it all on film. As she unearths a lifetime of her feelings of neglect through unguarded conversations with other members of her family, she begins to understand just how much his absence has eroded her sense of self. And though her father’s love eludes her, she remains masterfully determined to make meaning out of the void. With a stunning plot twist at the end, The Artist’s Daughter paints a bewildering, surprising portrait of a relationship that can only exist in cinema.
Mom & Judy : This is the world premier for local filmmaker Michael Turner’s short film Mom & Judy. The film follows two women traveling in Israel as they talk about memory, aging, and health with light-hearted Jewish humor. Michael Turner recently premiered his award-winning documentary Monument in Portland.
The Artist’s Daughter is 1 hour in length and the short Mom & Judy is 8 minutes in length. The screening will be followed by a brief talk back program.
Tuesday, January 9: Remembering Gene Wilder
Wednesday, January 10: Vishniac
Thursday, January 11: The Artist’s Daughter and Mom & Judy
Saturday, January 13: Nathanism and The Anne Frank Gift Shop
Sunday, January 14: Irena’s Vow
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit ojmche.org