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Gilad Goldschmidt
Gilad Goldschmidt was born in Israel in 1967. He is married and the father of 5. Gilad studied for 8 years at Merkaz Harav and Har Etzyon Yeshiva. In 1998, he graduated from the Ma'ale School of Television, Film, and the Arts. Since 1995, he has been a director and producer of films and advertisements for the Israeli Government Advertising Department. He is also a screenplay consultant and editor for TV series for Israeli Channel 2 and an independent filmmaker. Among his works are: “A Green Chariot,” “Living with Death,” “Im Shahar,” “Roads to Peace,” “Purim” and “Ido.”
Film: "Purim"
Jewish Law and Religious Experience
- Friday 10:10AM–11:25AM Festival Room
Oded is an Israeli yeshiva student whose firm commitment to Halakhah (Jewish law) lacks an emotional foundation. When he meets Ruthie, he finds himself challenged by an approach that focuses more on personal relevance and less on technical details. This screening will be followed by a discussion with the director.
Films: “A Shabbos Mother” and “Addes”
Shabbat Shorts
- Friday 1:20PM–2:35PM Festival Room
In “A Shabbos Mother,” three sisters from a religious family, but with different attitudes towards Jewish womanhood and motherhood, gather at their mother’s house for an intense Shabbat together.
“Addes” is a documentary about a Sephardic synagogue in Jerusalem as it turns a century old. Plans for the upcoming celebration ignite a conflict over old and new, identity and memory, and the living and the dead. **Please note, this film contains a brief vivid scene in a kosher slaughterhouse.
Following the films, Gili Goldschmidt will talk about the Ma'ale religious film school in Jerusalem.
Film: “A Green Chariot”
What Makes a Jew?
- Sunday 10:45PM–12:00AM Tower Board Room
Yair is a 22-year old Russian immigrant who has completely integrated with religious Israeli society – until he receives a package, one day, that changes everything. When among with his late mother's possessions, he discovers a necklace with a golden cross, his long-held assumptions are shaken to their core. This screening will be followed by a discussion with the director.
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