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Sarasota News Leader March 8, 2013 Page 102 JEWISH FEDERATION TO HOLD ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL To commemorate the 65th anniversary of the modern state of Israel, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee has selected six new, award-winning films for its 2013 Israel Film Festival, the Federation has announced. The festival, presented in partnership with the Sarasota Film Festival, is scheduled for March 17-21 at various venues in Sarasota and Manatee counties, a news release says. Showings will be followed by discussions with the audiences. The films were chosen by Roz Goldberg, chairwoman of the festival, and her committee, in consultation with Yitzi Zablocki, director of the Israel Film Center in New York City, the release notes. "Festival attendees will experience an outstanding roster of films about Israel: its people, its aspirations, its triumphs and its challenges," says Goldberg in the release, adding that the festival will also host special guests to participate in post-film discussions. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea will be shown March 18 and March 19. Contributed art "Orchestra is an exciting documentary about the remarkable musician whose prescient efforts brought the Israel Philharmonic into being," says Goldberg in the release, noting that local philanthropist Gerry Daniel, who was in Tel Aviv in 1936 for the first performance of what was then the Palestine Philharmonic, will join the post-film discussion on March 20. "Although all of the films are about Israel this year, they could not be more different," notes Goldberg in the release. "One film transports the audience to 1936 Tel Aviv; another, to … Tel Aviv of today; and a third, to kibbutzim established nearly 100 years ago. Another film remembers the drama of the miraculous Entebbe hostage rescue, and a fifth offers a glimpse into the hopeful interaction between Tickets are $7 per film. A six-film festival pass … Israeli and Palestinian teenagers," she conis $36, while a $50 patron pass offers reserved tinues. seating to all six films. Tickets may be purJosh Aronson, the director, screenwriter, and chased online at www.jfedsrq.org/events.aspx producer of Orchestra of Exiles, the festi- or by calling 552-6304. val's opening night film, will be present for the screening on March 17 on the Federation For more information about The Jewish Fedcampus and a second screening on March 20 eration of Sarasota-Manatee, call 371-4546 or visit www.jfedsrq.org. at Temple Beth Israel.