Free Screening: New Voices, Human Views, 2/23 and 2/25

[DC Shorts]

New Voices, Human Views
Short films celebrating the human experience

The DC Shorts Film Festival and the Washington Jewish Film Festival
have collaborated to present a collection of short films celebrating
the human experience -- all created by top film students from Israel
and the United States.

The program will be shown twice: on Tuesday, February 23 at the
Washington DCJCC, and Thursday, February 25 at the U.S. Navy Memorial.
A discussion focusing on the films and their impact on the humanities
will follow the screenings.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are highly
recommended -- we will seat reserved seat holders first. Please visit
http://dcshorts.com/voices for reservations, film descriptions and
photos.

Tuesday, February 23
7:00pm - 9:00pm
The Screening Room at the Washington DCJCC
1529 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

Thursday, February 25
7:00pm - 9:00pm
U.S. Navy Memorial's Burke Theater
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

This program is generously underwritten by the Humanities Council of
Washington, DC. www.wdchumanities.org

MERDY BIRDY
Israel, 2008
Animation
1 min
Director: Nir Green
A meeting between a bird and Rodin’s “The Thinker.”

ENEMIES BY DEFAULT
Israel, 2008
Animation
1:30 mins
Director: Matan Yam
A strange fellow, attacked in the middle of the street, returns for
sweet and arrogant revenge with deadly wrong results.

THE RED TOY
Israel, 2005
12:00 mins
Director: Dani Rosenberg
Under the ever-present eye of police security cameras, a red toy makes
its way through many different hands—and lives— in East Jerusalem.

ROADS
Israel, 2007
22:00 mins
Director: Lior Geller
A young Arab boy finds a way out of the drug slums of the city of Lod
with the help of an ex-Israeli soldier looking for redemption.

WILLIAM’S CHRISTENING
USA, 2009
15 min
Director: Joshua Hume
A sleepwalking mother and her husband must make a choice when their
newborn child disappears.

THE CAPE
USA, 2009
8 minutes
Director: Iman Zawahry
Avoiding footballs, arrows, nerds and her own clumsiness, Maryam, an
American-Muslim college student, attempts to muster up the courage to
talk to a cute guy.

THE JOB
USA, 2007
3 mins
Director: Jonathan Browning
The corporate world is ruthless. Do you have what it takes to land the job?

TACO MARY
USA, 2009
12 mins
Director: Mary Novak
When atheist Rob sees the Virgin Mary in his taco, he must confront an
inner struggle between his beliefs, commercialism, and his love of
tacos.