Movie Monday

Location: Charlotte Street Hotel Screening Room, 15-17 Charlottes Street, London W1T 1RJ
Date: 16 th October 2006
Time: 7:30pm
Price: £10 - to book please call the JCC office on 020 77225080

'West Bank Story' (20 min) is a musical comedy about David, an Israeli soldier, and Fatima, a Palestinian fast food cashier - an unlikely couple who fall in love amidst the animosity of their families' dueling falafel stands in the West Bank .

Tensions mount when the Kosher King's new pastry machine juts onto Hummus Hut property. The Palestinians ruin the machine and the Israelis respond by building a wall between the two eating establishments.

The couple professes their love for each other, triggering a chain of events that destroys both restaurants and forces all to find common ground in an effort to rebuild, planting a seed of hope.

Directed by Ari Sandel, written by Kim Ray & Ari Sandel; an official selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

'James' Journey to Jerusalem' is a cannily droll mix of social commentary and modern fable. Israeli filmmaker Ra'anana Alexanderowicz's debut feature follows the adventures of young James, a devout wide-eyed Christian attempting a pilgrimage from his African village to the Holly Land.