Israeli Comedy "Cupcakes" Opens Jewish Film Series on July 7 at Falmouth Jewish Congregation

Winner, Audience Award for Best Comedy, Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival 2014. This feel-good musical comedy about love, life and friendship revolves around a diverse group of Israeli friends who unexpectedly represent Israel in a Eurovision-type song context. Colorful (in more ways than one), and highly-stylized fun that manages to be both old-fashioned and thoroughly modern, this nostalgic Israeli hit is “like taking an extravagant 90-minute vacation from reality, and who couldn’t use a vacation these days.” – Jerusalem Post. Directed by prominent Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox (Yossi & Jagger, Walk on Water, The Bubble). In Hebrew.

Falmouth Jewish Congregation’s 2015 Summer Series offers public screenings of five award-winning films that educate, inspire, and entertain. All screenings take place on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 P.M. and evenings at 7:30 P.M. from July 7 through August 4. The five selections, a mix of feature and documentary films, have been acclaimed by both critics and audiences at Jewish film festivals around the world, with several winning Audience Awards at festivals and others selected as Critics’ Picks by the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

The season schedule is as follows: July 7: Cupcakes (Israel): July 14: Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem (Israel); July 21: Above and Beyond (USA); July 28 Run Boy Run (Poland);August 4: A Borrowed Identity (Israel).

All screenings are open to the public and take place in the congregation’s Speen Hall in the Blanche & Joel D. Seifer Community Center at 7 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth (02536). Doors open 30 minutes early and refreshments are included in the ticket price of $9 for members and $12 for non-members. A discounted Season “Reel Pass” is $40 for congregation members and $55 for non-members. Passes may be purchased in person at the congregation’s office, at the door, or by sending a check in advance. Pass holders will have “easy pass” access, bypassing the ticket lines at each screening.

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