Gold Coast Int'l Film Festival presents evening with Israeli director and sneak peek screening of new film

Join the Gold Coast International Film Festival for the Elliman Film Series, previewing the best new independent films and studio releases, followed by Q&As with filmmakers and industry professionals!

An award-winning director at the Israeli Academy Awards and numerous film festivals, including Toronto, Berlin, Locarno, Hong Kong and more, Mr. Riklis joins us for a conversation about his distinguished career and his new film, A Borrowed Identity.

Eyad, who grew up in an Arab town in Israel, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. The first and only Arab to be accepted there, he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and Israeli society. Soon, Eyad develops a friendship with Jonathan, a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes part of his family. Being an outsider, Eyad wants to belong, even if he doesn’t exactly know to whom or what. After falling in love with Naomi, a Jewish girl, he has to leave school when their relationship is uncovered and he discovers that he will have to sacrifice his identity in order to be accepted. Faced with a choice, Eyad will have to make a decision that will change his life forever.

Screening takes place at Soundview Cinemas, 7 Soundview Market Place, Port Washington

Tickets $15 in advance ($10 students) / $20 at the door

For tickets and more information, visit goldcoastfilmfestival.org or call 516-829-2570.