"Saviors in the Night" and "Anita" to Headline the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival!!

We are happy to announce that two Menemsha films, Anita and Saviors in the Night, will be represented this year in the San Francisco Jewish Film festival - the first and largest Jewish film festival in the world. The excitement and buzz around this event is especially potent because the festival is celebrating its 30^th anniversary this year! The executive and program directors of the festival are proud to represent 57 features from more than a dozen countries, and we here at Menemsha are proud to add to the festival’s diversity.

The opening film, Saviors in the Night, is a German-French co-production directed by the Dutch filmmaker Ludi Boeken, and tells the story of a family who bravely risk their lives to hide and save a Jewish family from the Nazi’s. The film is inspired by the memories of Marga Spiegel, a 98-year-old resident of Germany who has kindly accepted an invitation to attend the festival, along with Boeken and actress Lia Hoensbroech.

The centerpiece film of the festival is Anita, an Argentine film directed by Marcos Carnevale. The film tells the story of Anita, a young woman with Down syndrome who gets lost in Buenos Aires after the 1994 bomb attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center. Alejandra Manzo, the actress who plays Anita, will also be attending the first screening, which will be the Northern California premiere of the film.

The Festival runs July 24 to Aug. 9. The main venue is San Francisco's Castro Theatre. Events and screenings also take place at the Roda Theatre in Berkeley, the CineArts @ Palo Alto Square in Palo Alto and the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael. Tickets are on sale now for JFF members and will be available for the general public beginning Friday, June 25.

For more information about these films, please visit our website at www.MenemshaFilms.com.