Yiddish Cinema: AMERIKANER SHADKHN (American Matchmaker)
June 23, 2009
The Segal Centre for Performing Arts presents the Yiddish Film
Series as part of the Montreal International Yiddish Theatre Festival
AMERIKANER SHADKHN (American Matchmaker)
Dates: Monday June 22nd, 11:30 AM AND Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009, 7:00pm SOLD OUT
Tickets: $10, $5 (35 and under)
Box office: 514-739-7944, Seating is limited, please call in advance to reserve your seat.
Tickets also at www.Admission.com
Address: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170 Cote St. Catherine Rd., corner Westbury (2 blocks West of Metro Cote-Ste-Catherine)
Lovingly restored by The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University.
AMERIKANER SHADKHN (American Matchmaker)
Dates: Monday June 22nd, 11:30 AM AND Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009, 7:00pm SOLD OUT
Tickets: $10, $5 (35 and under)
Box office: 514-739-7944, Seating is limited, please call in advance to reserve your seat.
Tickets also at www.Admission.com
Address: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170 Cote St. Catherine Rd., corner Westbury (2 blocks West of Metro Cote-Ste-Catherine)
Photos courtesy The National Center For Jewish Film
Leo Fuchs, known on Second Avenue as “the Yiddish Fred Astaire,” plays an elegant and eligible bachelor who can never seem to close the marriage deal. Edgar G. Ulmer’s last Yiddish movie was also his most modern, an art deco romantic comedy about male ambivalence and Jewish assimilation. With its urbane, neurotic hero, American Matchmaker looks ahead to the films of Woody Allen.
“As in the best Yiddish theater traditions... None is more charming than American Matchmaker. The title says it all – a clash between the urbane, slick manners of the new country and the old, busybody communal ways of the shtetl.”
–Films, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1983
Martin Malina, Screenwriter, film critic and programmer of the Montreal World Film Festival, will lead a Q&A after the screening.
In Yiddish with English subtitles.
Selected Screenings:
Cape Town/ Johannesburg Yiddish Film Festival (2008)
Miami Jewish Film Festival (2006)
Phoenix Jewish Film Festival (2005)
UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley California (2005)
Montreal Jewish Film Festival (2005)
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival (2005)
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (2005)
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York (2004)
British Film Institution (2004)
Musee d’Art de Histoire de Judaisme, Paris (2002)
Haifa Jewish Film Festival (2005)
Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival (2002)
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ABOUT THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FESTIVAL
JUNE 17-25, 2009
A Historic Encounter!
A Huge Celebration!
For the first time, the major Yiddish theatres of the world are coming together in one place, at one time. Nine days and evenings jam-packed with great plays to inspire and entertain you.
36 EVENTS IN ALL
Theatre Performances, Concerts, A Film Festival, A Symposium, A Concert in the Park, nightly Klezkabarets, Exhibits, Theatre Workshops and the 50th Anniversary Reunion of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
TAKE A WORLD TOUR RIGHT HERE IN MONTREAL
Artists and scholars from Israel, Poland, Romania, Australia, Austria, France, the USA and Canada will be at your doorstep! You don't have to speak Yiddish, as all theatre performances will be sub-titled.
This Festival is the Segal Centre's salute to the 50th Anniversary of Montreal's world–renowned Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
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Want CinemaSpace film screening schedules by email? Please email: esoiferman@segalcentre.org
Cape Town/ Johannesburg Yiddish Film Festival (2008)
Miami Jewish Film Festival (2006)
Phoenix Jewish Film Festival (2005)
UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley California (2005)
Montreal Jewish Film Festival (2005)
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival (2005)
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (2005)
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York (2004)
British Film Institution (2004)
Musee d’Art de Histoire de Judaisme, Paris (2002)
Haifa Jewish Film Festival (2005)
Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival (2002)
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL'S YIDDISH FILM SERIES
The Segal Centre’s CinemaSpace presents
a delightful series of Yiddish films as part of the International
Yiddish Theatre Festival of Montreal. You will find everything from a
2008 Israeli Yiddish film to the last Yiddish film made in Poland in
1948. Also in the Film Festival line-up are recently restored classics,
contemporary documentaries on Yiddish theatre and filmed plays. An
array of special guest speakers will provide stimulating insights.
For a complete list of films in the Yiddish Film Series, please click HERE.
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ABOUT THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FESTIVAL
JUNE 17-25, 2009
A Historic Encounter!
A Huge Celebration!
For the first time, the major Yiddish theatres of the world are coming together in one place, at one time. Nine days and evenings jam-packed with great plays to inspire and entertain you.
36 EVENTS IN ALL
Theatre Performances, Concerts, A Film Festival, A Symposium, A Concert in the Park, nightly Klezkabarets, Exhibits, Theatre Workshops and the 50th Anniversary Reunion of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
TAKE A WORLD TOUR RIGHT HERE IN MONTREAL
Artists and scholars from Israel, Poland, Romania, Australia, Austria, France, the USA and Canada will be at your doorstep! You don't have to speak Yiddish, as all theatre performances will be sub-titled.
This Festival is the Segal Centre's salute to the 50th Anniversary of Montreal's world–renowned Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
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email: yiddishtheatrefestival@segalcentre.org
Festival office: 514-739-2301
Box office: 514-739-7944
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Want CinemaSpace film screening schedules by email? Please email: esoiferman@segalcentre.org
