Eli & Ben Preceded By Gefilte Fish

Eli & Ben (Eli v'Ben) by Ori Ravid (Israel, 2008, 89 min., 35 mm). In Ori Ravid's debut feature film, 12-year-old Eli's world is turned upside down when his father Ben (Lior Ashkenazi), the city architect of suburban Herzliya set to receive the Israel Prize, is charged with taking bribes. Watching the police take his father into custody changes everything for Eli. When the police question him about his father's actions, Eli begins to feel like a double agent. Where, he wonders, is the truth? . In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Gefilte Fish by Shelly Kling (Israel, 2008, 10 min., video). In Gali's family, every engaged woman must prepare gefilte fish for her fiance as a good-luck charm for their marriage. When Gali becomes engaged to Yaron, her mother and grandmother give her a living carp to cook-but those big, pleading carp eyes beg Gali to abandon her family tradition. In Hebrew with English subtitles.
MFA and BJFF
Location: Remis Auditorium