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Films screening at this event

The Women’s Balcony

original title
ישמח חתני
Director
Emil Ben-Shirmon
Shlomit Nehama
Cast
Avraham Aviv Alush, Yafit Asulin, Orna Banai
Country
Israel
Year
2016
Duration
96 min

Watch the free screening for International Women’s Day at anytime from 5pm until 12am midnight on Monday 8th March.

“Viewers will leave the theater in a joyous mood.” – Variety
“An entertaining, feel-good comedy.” – The Hollywood Reporter

The building site of a new synagogue located at the heart of a close-knit community in Jerusalem turns into a battleground between husbands and wives, when a new charismatic rabbi decrees that it will not include a women’s balcony – thus barring them altogether from religious services. The Women’s Balcony is a joyous, riotous and thought provoking portrayal of a community striving for equality, which has deservedly become a global hit.

Winner, Best Screenplay Award  UK International Jewish Film Festival 2017