Strangers No More (2010)
In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin School fleeing poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger.
Strangers No More follows several students’ struggle to acclimate to life in a new land while slowly opening up to share their stories of hardship and tragedy.
With tremendous effort and dedication, the school provides the support these children need to recover from their past. Together, the bond between teacher and student, and amongst the students themselves, enables them to create new lives in this exceptional community.
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Upcoming Screenings:
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival (Baltimore, MD): Screening on October 17, 2012.
Nepal International Human Rights Film Festival (Kathmandu, Nepal): November, 2012; Details Coming Soon.
Festival de films documentaires Enfances dans le Monde (Paris, France): November, 2012; Details Coming Soon.
Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival (Harrisburg, PA): April, 2013; Details Coming Soon.
Past Screenings:
Shorts International Screenings (Cities Worldwide): Dates and locations listed here.
Starz Denver Film Festival (Denver, CO): Screenings on November 12, 2010 at 6:45PM & November 14, 2010 at 12:15PM; Panel Discussion with Director/Producer Karen Goodman on November 13, 2010 at 1PM.
The Museum of Modern Art, Celeste Bartos Theatre (New York, NY): Screening & Panel Discussion with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon on November 15, 2010.
Museum of Tolerance International Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA): Screening on November 15, 2010 at 11AM & 7:30PM.
Tel Aviv Cinematheque (Tel Aviv, Israel): Screening & Panel Discussion with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon on January 3, 2011.
New York Jewish Film Festival (New York, NY): Screening on January 17, 2011 at 3:30PM & January 18, 2011 at 1PM.
Ray Kurtzman Theater, CAA (Los Angeles, CA): Screening on January 26, 2011 at 6:30PM.
Underdog Film Festival (Montclair, NJ): Screening on February 20, 2011.
LimmudLA Annual Conference (Los Angeles, CA): Screening on February 21, 2011 at 12:15PM.
IDA DocuDay Los Angeles: WGA Theater (Beverly Hills, CA): Screening & Q&A with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon on February 26, 2011 at 9AM.
IDA DocuDay New York: The Paley Center for Media (New York, NY): Screening on February 27, 2011 at 1:30PM.
Israel Film Festival in Paris (Isratim) (Paris, France): Screening on March 26, 2011 at 5:50PM.
Palm Beach International Film Festival (Boca Raton, FL): Screening on March 27, 2011 at 12PM.
Festival International du Film de Boulogne-Billancourt (Boulogne-Billancourt, France): Screening on April 2, 2011.
Kolnoar Chevrati Festival (Efrat, Israel): Screening on April 5, 2011.
Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, OR): Screenings on April 7, 2011 at 9PM, April 8 at 3PM, and April 10 at 9PM.
Westchester Jewish Film Festival/Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY): Screening & Q&A with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon on April 11, 2011 at 5PM.
Portland Jewish Film Festival (Portland, OR): Screening on April 11, 2011 at 7PM.
Sacramento International Film Festival (Sacramento, CA): Screening on April 16, 2011 at 12PM.
*Winner of the Outstanding International Short award at the 2011 Sacramento International Film Festival!
360/365 George Eastman House Film Festival (Rochester, NY): Screening on April 29, 2011.
Newport Beach Film Festival (Newport Beach, CA): Screening on May 1, 2011 at 12PM.
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA): Screenings on May 9, 2011 at 7PM & 7:30PM & May 11, 2011 at 7:30PM.
*Winner of the Best Documentary Short award at the 2011 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival!
Toronto Jewish Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): Screening on May 11, 2011 at 2PM.
Israel Film Fest (New York, NY): Screening & Q&A with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon on May 14, 2011 at 5PM & Screening on May 17, 2011 at 5PM.
*Winner of the Audience Award at the 2011 Israel Film Fest!
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (St. Louis, MO): Screening on May 15, 2011 at 2:30PM.
Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Potsdam (Berlin, Germany): Screening on May 31, 2011 at 8PM.
Berkshire International Film Festival (Berkshire, MA): Screening on June 4, 2011 at 1:30PM.
Limmud-Oz: University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia): Screening on June 11, 2011 at 9:50PM.
Mid-Westchester JCC Scarsdale (Scarsdale, NY): Screening on June 13, 2011.
Global Education Conference (Melbourne, Australia): June 15-17, 2011.
Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark): Screening on June 16, 2011 at 2:15PM.
Festival de Cinema Jueu de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain): June, 2011.
Bucharest Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania): June, 2011.
Moscow International Film Festival (Moscow, Russia): Screening on July 1, 2011 at 5PM.
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (San Francisco, CA): Screenings on July 23, 2011 at 12PM, August 6, 2011 at 1PM, & August 8, 2011 at 1PM.
Rochester Jewish Film Festival (Rochester, NY): July, 2011.
Panorama at UNESCO (Paris, France): July, 2011.
Boston Jewish Film Festival (Boston, MA): Screening on August 14, 2011 at 7:30PM.
Kehilat Shalom International Symposium (Sao Paulo, Brazil): Screening on August 27, 2011.
InD Panda International Short Film Festival (Hong Kong, China): August, 2011.
Kavalan International Short Film Festival (Taiwan): August, 2011.
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)/Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (Washington, DC): Screening on September 13, 2011.
Singapore International Film Festival (Singapore): Screening on September 25, 2011.
Festival Internacional de Jovenes Realizadores, Granada (Granada, Spain): Screening on October 22, 2011 at 7PM.
Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York, NY): Screening & Q&A with Director/Producer Kirk Simon on October 23, 2011 at 2:30PM.
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival (Cupertino, CA): Screening on October 23, 2011.
Museum of Contemporary Art Miami (Miami, FL): Screening & Introduction by Executive Producer Lin Arison on October 26, 2011 at 7:30PM.
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema (Chicago, IL): Screenings on October 27, 2011 at 5PM, October 30, 2011 at 3:30PM, and November 1, 2011 at 3PM.
Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (Tel Aviv, Israel): October, 2011.
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival (Various Cities, Japan): October, 2011.
Calgary Jewish Film Festival (Calgary, Canada): Screening on November 5, 2011 at 7PM.
UN Monterey Bay Chapter International Film Festival (Monterey, CA): Screening on November 5, 2011.
Nashville Jewish Film Festival (Nashville, TN): Screening on November 6, 2011.
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival (Colorado Springs, CO): Screening on November 6, 2011 at 12PM.
UK Jewish Film Festival (London, UK): Screening on November 19, 2011 at 8PM.
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival (Hong Kong, China): Screening on November 20, 2011.
Jewish Culture Days Munich (Munich, Germany): Screening on November 20, 2011 at 11:30AM.
Park Avenue Synagogue Mitzvah Day (New York, NY): Screening & Q&A with Director/Producer Kirk Simon on November 20, 2011.
Experimental Film Festival of Madrid (Madrid, Spain): Screening on November 25, 2011 at 7PM.
Caracas International Jewish Film Festival (Caracas, Venezuela): November, 2011.
Freedom to Create Festival (Cape Town, South Africa): November-December, 2011.
Festival Internacional de Cine Judio en Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina): Screenings on December 1, 2011 at 2:25PM, December 2, 2011 at 1PM & December 7, 2011 at 12:15PM.
JCC Greenwich (Greenwich, CT): Screening on December 5, 2011 at 7PM.
Sottodiciotto Filmfestival - Turin Young Screen (Torino, Italy): Screening on December 13, 2011 at 5:30PM.
Tucson International Jewish Film Festival (Tucson, AZ): Screening on January 15, 2012 at 12:45PM.
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (Philadelphia, PA): Screening on January 30, 2012 at 7PM.
The Bright School of Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN): Screening on February 7, 2012 at 6:30PM.
ZagrebDox (Zagreb, Croatia): Screenings on February 29, 2012 at 1PM, March 1, 2012 at 3PM, and March 3, 2012 at 2PM.
Jewish Culture Days Munich (Munich, Germany): Screening, March, 2012
Grand Rapids Jewish Film Festival (Grand Rapids, MI): Screening on April 29, 2012 at 4:30PM.
Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival (Detroit, MI): Screenings on May 1, 2012 at 5PM & May 2, 2012 at 1:30PM.
Hamptons International Film Festival Summer Film Series (Westhampton Beach, NY): Screening on August 6, 2012.
Donations:
To make a donation to the Bialik-Rogozin School, please contact the Tel Aviv Foundation.
Be sure to specify that you would like the donation to go to Bialik-Rogozin, as the Tel Aviv Foundation supports many projects in Israel.
Links:
Simon & Goodman Picture Company on IMDb
Strangers No More on Wikipedia
Press:
The New York Times: The Week Ahead
The Jerusalem Post: TA cinema packed for film on kids of foreign workers
The Jerusalem Post: South Tel Aviv school thrilled with Oscar nod
YNetNews.com: TA school featured in Oscar nominated film
YNetNews.com: Director 'proud to present fuller picture of Israel'
RedRoom.com: Review of Academy Award short-listed documentary, "Strangers No More"
Tablet Magazine: Oscar Eyes Tel Aviv Documentary
Time Magazine: The 2011 Oscar Race: TIME Picks the Winners
NPR: Oscar Win Highlights Plight of Africans in Israel
Download Materials:
Strangers No More Press Kit (pdf, 92K)
Strangers No More Production Stills (zip, 9M) *Photo Credit: Karen Goodman
Strangers No More Poster (jpg, 1.1M)
