Strangers No More (film)
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Strangers No More is a short documentary film about a school in Tel Aviv
, Israel
where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. The parents of these children are among over 300,000 transnational migrant workers who have arrived in Israel—some with government authorization and others on an illegal basis.
The film follows three students as they struggle to acclimate to life in Israel and slowly unveil their stories of hardship. Strangers No More was shot on location at the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv. It is produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon of Simon & Goodman Picture Company, whose films have received four Academy Award nominations and three Emmy Awards. It won best Short Documentary at the Academy Awards
in 2011.
Sunset 5 Theatre in West Hollywood, California
. It has also screened in cities worldwide through the Shorts International OSCAR®-Nominated Short Films 2011 program. On January 25, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
announced Strangers No More as being nominated for the 83rd Academy Awards
for the Best Documentary Short Subject category and later won in the February 27, 2011 ceremony.
The film is scheduled on HBO beginning December 5th, 2011.
Strangers No More has also screened at the following venues:
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (Philadelphia, PA)
JCC Greenwich (Greenwich, CT)
Festival Internacional de Cine Judio en Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
UK Jewish Film Festival (London, UK)
Caracas International Jewish Film Festival (Caracas, Venezuela)
Calgary Jewish Film Festival (Calgary, Canada)
Freedom to Create Festival (Cape Town, South Africa)
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival (Hong Kong, China)
Jewish Culture Days Munich (Munich, Germany)
Park Avenue Synagogue Mitzvah Day (New York, NY)
Nashville Jewish Film Festival (Nashville, TN)
UN Monterey Bay Chapter International Film Festival (Monterey, CA)
Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival (New Brunswick, NJ)
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival (Various Cities, Japan)
Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Festival Internacional de Jovenes Realizadores de Granada (Granada, Spain)
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema (Chicago, IL)
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival (Cupertino, CA)
Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York, NY)
Museum of Contemporary Art Miami (Miami, FL)
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)/Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (Washington, DC)
InD Panda International Short Film Festival (Hong Kong, China)
Kavalan International Short Film Festival (Taiwan)
Kehilat Shalom International Symposium (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Boston Jewish Film Festival (Boston, MA)
Rochester Jewish Film Festival (Rochester, NY)
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (San Francisco, CA)
Panorama at UNESCO (Paris, France)
Moscow International Film Festival (Moscow, Russia)
Festival de Cinema Jueu de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
Bucharest Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania)
Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Global Education Conference (Melbourne, Australia)
Mid-Westchester JCC Scarsdale (Scarsdale, NY)
Limmud-Oz: University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
Berkshire International Film Festival (Berkshire, MA)
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) (Washington, DC)
Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Potsdam (Berlin, Germany)
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (St. Louis, MO)
Israel Film Fest (New York, NY) *Winner of the Audience Award at the 2011 Israel Film Fest
Toronto Jewish Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA) *Winner of the Best Documentary Short award at the 2011 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival (Newport Beach, CA)
360/365 George Eastman House Film Festival (Rochester, NY)
Sacramento International Film Festival (Sacramento, CA) *Winner of the Outstanding International Short award at the 2011 Sacramento International Film Festival
Portland Jewish Film Festival (Portland, OR)
Westchester Jewish Film Festival/Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY)
Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, OR)
Kolnoar Chevrati Festival (Efrat, Israel)
Festival International du Film de Boulogne-Billancourt (Boulogne-Billancourt, France)
Palm Beach International Film Festival (Boca Raton, FL)
Israel Film Festival in Paris (Isratim) (Paris, France)
IDA DocuDay New York: The Paley Center for Media (New York, NY)
IDA DocuDay Los Angeles: WGA Theater (Beverly Hills, CA)
LimmudLA Annual Conference (Los Angeles, CA)
Underdog Film Festival (Montclair, NJ)
Ray Kurtzman Theater, CAA (Los Angeles, CA)
New York Jewish Film Festival (New York, NY)
Tel Aviv Cinematheque (Tel Aviv, Israel)
The Museum of Modern Art, Celeste Bartos Theatre (New York, NY)
Museum of Tolerance International Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
Starz Denver Film Festival (Denver, CO)
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. The parents of these children are among over 300,000 transnational migrant workers who have arrived in Israel—some with government authorization and others on an illegal basis.
The film follows three students as they struggle to acclimate to life in Israel and slowly unveil their stories of hardship. Strangers No More was shot on location at the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv. It is produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon of Simon & Goodman Picture Company, whose films have received four Academy Award nominations and three Emmy Awards. It won best Short Documentary at the Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
in 2011.
Premiere and screenings
Strangers No More premiered on September 24, 2010 at the Laemmle TheatresLaemmle Theatres
Laemmle Theatres is a group of family-run arthouse movie theaters in the Los Angeles area. It was established in 1938 and is owned and operated by Robert Laemmle and his son Greg Laemmle....
Sunset 5 Theatre in West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood, a city of Los Angeles County, California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984, with a population of 34,399 at the 2010 census. 41% of the city's population is made up of gay men according to a 2002 demographic analysis by Sara Kocher Consulting for the City of West Hollywood...
. It has also screened in cities worldwide through the Shorts International OSCAR®-Nominated Short Films 2011 program. On January 25, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
announced Strangers No More as being nominated for the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
for the Best Documentary Short Subject category and later won in the February 27, 2011 ceremony.
The film is scheduled on HBO beginning December 5th, 2011.
Strangers No More has also screened at the following venues:
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (Philadelphia, PA)
JCC Greenwich (Greenwich, CT)
Festival Internacional de Cine Judio en Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
UK Jewish Film Festival (London, UK)
Caracas International Jewish Film Festival (Caracas, Venezuela)
Calgary Jewish Film Festival (Calgary, Canada)
Freedom to Create Festival (Cape Town, South Africa)
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival (Hong Kong, China)
Jewish Culture Days Munich (Munich, Germany)
Park Avenue Synagogue Mitzvah Day (New York, NY)
Nashville Jewish Film Festival (Nashville, TN)
UN Monterey Bay Chapter International Film Festival (Monterey, CA)
Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival (New Brunswick, NJ)
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival (Various Cities, Japan)
Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Festival Internacional de Jovenes Realizadores de Granada (Granada, Spain)
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema (Chicago, IL)
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival (Cupertino, CA)
Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York, NY)
Museum of Contemporary Art Miami (Miami, FL)
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)/Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (Washington, DC)
InD Panda International Short Film Festival (Hong Kong, China)
Kavalan International Short Film Festival (Taiwan)
Kehilat Shalom International Symposium (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Boston Jewish Film Festival (Boston, MA)
Rochester Jewish Film Festival (Rochester, NY)
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (San Francisco, CA)
Panorama at UNESCO (Paris, France)
Moscow International Film Festival (Moscow, Russia)
Festival de Cinema Jueu de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
Bucharest Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania)
Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Global Education Conference (Melbourne, Australia)
Mid-Westchester JCC Scarsdale (Scarsdale, NY)
Limmud-Oz: University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
Berkshire International Film Festival (Berkshire, MA)
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) (Washington, DC)
Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Potsdam (Berlin, Germany)
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (St. Louis, MO)
Israel Film Fest (New York, NY) *Winner of the Audience Award at the 2011 Israel Film Fest
Toronto Jewish Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA) *Winner of the Best Documentary Short award at the 2011 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival (Newport Beach, CA)
360/365 George Eastman House Film Festival (Rochester, NY)
Sacramento International Film Festival (Sacramento, CA) *Winner of the Outstanding International Short award at the 2011 Sacramento International Film Festival
Portland Jewish Film Festival (Portland, OR)
Westchester Jewish Film Festival/Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY)
Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, OR)
Kolnoar Chevrati Festival (Efrat, Israel)
Festival International du Film de Boulogne-Billancourt (Boulogne-Billancourt, France)
Palm Beach International Film Festival (Boca Raton, FL)
Israel Film Festival in Paris (Isratim) (Paris, France)
IDA DocuDay New York: The Paley Center for Media (New York, NY)
IDA DocuDay Los Angeles: WGA Theater (Beverly Hills, CA)
LimmudLA Annual Conference (Los Angeles, CA)
Underdog Film Festival (Montclair, NJ)
Ray Kurtzman Theater, CAA (Los Angeles, CA)
New York Jewish Film Festival (New York, NY)
Tel Aviv Cinematheque (Tel Aviv, Israel)
The Museum of Modern Art, Celeste Bartos Theatre (New York, NY)
Museum of Tolerance International Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
Starz Denver Film Festival (Denver, CO)
External
- http://www.strangersnomoremovie.com
- http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2010/20101013.html
- http://www.simongoodmanpictures.com/strangers.html
- http://www.laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=6536
- http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=23633&FID=54
- http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html
External links
- Official Strangers No More Site http://www.strangersnomoremovie.com
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Press Release http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2010/20101013.html
- Official Simon & Goodman Picture Company Site http://www.simongoodmanpictures.com/strangers.html
- Denver Film Festival Site http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=23633&FID=54
- Review by author Talia Carner