PEORIA, Ariz.  – The Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival will offer seven screenings at the Harkins Arrowhead Fountains 18 theater in Peoria from Feb. 8 through Feb 22.

The West Valley lineup includes three documentaries, three dramas and a comedy. One of the movies is paired with a short film, and several showings will feature post-screening discussions. In addition to the Arrowhead screenings, the festival will show films at the Harkins Camelview 5 in Scottsdale and the Harkins Chandler Fashion 20.

Among the Arrowhead screenings:

• Above and Beyond is a documentary about American pilots, veterans of World War II, who volunteered to fight for Israel in its 1948 War of Independence. This motley band of brothers – flying old American and German fighter planes – turned the tide of the war. They laid the foundation for today’s Israeli Air Force.
• God’s Slave is a tense political thriller that follows the collision course of an Islamic fundamentalist and a tough-minded Mossad agent sent to Argentina to prevent a suicide attack.
• It Happened In Saint-Tropez is a French comedy about a family of opposites navigating a wedding and a funeral.
• Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love documents the life of the composer and showman who scored some of the most indelible melodies of stage and screen.

For dates, times and locations, or to view film trailers, visit http://gpjff.org. The festival also is on Facebook and Twitter.

Tickets

Individual tickets are $11 in advance, $13 at the door and $7 for students 25 or younger with ID. There is a $1.25-per-ticket service fee for online and phone orders.

Discount passes and group tickets are available directly from the festival. Call 602-753-9366 or email tickets@gpjff.org.

The GPJFF is funded partially by grants from the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix; the Arizona Commission on the Arts, which receives support from the state of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts; and the cities of Scottsdale and Chandler.

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Peoria Screenings

Sunday, Feb. 8

3 p.m. — Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story (Documentary; English), plus comedy short Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion (English).

Tuesday, Feb. 10

7 p.m. — 5 to 7 (Drama; English)

Sunday, Feb. 15

7 p.m. — Above and Beyond (Documentary; English). Post-film discussion with Craig and Jeffrey Weiss, authors of I Am My Brother’s Keeper: American Volunteers in Israel’s War for Independence 1947-1949.

Monday, Feb. 16

7 p.m. — It Happened In Saint-Tropez (Comedy; French w/English subtitles).

Tuesday, Feb. 17

7 p.m. — Run Boy Run (Drama; German, Polish and Russian w/English subtitles), with discussion led by Rabbi Arthur Abrams of Peoria, spiritual leader at Temple Beth Ami in Paradise Valley.

Thursday, Feb. 19

7 p.m. — God’s Slave (Drama; Spanish w/English subtitles), with discussion led by Rabbi Tracee Rosen of Temple Gan Elohim in Sun City West.

Sunday, Feb. 22

3 p.m. — Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love (Documentary; English).

For more information or to view trailers, visit http://gpjff.org.

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